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Event-greening Workshop
On Friday January 27th, St. Louis Earth Day will hold its second annual Recycling On the Go workshop for event planners. Sign up to learn about event-greening techniques for different aspects of event logistics and learn about waste diversion strategies from industry experts. The workshop is also an opportunity for participants to share their successes and challenges with fellow event-planners to promote a more supportive community for sustainable event-planning in St. Louis. A portion of the day will be spent in focus groups examining participant’s events, establishing green goals and discussing tailored strategies.
LOCATION: The William Kerr Foundation | 21 O’Fallon Street St. Louis, MO 63102-2219 | Directions
“The St. Louis Earth Day Event-Greening Workshop was a great opportunity to learn about waste management and how to execute a green event plan in an environment that facilitated networking with local vendors and like-minded professionals. Guest speakers helped my understanding of the waste stream. Now, not only do I make better trash sorting decisions, but I also fully realize the importance of it. Within a few months we tested the templates and strategies provided by SLED and found them to be easy and effective. At the workshop, I developed contacts with event planners working towards the same goals and vendors willing to help, both of which have been crucial to rolling out the program and working out the kinks.”
Stewart Wolfe | Festivals – Tours, Schlafly Beer
If you help to plan an event (any size!) and are interested in attending our workshop, sign up today! Registration is $30 and includes a light breakfast, lunch and course materials. Discounts and scholarships are available on a case-by-case basis.
To read about our 2011 ROG Workshop, click here.
Workshop Topics:
Establish/Improve Recycling
Establish/Improve Composting
Sustainable/Local Materials Sourcing
Vendor Communications
Establishing/Expanding “Green” Guidelines
Alternatives to Bottled Water
Increasing Local/Organic Food Options
Sustainable Transportation Access
Energy Options
Green Event Publicity
A volunteer at LouFest helps a concert-goer sort her waste at a signature St. Louis Earth Day ROG Station. Patrons actively engage with the process of "throwing away" and thus participate in this educational model of event waste diversion.
Throughout our Recycling On the Go: Events season, we work with event organizers to green their operations and facilitate the waste diversion effort. Five years and over 150 events later, we feel like it’s time to share our experiences so that more events in the St. Louis region can reduce their environmental impact without compromising budgetary restraints.
More and more often event-goers are expecting to see recycling, and even composting, at the festivals they attend. We invite your event to take on the ROG Challenge and start greening your operations by diverting the recyclables collected at your event from the landfill. Get started planning your Green Event by asking these questions.
