1. Greening Your Meeting Michael Patton recyclemichael@yahoo.com MetRecycle.com

2. Printed Materials Avoid paper if possible Try dry erase boards, Powerpoints, flash drives, Old fashioned projectors

3. Printed Materials Cont’d Recycled content paper Double-sided Water based adhesives Clean up mailing lists

4. Food and Beverage Functions China service if possible Cloth napkins Reusable coffee mugs – Styrofoam is the devil

5. Food and Beverages Cont’d Water pitchers Bulk dispensers – Coffee urn – Ice tea dispenser – Soda machine

6. Recycling Paper Plastic Aluminum Glass

7. Local Foods Defining local is difficult – Grown and/or processed where? Vegetarian/organic Keg beverages Prevent food waste – Commit to meal by sign up

8. Transportation Site selection Local transit Carpooling options Attendee and speaker travel Carbon offsets

9. Hotels Green practices Recycling Walkable distance Linens/towels/toiletries

10. Attendees Name badges – Scanable with bar codes – Reusable Badge holders Giveaways Notepads Agendas Meeting packets

11. Outside Attendees Webcast Conference calls – Freeconferencecall.com Minutes/proceedings

12. Follow-up Surveys – Surveymonkey.com Attendee input

13. More Resources www.greenmeetings.info www.convenegreen.com www.greenhotels.com www.sustainabletravel.org www.greenseal.org

14. www.MetRecycle.com recyclemichael@yahoo.com Michael Patton Executive Director The Metropolitan Environmental Trust 918-584-0584