Greening your meeting. Below are ideas and links to resources that will help you with your next green meeting.

Food & Beverage Ask that condiments, beverages, and other food items be provided in bulk instead of individually packaged. Ensure food and beverage packaging is recyclable, and that it will be recycled.

BUY LOCAL: To avoid transportation of goods cost, for fresher produce, by support your local economy. Request organic produce, and free run chicken/eggs/meats. Offer vegetarian meal selections; vegetables consume less land base and energy to produce.

RECYCLE: Pre-order meals to reduce food waste & cost. Pre-meal selection optoins will cut down on food wastage. Arrange to have left over food donated to a local food bank or soup kitchen. Ask if unusable left over food portions can be composted, or shipped to a local farms as animal feed. Call on organizations (professional in this type of service) as Special E, www.aspeciale.com

Ask your suppliers to use reusable tableware. Choose centerpieces and decorations that can be reused, such as living plants.

ENERGY-EFFICIENCY VENUE: Replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs, visible recycling in guest rooms, purchase carbon offsets to mitigate the emissions caused by air travel "Native Energy"

All this requires commitment . Every step toward this goal is definitely worth taking!

SPECIAL E is a unique event planning resource that rescues leftovers from meetings, parties, and special events and recycles them to help our planet and people in need. Read More

Why buy local?
You'll get exceptional taste and freshness, strengthen your local economy, support endangered family farms, safeguard your family's health, and protect the environment.

Looking to find good fresh, locally grown food near you?

FoodRoute.org has a Local Harvest community level map that makes it easy to find sustainable farmers, farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture projects (CSAs) in your area.

Just click on their map to zoom in, or enter your zip code to get quick results. Start here

Green Printers:
Infinity Press -- San Carlos, California
New Leaf Reincarnation Matte

Infinity Press is a boutique printing company located south of San Francisco. We tailor projects to specific client needs. We use a recycled papers and are committed to having an environmentally low impact profile. We are chemistry-free in pre-press and recycle all by-products except, of course, our exquisite printing!