Links
Updated April 21, 2010
Site Map to Links
- Conference and Meeting Management
- 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
- How to Run a Committee and Not Get Lynched
- Strategies for Making Association Meetings Work
Green Meeting and Event Basics
- APEX Green Meetings and Events Practices
- Blue Green Meetings
- Ceres – Green Hotel Initiative
- 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 Canada - VERTigo: Plan to Meet Green
- National Recycling Coalition - Green Meetings Policy
- PCMA - PMM5 Green Meetings Checklist
- 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
Audio Visual
Awards
Carbon Offsets
- Climate Care
- Climate Biz
- EcoBusiness Links (Price comparison of carbon offset programs)
- Leonardo Academy - Cleaner and Greener Program
- Safe Climate - "Offset Project Evaluation Criteria"
- Sterling Planet - Renewable Energy Program
- The Carbon Consultancy
Certifications
- Audobon Green LeafTM Eco-Rating Program for Hotels
- BOMA Go Green (North America)
- BSI 8901
- EcoCrown Hospitality Program
- EnergyStar for Hospitality
- EU Flower
- Forest Stewardship Council
- Green Globe
- Green Key (Canada)
- Green Seal Certification Program
- ISO 14000/14001
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
- Marine Stewardship Council
Destination Selection
- Benchmark Hospitality International (Destination selection criteria)
- Best Places to MeetGreen®
- Green Destinations Blogspot
- EarthCheck
- Greener Buildings - "The Top 10 Green Cities in the US"
Exhibits
- Colorado Convention Center - Green Best Practices Checklist for Exhibitors
- Exhibitor Online - Green Gallery
- "Green Exhibiting Best Practices: Going Green the Right Way"
- Expos Going Green
- IMEX - "Exhibitor Tips for Greeer Exhibiting"
- VFI International (Green tradeshow booths & marketing units)
Food and Beverage
- Feeding America
- Eco Products (Sustainable serviceware)
- Blue Ocean Institute (Free sustainable seafood guide)
- Chef's Collaborative
- Food and Water Watch
- Local Harvest
- Monterey Bay Aquarium (Free sustainable seafood guide)
- NAT-UR Store (Compostable serviceware)
- Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of 1996
- Simply Biodegradable (Serviceware)
- Union of Concerned Scientists - "What's In the Meat You Eat?"
- USDA National Organic Program
- USDA: Food Recovery and Gleaning Initiative
Greenwashing
- Canadian Competition Bureau of the Canadian Standards Association
- CorpWatch
- Futerra Sustainability Communications - The Greenwash Guide
- Greenwashing Index
- Source Watch - Greenwashing
- Terrachoice - The Six Sins of Greenwashing
Lodging
- EcoLogical Solutions
- Green Lodging News
- U.S. State Green Lodging Programs:
Marketing and Eco-labels
- Ecolabelling.org
- Environmentally Friendly Hotels - "Consumers Seeking Green Hotel Eco-Labels"
- Greener Choices - Ecolabels Center
- 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
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (Will research purchasing questions for free)
- EPA - "Buy Recycled Series - Paper Products"
- 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
Recycling and Waste Management
- California Integrated Waste Management Board - Recycled-Content Product Directory
- e-Stewards (Electronic recycling certification program and list)
- Flower Power Foundation
- Project Green AV - Business & Consumer Electronics Recycling
- Green Mary - Event Waste Diversion & Eco-Education
- National Recycling Coalition
- Office Depot's Tech Recycling Program
- "Recycling Myths: PM Debunks 5 Half Truths about Recycling"
Reporting
Social Responsibility
Tools and Resources
- Environmental Defense Paper Calculator
- Environmental Resource Center
- Environmental Leader (Article on green consumer types)
- GreenBiz.com
- Impact 4 Good
- Lionheart Consulting
- MeetGreen® - 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"
- Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria
- 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)
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