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If you want to reduce your impact on the environment and go green the next time you plan a meeting or other event, here is a great article that has 10 Easy Steps for eco-friendly meetings and includes ideas like ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’, ‘Choose a Local Destination’, etc.

Read the full article here:

Green Planning

You would be surprised how easy it is to plan a meeting while taking into consideration the impact it will have on the environment. Follow the steps in the above guide and Go Green!

Part of planning a successful event is giving away promotional items to the participants. These days, you can find promotional items that are environmentally friendly, what are called Green Gifts. These eco friendly products are sure to please both your event attendees AND the environment.

Check out the full list here:

Top 25 Environmental Gift Ideas

As you can see from the above list, it isn’t just eco friendly backpacks and water bottles that can be given away as ‘green’ products - but remember: if you want your company or organization to remembered long after the event is over, be sure to give away a product with your logo imprinted on it!

Has the world gone mad?

Look, I’m all for not polluting the environment, reducing emissions, yada-yada-yada, but one thing that really frosts me (excuse the pun and reference to the coming ice age) is this outright fraud called ‘Carbon Offsets’ being perpetuated by the likes of Al Gore and the rest of the global warming alarmists.

This latest piece shows how event planning is now going to cost even more due to this carbon offset scam:

Global Executive Partners With BeGreen Carbon Offsets To ‘Green-Up’ Events

From the Press Release:

“BeGreen Carbon Offsets (carbon footprint through the purchase of renewable energy, forest sequestration and other project-based offsets. BeGreen’s carbon calculators follow the EPA Climate Leaders methodology, which is based on the World Resources Institute’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol (WRI GHG), a widely accepted industry standard. All purchases and sales of BeGreen’s carbon offset projects are also verified by an independent auditing firm to ensure their quality and effectiveness.”

But a little REALITY on the subject of Carbon Offsets can be found here:

‘Another Inconvenient Truth’: BusinessWeek Busts Al Gore and Carbon Offsets

Events are expensive enough - do we really need to feel good about how we get to the event and buy into this nonsense, too?