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GREENER MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Samuel deBlanc Goldblatt

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Green Cuisine and Eco-Chic Décor

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Learning Objectives

• How to use sustainable themes such as permaculture, biomimicry, and cradle to cradle in the event design

• How to source foods that are ethical, local, natural, and seasonal

• How to work with caterers and chefs to create sustainable menus

• How to emphasize sustainable food presentation

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Learning Objectives

• How to minimize food and drink packaging waste• How recycled, bioplastic, and biodegradable

materials can reduce waste• How to source environmentally sensitive

giveaways, awards, invitations, and signage• How to use sustainable floral arrangements• How to engage attendees with sustainability

through interactive programs

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Opening Activity

• Which of these items are in season NOW:– Strawberries– Apples– Oysters– Cabbage– Carrots

• Find out at www.eattheseasons.com• Which foods are local to your area?

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Green Themes

• Permaculture• Biomimicry• Cradle to cradle

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Chocolate Tree serves organic delights at The Big Tent.

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Green Cuisine: The Four Ls

• Ethical• Local• Natural• Seasonal

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Organic food is served on china plateware, with soup served in a bread bowl, at The Big Tent in Fife.

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Sustainable Food Presentation

• Reusable or biodegradable packaging

• Bioplastic materials: www.vegware.com

• Filtered tap water instead of bottled

• Bulk presentation

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Vegware provides compostable food packaging, such as this salad box. Courtesy of Vegware.

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Greener Giveaways

• Used, recycled, bioplastic, or biodegradable materials

• Source awards, invitations, and signage in a sustainable manner

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Beesy’s Beeswax Candles were sold at The Big Tent.

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Sustainble Floristry

• Local, organic plants• Live plants• Post-event redistribution

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Interactive Designs

• Smoothie Cycle• Cosy Cosy Gameshow• The Free Store

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At The Big Tent, Fife Diet provided a stationary bicycle that powered a blender. Festival-goers got to exercise while blending themselves a rewarding smoothie.

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Seventeen Events

• Check out www.seventeenevents.co.uk:– What events do they produce?– How do they communicate sustainability?

• Check out www.sustainableeventssummit.com:– Who is speaking this year?– What topics are of interest?

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Lightning Round

• Greenwash• Permaculture• Biomimicry• Cradle to cradle• Recombinant

bovine somatotropin (rBST)

• Food miles

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• Free range• Cage free• Organic• Wow factor• Bioplastics• Evites• Up-cycling

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Homework

• Groups of 4 or 5• Each person plan a dinner party for the group

– Appetizer, main course and desert– All ingredients local, natural, ethical, seasonal– Find out what food your group members enjoy

• Extra Credit: actually host the dinner party

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