Do you ever wonder what it really means for an event to be sustainable? To help answer this question, the Events Industry Council recently released new Principles for Sustainable Events. These principles are based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals,
We’ve all been there. Weeks of careful planning turned upside-down by a forecast of rain. It can either shut down your event totally or eat into precious set-up time. For this edition of Sustainable Event Case Studies, I’m revisiting another
When I was in my previous career in marketing & communications, I worked on a team that planned corporate events. My role was graphic design, so I didn’t usually offer input about much other than fonts and colors. At the
What’s your number one business goal for 2019? Win new clients? Increase revenue? Earn repeat business? If you have a goal of growing your business this year, I have a recommendation for you that probably sounds counter-intuitive: make sustainability part
Here’s a new year’s riddle for you: What weighs more than 12 tons and is NOT in a landfill? You can probably guess the answer. It’s the event waste my team and I helped clients divert in 2018! Across all
Donating surplus food from events is a no-brainer to me. It keeps perfectly good food out of the landfill, and it helps feed our neighbors in our communities. Why wouldn’t you donate food? Sometimes caterers and restaurants answer that question
In the coming year, I want to share more of the knowledge I’ve gained from my experiences working on sustainable events. I’m kicking things off a little early and starting a new series I’m calling Sustainable Event Case Studies. In
It’s been a big month for sustainability news! If you’re not as big of an eco-nerd as I am, you may have missed some of these important announcements, so I thought I’d share them with you. First, for my Indiana
I’m not the best at keeping up-to-date with “national [insert random thing here] days.” It seems like every day is some kind of special recognition day! I never know if I should be celebrating pirates, donuts, my second cousins, etc.
Did you know that retailers sometimes reject truckloads of food even though the most of the delivery is still edible? Rejected shipments can happen due to incorrect orders, damaged products, or other reasons. With few donation options and a financial