Links
Updated December 13, 2007Link Categories:
• Conference and Meeting Management
• Green Meeting and Event Basics
• Website Examples of Conference Greening
• Additional Green Meeting Resources
• Green Meeting and Event Basics
• Website Examples of Conference Greening
• Additional Green Meeting Resources
Conference and Meeting Management
- A Guide to Successful Committee Meetings
- Association Event Marketing
- Convention Industry Council’s 2004 Economic Impact Study
- Eco Meetings
- How to Run a Committee and Not Get Lynched
- Strategies for Making Association Meetings Work
Green Meeting and Event Basics
- Blue Green Meetings
- Ceres – Green Hotel Initiative
- Convene Magazine - "Meetings That Don't Make an Impract (On the Environment, That Is)"
- Convention Industry Council - Green Meetings Report
- Environment Canada - Green Meeting Guide
- EPA - "Greening Your Meetings and Conferences"
- Green Meeting Industry Council
- Live Earth Green Event Guidelines
- MPI's The Meeting Professional - "Going Green" (March 2006)
- MPI's The Meeting Professional - "It's Not Easy Being Green" (May 2006)
- National Recycling Coalition - Green Meetings Policy
- US Environmental Protection Agency - Green Meetings
Website Examples of Conference Greening
- BSR - Sustainable Conference by Design Green Meeting Industry Council – Greening the Conference
- World Urban Forum - Greening Initiative
Additional Green Meeting Resources
Awards
Carbon Offsets
Certifications
- Audobon Green LeafTM Eco-Rating Program for Hotels
- EcoCrown Hospitality Program
- EnergyStar for Hospitality
- GreenSeal Certification Program
- MeetGreenSM Certification (Green certification for conferences and events)
Destination Selection
- Benchmark Hospitality International (Destination selection criteria)
- Green Destinations Blogspot
- Green Globe 21 - Community/Destination Standard Report
- Greener Buildings - "The Top 10 Green Cities in the US"
Exhibits
- Expos Going Green
- IMEX - "Exhibitor Tips for Greeer Exhibiting"
- VFI International (Green tradeshow booths & marketing units)
Food and Beverage
- America's Second Harvest
- Biocorp (Sustainable serviceware)
- Blue Ocean Institute (Free sustainable seafood guide)
- Chef's Collaborative
- Local Harvest
- Monterey Bay Aquarium (Free sustainable seafood guide)
- NAT-UR Store (Compostable serviceware)
- PCMA (Information on the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act)
- Simply Biodegradable (Serviceware)
- Union of Concerned Scientists - "What's In the Meat You Eat?"
- USDA National Organic Program
- USDA: Food Recovery and Gleaning Initiative
Lodging
Marketing
- Consumer's Union (Free guide to eco-labels)
- Federal Trade Commission - Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims
- J. Ottman Consulting Inc (Articles on green marketing)
Purchasing
- Allwag Promotions UK (Recycled materials promotional items)
- EcoLogic Solutions (Green cleaning supplies)
- Eco-Purchasing Guide for Hotels and Motels
- Green Earth Office Supply
- Leighmans (Eco-friendly promotional items)
- Recycled Products (Giveaways made from recycled/renewable materials)
- Sustainable Group (Green office supplies)
- World Centric - Fair Trade and Eco Store
Tools and Resources
- Environmental Defense Paper Calculator
- Environmental Resource Center
- GreenBiz.com
- Green Event Suppliers
- Green Globe 21
- Impact 4 Good
- Lionheart Consulting
- MeetGreenSM - Calculator & Toolbox
- "Simple Steps to Green Meetings and Events" (Book on green meetings)
- Sustainablebusiness.com
- Sustainable Future
- The Natural Step
- World Resources Institute
Travel and Tourism
- BEST (Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel)
- CNN.com - "Take green tactics on the road"
- GreenBiz - "Environmentally Responsible Business Travel"
- Green Lodging News - "AH&LEF, Smith Travel Survey Offers Insight into Green Trends" (Article about green trends in the hotel industry)
- Green Tourism Business Scheme
- Go Loco (Carpool networking)
- International Tourism Partnership (Publishers of the GreenHotelier magazine)
- Sustainable Travel International - Eco-directory
- United Nations Environment Programme (Several articles on ecological, economic and social impacts of travel on destinations)


