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What I learned on take your Dad to work day
My Dad boarded a plane for his first flight into the USA 45 days shy of his 70th birthday. A work trip for me with a few days of holiday thrown in. For him, his first get-away without my Mum after 45...
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Tourisme Montréal Gets Sustainable
Next week I have the pleasure of joining the Future Leader's Forum at the GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference. I've been asked to take participants on a 'sustainable event roadshow', sharing examples...
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Captain Fun Sponge, Redeemed!
The business case for sustainable events: often we assume if we build it, they will come. Yet in spite of proven cost savings and reputational benefits many event professionals are yet to dig in to...
View ArticleControl vs Influence, A #GMIC Love Story: With Video! (G-Rated)
Thanks to all who joined Judy Kucharuk and I for our educational session "Control vs Influence" at the Sustainable Meetings Conference today. The session shared lessons learned in creating the Get Your...
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Fly a Kite? Join the Circus?: Montreal-style #CSR at #GMIC
Fly a kite?Join the circus?Take part in a special event CSR project?Why yes, please!Green Meeting Industry CouncilSustainable Meetings Conference participants were treated to a tour of La TOHU in...
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Planting Daffodils
Buy certified organic foodMaintain property landscaping without use of chemical pesticides Use environmentally certified cleanersIf I had a dollar for every time I've added these three items to an...
View ArticlePittsburgh proves sustainable venue programs get better with age
In 2003 the David L. Lawrence Convention Centre (DLCC) opened as one of the first LEED-certified convention venues in the world. Nearly 10 years later has sustainability paid off?Based on a recent...
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8 Sustainable Exhibit Trends at IMEX 2012
Held last week in Frankfurt, Germany, IMEX 2012 provided some great examples of how tradeshow exhibitors are integrating sustainability into their activities. Following are a few of the ways some IMEX...
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Blacking out & speaking out
Why would a blog about sustainable destinations & events Black Out and Speak Out? Three reasons:1. The travel and tourism industry in Canada (and that includes meetings and events) is dependent on...
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13 signs your event organization may need a sustainability policy
Walking the tradeshow floor at IMEX last month I was visually struck by how many destinations and event companies use 'green' branding in their booths. It gave me pause to wonder: how many have a...
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Sustainability: Spanx it? Or Solve it?
Got my third summer wedding invitation today. Yep. You know what that means: three times in the next two months I've got to get a dress, get myself together and...*sigh*....pull out my Spanx.Can I use...
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Taking sustainable events a mile further in the Mile-High City
Last month, the Colorado Convention Center in Denver announced the creation of a new urban garden that will provide 2,000 lbs of food per year to their on site caterer, Centerplate. This move is just...
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Using event powers for good: How one small community event influences...
Over the last few months myself and the lovely Judy Kucharuk have talked about the power of event organisers to influence environmental change. I had another example of this today when I took in a...
View ArticleConfessions of an Event Standards Junkie Chapter 1: ISO 20121
Three sustainable event standards have been launched within the last year. If you're confused about how they're different, wondering if they have value to your work or think it all sounds too...
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Confessions of an Event Standards Junkie Chapter 2: APEX/ASTM
I'm a lazy baker. I like to bake. I like to eat the results of my baking even more. But I do not like to spend a lot of time baking.When I cruise for recipes I adopt a simple formula for judging if I...
View ArticleConfessions of an Event Standard Junkie Chapter 3: GRI EOSS
You can't really blame MGM Resorts for wanting to share some of the sustainability goodness they're doing. Nor Hyatt. And you can't really blame Leon Kaye or Gina-Marie Cheeseman for critiquing their...
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Waste Not, Want Not
One event. One day. 3,600 participants. 1,616 pounds of food waste. Looks good, no? Having hand-picked through it I can tell you it was a mix of fruit, vegetables, bread, rice, coffee grounds, pasta,...
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A Pinch of Salt and Food for Thought
Earlier this week Stanford University announced that organic food may be no healthier than non-organic food. So what does that mean for your sustainable event catering plan? Have the benefits of...
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The King of the Jolly Jumper
While some people skip happily through their sustainable event checklist I confess there are some decisions that I find decidedly swampy.For years we've been trained that eliminating paper is a...
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Tap #water stations prove how much is saved by ditching the bottle
Oracle OpenWorld’s unique approach to water stations is a compelling case study in water conservation for events. Since 2007 Oracle has gradually moved away from individually bottled water, to...
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