Greening Your Meeting

Greening Your Meeting

Michael Pattonrecyclemichael@yahoo.com

MetRecycle.com

Printed Materials

Avoid paper if possible Try dry erase boards,

Powerpoints, flash drives,

Old fashioned projectors

Printed Materials Cont’d

Recycled content paper Double-sided Water based adhesives Clean up mailing lists

Food and Beverage Functions

China service if possible Cloth napkins Reusable coffee mugs

– Styrofoam is the devil

Food and Beverages Cont’d

Water pitchers Bulk dispensers

– Coffee urn– Ice tea dispenser– Soda machine

Recycling

Paper Plastic Aluminum Glass

Local Foods

Defining local is difficult– Grown and/or processed where?

Vegetarian/organic Keg beverages Prevent food waste

– Commit to meal by sign up

Transportation

Site selection Local transit Carpooling options Attendee and speaker travel Carbon offsets

Hotels

Green practices Recycling Walkable distance Linens/towels/toiletries

Attendees

Name badges– Scanable with bar codes– Reusable

Badge holders Giveaways Notepads Agendas Meeting packets

Outside Attendees

Webcast Conference calls

– Freeconferencecall.com Minutes/proceedings

Follow-up

Surveys– Surveymonkey.com

Attendee input

More Resources

www.greenmeetings.info

www.convenegreen.com

www.greenhotels.com

www.sustainabletravel.org

www.greenseal.org

www.MetRecycle.com

recyclemichael@yahoo.com

Michael PattonExecutive Director

The Metropolitan Environmental Trust

918-584-0584