Transcript Ways to Green Your Event

Tips to Green Your
Event
Reasons for “Going Green”
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Environmental
Degradation
– Global climate change,
deforestation, ozone
depletion, desertification,
biodiversity loss, rising
sea levels, oceanic
acidification, etc. 1
Noon, Jan. 1955
Midday, Dec. 1952
Reasons for “Going Green”
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Improves the economic bottom line
– “Smart companies can use environmental
strategy to innovate, create value, and build
competitive advantage.” 2
– “Being green makes green.”
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Reasons for “Going Green”
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Spiritual Stewardship
– Jewish
 “Let man have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,
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over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
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 “If you have a sapling in your hand, and someone should say
to you that the Messiah has come, stay and complete the
planting, and then go to greet the Messiah.” 5
– Christian
 “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for a
friend.” 6
 “Man must see himself as the very same as the environment
and thus treat it accordingly as loving oneself.” 7
Reasons for “Going Green”
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Concern for Future Generations
– “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
– “Will those who come after us in a hundred
or two hundred years, those for whom we
are blazing a trail, will they remember and
have a kind word for us?” 9
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Reasons for “Going Green”
Sustainability
Sustainable Strategies
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Events
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Trips
Service Activities
Programs
Dining
Issues
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Transportation
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Food
Energy and Resources
Trips
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Across country, like Kansas City
– Mass transportation
– Vehicle with optimal gas mileage
– Use cruise control 10
– Drive at most efficient
gas mileage speeds 11
– Check tire pressure 12
– No aggressive driving
– Avoid excessive air conditioning
– Keep windows closed 13
Trips
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Overnight Trips
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– Water
 Turn off faucet when brushing teeth or washing
hands
 Do not pre-rinse dishes and then put in dish
washer (one or the other)
– Cooking
 Do not preheat the oven
 Choose matches over lighters
Trips
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Within Nashville, like Eakin Elementary
– Mass transportation
 Carpool
– Borrow a car from CPH
 Bus routes and schedules
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– Avoid idling
– Drive less, bike/walk more
Trips
Alternative, Renewable Fuel
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Purchase more ethanol
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Avoid corn-based ethanol
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Use vehicles that can run diesel
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Ask for biodiesel from the Vanderbilt Biodiesel
Initiative 17
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Contact: Derek Riley [email protected]
If unavailable, request it anyway
Service Activities
Suggestions
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Science Projects: Composting
Art Contest: Recycling Bin Decoration
Reading books about nature or the environment
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Recommended reading
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Outdoor activities (hiking, canoeing, trail
building) through the Outdoor Recreation
Center 20
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Contact Linda Rosenkranz [email protected]
Service Activities
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Set events outside
– On campus
 Office of Schedule and Reservation
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– 208 Sarratt Student Center 615-322-2448
 Online application
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– This is where to indicate recycling for special events
– Off campus
 Metro parks 23
 For large events, permits are needed so call 615862-8400 for more information and an application
Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing
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(EPP):
– “Products or services that have a lesser or
reduced effect on human health and the
environment when compared with competing
products or services that serve the same
purpose.” 24
Reduce
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Reuse, Recycle
Two Examples: Paper and Water Containers
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Recycle
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Acceptable
– Paper:
 officer paper (staples and
paper clips are OK); colored
paper; newspaper, magazines,
& journals; envelopes (window
envelopes OK); one-ply
cardboard (“paperboard”), like
cereal boxes, 6-, 12-, or 24pack beverage boxes or tissue
boxes
– Cardboard:
 corrugated cardboard
– Aluminum/Tin:
 soda cans (empty); Food cans
(clean); Pie Tins (clean);
Aluminum Foil (clean)
– Plastic:
 bottles/items with recycling
number 1 (PET) or 2 (HDPE),
like milk jugs, shampoo bottles,
or soda/water bottles
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Unacceptable
– Paper
 paper towels or tissue;
cardboard tubes from
bathroom; tissue/paper
towels; padded envelopes;
wax-coated paper or
Styrofoam cups; phone books
– Cardboard
 food contaminated cardboard,
like used pizza boxes
– Aluminum/Tin
 other metal items
– Plastic
 plastic with a number 3
through 7; packaging that has
numbers 1 or 2; carry-out
food containers (#6); plastic
straws; plastic bags from
grocery stores; plastic
wrappers; Styrofoam; colored
Solo plastic cups
Recycle
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How to Recycle at Special Events
– Office of Schedule and Reservation
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 208 Sarratt Student Center 615-322-2448
– Online application
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 In additional comments, indicate recycling facilities
 Attend OSR Event Planning Meeting on Wednesday
afternoons, and request recycling facilities (for free)
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Where to Recycle
– Academic and administrative buildings
– Residence areas (see map)
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Programs
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Location, like a room in the Commons
Center
– Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Gold Certification by the U.S.
