1. Green Celebrations A program of Reclaim Your Holidays, an initiative to help Iowans create more meaningful celebrations and reduce ecological footprints Susan Salterberg, UNI and Kristi Cooper, ISU

2. Green Celebrations Session 1: Rethinking Holiday Celebrations Session 2: Simplifying Gift-Giving, Food & Gatherings Session 3: Taking Green Celebrations/ RYHs to Your Community

3. Taking it to YOUR Community What inspires, motivates you about “Green Celebrations”?

4. Review Rethinking Holidays 1)Ecological impact of consumption 2)Relationship between satisfaction & “stuff”

5. Review Simplifying Gift- Giving, Food & Gatherings Resources to help people consume in more sustainable ways and create more meaningful lives.

6. Taking Green Celebrations to YOUR Community Goal: To Explore Opportunities, Audiences, Messages & Marketing, Challenges, more Resources and create an Action Plan

7. Green Celebrations Opportunities Holidays –Religious & cultural –Secular –Governmental Seasons Life Transitions Community Events Organizational Programs

8. Green Celebrations Outreach Presentations Displays Open House Newsletters News Media Social Media

9. Green Celebrations Audiences Self Family Friends Neighbors Co-workers Congregations Community & Youth organizations

10. Effective Messages & Marketing Positive Easy & Simple “Norm” Don’t talk about climate Thriving (not surviving) Abundance (not sacrifice )

11. Green Celebrations Challenges Commitment & Time Money Timing Match Outreach methods to Audience Message

12. Green Celebrations Plan Local Partners: ISU Extension & Outreach Library Nature Center Landfill/Solid Waste Congregations Existing Audiences: Congregations Community centers Civic organizations Schools, colleges Fairs, open houses

13. More Resources – UNI CEEE Reclaim Your Holidays www.ReclaimYourHolidays.org www.ReclaimYourHolidays.org RYH Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ReclaimYourHolidays https://www.facebook.com/ReclaimYourHolidays Green Celebrations Training –March 13, Dubuque, 1- 4:30 pm, salterberg@uni.edusalterberg@uni.edu

14. More Resources – ISUE&O Eco Family Blog http://blogs.extension.ia state.edu/isuecofamilyhttp://blogs.extension.ia state.edu/isuecofamily Eco Family Facebook https://www.facebook.c om/pages/ISUEco- Family/ https://www.facebook.c om/pages/ISUEco- Family/ EcoFamilyISU Twitter

15. Eco Family Virtual Conference Online “Flipped” class March 7 “ENERGY” April 4 “STUFF” May 2 “FOOD” June 6 “NEIGHBORS” http://www.extension.iastate.edu/linn/news/live- green-2013

16. Special thanks for funding… The Resource Enhancement and Protection Conservation Education Program & The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste Alternatives Program

17. Green Celebrations A program of Reclaim Your Holidays Susan Salterberg salterberg@uni.edu salterberg@uni.edu Center for Energy & Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa In partnership with: Kristi Cooper kcoop@iastate.edu kcoop@iastate.edu Iowa State University Extension & Outreach