Category Archives: Initiatives

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  Farm to Fork at MCEC

  Posted on September 15, 2012 by meegan in Catering, Initiatives

  Visiting sustainable farmers, producers and winemakers across Victoria, Australia, the kitchen team at MCEC challenge traditional venue catering by producing in-house menus using the freshest seasonal and local produce matched with hand-selected regional wines; offering a far from conventional approach to food and wine. MCEC brings stories from the farm to the fork: recipes, an insight into the kitchen, and some of the team’s culinary [...]

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  Twelve Positive Legacies

  Posted on May 14, 2012 by meegan in Initiatives, Legacy

  Our role in events as demonstrators of sustainability in action along with the powerful opportunity events have to encourage changing behaviours, can leave marvellous enduring legacies. We have developed the following list of things we think all events should aspire to leave as legacies to enhancing sustainable development. 1. Sustainable Food Use your event to showcase [...]

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  Green Exhibitor

  Posted on May 6, 2012 by meegan in Campaigns, Communications, Initiatives, Traders

  Exhibitions which have potentially hundreds of individual traders setting up stalls have the opportunity to significantly reduce the event’s impacts through working with each exhibitor to modify their planning and operations. Challenging exhibitors to be as green as possible and to recognise those that have performed well is a great strategy. Have them ‘opt-in’ to [...]

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  Green Delegate

  Posted on May 6, 2012 by meegan in Campaigns, Communications, Initiatives

  Conferences can encourage delegate (and delegations of people) to become Green Delegates – asking them to take a number of actions to reduce their impacts on the event’s production. This could include choosing a green hotel, travelling from the airport by public transport or car pooling, offsetting air travel greenhouse gas emissions, bringing a refillable [...]

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  Green Trader Award

  Posted on May 6, 2012 by meegan in Communications, Initiatives, Traders

  Encourage food stalls, merchandise stalls, exhibitors and other vendors to be as sustainable as possible. This can be the products they are selling, the physical set up of their exhibit/stall, or the way they are operating. Put signage out to recognise the winners and offer them discounts or free pitches at future events. The trader [...]

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  Container Deposit

  Posted on May 6, 2012 by meegan in Initiatives, Waste

  A container deposit system works by refunding event attendees an amount (say 10p or 20c) each time they bring a bottle back for recycling. Event attendees pay a ‘deposit’ upon purchase of their beverage, and when they return it they have it refunded. This system significantly increases the amount of materials captured for recycling at [...]

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  Resource Reclamation Station

  Posted on May 5, 2012 by meegan in Communications, Initiatives, Waste

  Make a bit of a fuss over your waste stations. Rather than have just a boring set of bins, think about creative ways to present your waste. This can include staffed booths, offering incentives to return waste, or making the bins art themselves. Global Inheritance has a waste bin art program. Look at their stuff [...]

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  Green Energy Sign Up

  Posted on May 5, 2012 by meegan in Campaigns, Communications, Energy, Initiatives

  Partner with a renewable energy provider. Get them to host a stall and challenge your attendees to sign their offices and homes up to a  green energy. The Bellingen Energy Festival is an event actually committed entirely to this concept! energyfestival.org  

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  Waste As Art

  Posted on May 5, 2012 by meegan in Communications, Initiatives, Waste

  Collect recyclables and make art grow during your event. Use chicken wire and metal to create a frame and then fill it with cans. The photo on the right is at Sountbound Festival in Western Australia. You can also flatten the cans and stick them on the outside of the structure if you’re wanting to [...]

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  Cable Ties

  Posted on May 5, 2012 by meegan in Initiatives, Waste

  Colour code your cable ties – give different colours to different teams – sound, lighting, electricity, decor, staging, plumbers, catering etc. Then put a bond on the team which penalises them if their colour cable tie are found on the ground. Pick those cable ties up boys!

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