Plan Your Meetings

Simple steps to green your next meeting

Want to reduce the carbon footprint of future meetings and events? Create an environmental policy statement you can share with suppliers, attendees and other participants. Consider:

• Using paperless technology (i.e., flashdrives or CDs pre-loaded with session handouts)
• Choosing venues and accommodations connected to the airport by public transportation
• Serving vegetarian meals or meals containing locally grown food
• Only using recycled paper and printing on both sides
• Turning off electricity and air conditioners when rooms are empty
• Doing business with green-certified vendors, hotels and other suppliers
• Purchasing carbon offsets
• Recycling, reusing or donating items whenever possible

For more helpful hints, visit BlueGreenMeetings.com or e-mail Tim Sanders, author of How to Save the World at Work, to receive a copy of “The Dirty Dozen Rules of Green Meetings.”

By Taylor Dahl