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Green Practices at Large Conventions
PAINT A PICTURE IN YOUR MIND of 5,000 pounds of glass, plastic, and metal. That's what is recycled each week at the Hilton San Francisco. Now imagine if it weren't. Or 50 tons of food, which is the average amount wasted each year at your typical 200-room hotel. Then multiply that by all the 200-room hotels in the world. Or 2,500 pounds of cardboard boxes. That's the trash from just the packing material
Green Meetings Resources
Best Practices for Green Meetings were just formulated by a Convention Industry Council task force and approved by the CIC board of directors. Minimum and
Green Stars Shine at IMEX | 2009 IMEX exhibition annual environmental award
The 2009 IMEX exhibition, showcasing incentive travel, meetings, and event suppliers from around the globe, wrapped up at the end of May in Frankfurt, Germany. Green meeting issues were front and center at the show, especially in its environmental awards program, which has become the most prestigious in the industry. The IMEX Green Awards, given in partnership with the Green Meeting Industry Council,
Green Is as Green Does: The IMEX Awards
The 2009 IMEX exhibition, showcasing incentive travel, meetings, and event suppliers from around the globe, wrapped up at the end of May in Frankfurt, Germany
Green Meetings Call to Action: FICP Webinar
Concern about the environment, and a realization that going green makes business sense, are driving the robust trend toward green meetings.
Green Meetings Resources
All the resources you need for making your meeting green.
Green Mega-Meeting | Jul 2008
McDonald's decided to green its meetings
Green Sites | Jul 2008
Web sites to get you started with green meeting planning.
Green Meeting Industry Council Best Practices Report
There's no question that 2007 is the year of the green meeting. To lead the charge, the Green Meeting Industry Council has released The Future Is Green: Charting a Sustainable Future for Meetings, a report that highlights best practices in destination management, accommodations, food and beverage, exhibits, and meeting planning. For more on the Green Meeting Industry Council, see page 26. www.greenmeetings.info
Growing Green Leaders 12 Names to Know
Marge Anderson, Associate DirectorEnergy Center of Wisconsin, Madison Marge Anderson is everywhere from the pages of The New York Times to speaking engagements across the country. Her vocal leadership on green initiatives stems from her position as associate director at the Energy Center of Wisconsin, an independent nonprofit that seeks solutions to energy challenges, where she leads by example, driving
Green Speak | A Speakers Bureau Dedicated to Environmental Issues | Aug 2008
There’s almost no aspect of life that doesn’t intersect with green issues and working more sustainably,” says Dennis Church, founder of Eco-Speakers.com.
Green Is Good for the Bottom Line, Says New Report
Green meetings not only benefit the environment, they can help your budget. So says a new white paper developed by Meeting Strategies Worldwide, a Portland, Ore.–based meeting planning company.
Green Education | Jul 2008
Meeting professionals who want to learn more about social responsibility issues can find a full conference on the topic in February when the Green Meeting Industry Council convenes for its 2009 Greening the Hospitality Industry conference in Pittsburgh. (Visit www.greenmeetings.info for details.) If you can't wait, most of the industry associations have CSR and green sessions in their lineup. The
Green in Greensboro | Proximity | LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
The Proximity Hotel, which opened in late 2007 in Greensboro, N.C., is the first hotel to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The hotel was built to use 40 percent less energy and 30 percent less water than comparable hotels. Other environmental efforts include recycling 87 percent of the construction debris, sourcing
Green Meeting Standards a Go
ASTM International and the Environmental Protection Agency have taken a major step toward creating universal standards for green meetings
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