Green Building Council 28
– Sustainable design features of the building 29
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Other buildings with sustainable design
aspects
Meetings
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Programs
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Lighting
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Use natural lighting whenever possible
Use localized light
Turn off lights when not in use
Leave some lights off if room is in use
Use compact fluorescent light bulbs (or rooms with
them)
Temperature
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– Keep thermostats at reasonable levels (78*F in
summer and 68*F in winter)
– Clothes layering—regulate your own body heat
Programs
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EPP attributes for
Paper 32
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Post-consumer
recycled content
Processed chlorinefree
Recyclable
soy-based inks
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EPP attributes for
Office Supplies 33
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Non-toxic
Recyclable
Recycled-content
Remanufactured
Reusable
Separable
Programs
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EPP attributes for
Electronics 34
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reduced or no toxic
constituents
recycled content
reduced packaging
designed for recycling
or upgrades
energy efficient 
Energy Star label 35
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Energy Conservation
for Computers and
Other Electronics
 turn off appliances
when not in use 36
 unplug appliances when
not in use 37
 lower light/tint settings
 sleep and hibernate
mode 38
Programs
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Printing, for publicity or handouts
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Double-sided
Capture excess paper and use it for scraps or
notes
Reduced margins
Soy-based inks 39
Vanderbilt Printing Services' green initiatives 40
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Contact Kristin Yancey 615-936-4690
[email protected]
Dining
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Varieties of Sustainable
Food (and to Clothing)
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Local
Organic (also “natural”)
Vegetarian
Vegan
Fair Trade
“Insecticides are not
selective poisons.” 41
Dining
Where to Shop
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On Campus
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Nectar—Natural Food Store
Common Grounds
Off Campus
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Whole Foods, 4021 Hillsboro Pike 43
Any grocery store, look for appropriate labels
Farmers’ Market
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On campus: VUMC at Light Hall, Thu 3pm to 7pm
Off campus:
 900 Rosa L. Parks Blvd, Mon to Sun 8am to 6pm
 Edgehill Village, Thu 4pm to 7pm
Dining
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Local, Eco-Friendly Catering
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 Vanderbilt Catering
 SaRand Catering
 Commons Catering
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12th South Tap Room, 615-463-7522
The Acorn, 615-320-4399
City House, 615-736-5838
Corrieri’s Formaggeria, 615-385-9272
F. Scott’s, 615-269-5861
Bread & Company, 615-329-1400
Provence Breads & Café, 615-368-0363
The Yellow Porch, 615-386-0260
Whole Foods, 615-440-5100
Plumgood Food, 615-248-4448
Dining
Small lunch or Gala Dinner
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Recycling bins alongside trash cans
Eat less meat 46
Purchase in bulk, with less packaging
Plates and silverware
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EPP hierarchy: reusable, biodegradable, paper, coated in
wax, Styrofoam/plastic
Water
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EPP hierarchy: reusable canteens, reusable glasses,
reusable plastic cups, cups coated in wax, plastic water
bottles, plastic cups, non-recyclable cups, Styrofoam cups
Conclusion
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Commitment
– If product or service unavailable, let it be
known there is a demand
– Finances
 Franklin idiom 1768: “A penny saved is a penny
earned.” 47
 Can save money in short and long terms 48
– Determine own degree and frequency
Conclusion
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Top Ten Essentials
1) Walk more, drive less
2) If driving, go at optimal gas mileage speed
3) Turn off faucet when brushing teeth or washing
hands
4) Consider EPP
5) Recycle paper and cardboard
6) Turn off electronics when unused
7) Keep thermostat at reasonable levels
8) Select an energy and environment efficiently
designed location
9) Purchase in bulk
10) Use reusable water containers
Conclusion
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“Man is endowed with reason and creative
powers so that he may increase what has
been given to him, but up to now he has
not created but only destroyed. There are
fewer forests, rivers are drying up, wild
life is becoming extinct, the climate is
ruined, and every day the earth gets
poorer and uglier.” 49
Conclusion
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“The movement for the conservation of
wild life and the larger movement for the
conservation of all our natural resources
are essentially democratic in spirit,
purpose, and method.” 50
Conclusion
Sustainability
Equity
Environment
Economy
Ethics
List of Resources
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Students Promoting Environmental Awareness
& Responsibility
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Sustainability & Environment Management
Office
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http://studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu/spear/
www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu/
Vanderbilt Biodiesel Initiative
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http://www.vanderbilt.edu/biodiesel/
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2007 Synthesis of IPCC Report on Climate Change
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31b
John 15:13, The Bible
Father Thomas Berry ,
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