Green Meetings

Plan your event with the environment in mind:

• "Green Living Away from Home: Tips for Event Planners" from our Summer 2004 issue of The EE Advocate.
• The Greening Checklist (in PDF) for helpful hints from conference logistics to follow-up.  Provided by Resource Dynamics, Inc. Conference, Event and Project Management (http://www.rdinc.net/)

More Info. on Green Meetings

Blue Green Meetings: Provides checklists and guides to making environmentally sound decisions in all aspects of meeting planning. www.bluegreenmeetings.org Environmental Protection Agency: EPA�s One-Stop Information Source for Green Meetings. www.epa.gov/oppt/greenmeetings Green Hotel Initiative: Guest Request Card to provide to conference participants, or for use as an individual traveler. www.ceres.org Green Hotels Association: Provides a list of U.S. hotels who self-identify themselves as Green hotels. www.greenhotels.com Greening the Heartland Conference: Example conference website, which explains the efforts being made, and what they ask participants to do to make a sustainable conference: http://www.mogreen.org/greening_the_conference.html

Example Green Meeting Venues

www.liedlodge.org www.sheratonphiladelphia.com www.airlie.com http://training.fws.gov

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