“ Green”Zone Presented by: Jaye Marsh Graham

Agenda What is a green event? Team Event Building Challenge Exercise Debrief Case Studies Individual Event Debrief Garrison ‘PT’ (PRACTICAL training – no sit ups!) Green Your Supply Train

What is a green event?

Team Event Building Challenge

Exercise Debrief

Case Studies

Individual Event Debrief

Garrison ‘PT’ (PRACTICAL training – no sit ups!)

Green Your Supply Train

What is a GREEN event? A green event is one where thought has gone into each element to make it more sustainable. Consideration is given for more than just the financial bottom line including the environmental and social impacts of each of the event elements.

A green event is one where thought has gone into each element to make it more sustainable.

Consideration is given for more than just the financial bottom line including the environmental and social impacts of each of the event elements.

Team Event Building Challenge Build a ‘green’ event Break into your teams and build an event as green as possible, constrained by the criteria provided.

Build a ‘green’ event

Break into your teams and build an event as green as possible, constrained by the criteria provided.

Team Event Building Challenge Birthday Party Wedding Consumer/Trade Show Award Dinner Annual Senior Management off-site meeting Outdoor Community Festival

Birthday Party

Wedding

Consumer/Trade Show

Award Dinner

Annual Senior Management off-site meeting

Outdoor Community Festival

Evaluating Your Elements Is there a local option? What are their business practices? What is it made of? Where did it come from? Where will it end up?

Is there a local option?

What are their business practices?

What is it made of?

Where did it come from?

Where will it end up?

Exercise Debrief What did you have to sacrifice? Budget? Design? Greenness? What was the biggest challenge? Maintaining vision? Staying on budget? Re-orienting your thinking?

What did you have to sacrifice? Budget? Design? Greenness?

What was the biggest challenge? Maintaining vision? Staying on budget? Re-orienting your thinking?

What Does Sustainable Look Like? Sustainable SHOULD look like any other event It’s the STORY behind your event that makes the difference, so tell your story AT the event! Case studies: from ‘The Green White Papers’ The Boot Camp green display. Courtesy of Absolute Tent and Event Services

Sustainable SHOULD look like any other event

It’s the STORY behind your event that makes the difference, so tell your story AT the event!

Case studies: from ‘The Green White Papers’

The Boot Camp green display. Courtesy of Absolute Tent and Event Services

Case Studies From the ‘Green White Papers’ (available for purchase today) TRADESHOWS: Eco Wedding Show GALAS: The Green Gala LARGE EVENTS: The Brewer’s Plate COMMUNITY EVENTS: Strawberries & Asparagus Festival

From the ‘Green White Papers’

(available for purchase today)

TRADESHOWS: Eco Wedding Show

GALAS: The Green Gala

LARGE EVENTS: The Brewer’s Plate

COMMUNITY EVENTS: Strawberries & Asparagus Festival

Eco Wedding Show

The Green Gala

Strawberries & Asparagus

Individual Event Debrief Briefly describe your most recent event. If eco-friendly versions were used. Why? What elements could have been done sustainably? Q&A

Briefly describe your most recent event.

If eco-friendly versions were used. Why?

What elements could have been done sustainably?

Q&A

Garrison ‘PT’ Garrison (your office!) ‘practical training’ exercise: GREEN your most recent event Consideration: Local Sustainable Materials Green business practices Power Usage

Garrison (your office!) ‘practical training’ exercise:

GREEN your most recent event

Consideration:

Local

Sustainable Materials

Green business practices

Power Usage

Green Your Supply Train Challenges and benefits of greening your suppliers, clients and company policies. CHALLENGES: Client resistance Vendor and Venue resistance Communicating the Message

Challenges and benefits of greening your suppliers, clients and company policies.

CHALLENGES:

Client resistance

Vendor and Venue resistance

Communicating the Message

Green Your Supply Train BENEFITS: PR Messaging Sustainable = consistent resources Budget savings (no, really!) Local economic support Healthy work environment and…it just feels good!

BENEFITS:

PR Messaging

Sustainable = consistent resources

Budget savings (no, really!)

Local economic support

Healthy work environment

and…it just feels good!

The Point Make ‘ greening’ obsolete

Make

‘ greening’

obsolete

Thank you Toronto’s ‘ Green ’ Event Company www.itspersonal.ca [email_address] 416-827-6510 Thanks to Eco Elements Event Productions for the ‘Green White Paper’