How to Plan a Sustainable Event: A Guide for Creating a Waste Wise Event

• ISBN13: 9781502551061
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: October 16, 2014
• Pages: 142
• Original Price: USD 14.97
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 200 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Project Management

Pick up this easy to follow guide at its introductory price. If you organize any type of event or festival, this is the perfect guide to help you easily create one that is more Waste Wise.Creating a more sustainable event or festival should be the goal of every event organizer and festival coordinator.It doesn't matter the size, or type of venue the event or festival will be held at, there are a variety of ways to make any event more Eco-friendly, Waste Wise and sustainable. This book contains simple steps to take to create a more sustainable event or festival. Any event coordinator can implement at least one step in their next event to make a positive change and set an example for other event coordinators in their area.Creating a sustainable event or festival takes vision and commitment from the organizing group and individuals within that organization. Every type of event or festival can be both very successful and more sustainable with a minimum amount of effort.Creating a sustainable event or festival has many benefits for your organization or business that go beyond just helping to conserve and restore the Earth's resources.Indoor events will have some challenges and requirements that are different from ones that need to be met for an outdoor festival. And the reverse is also true.One can aim towards having a Waste-Free event or festival, but that is a very difficult goal to achieve. But creating a Waste Wise event is an attainable goal for any organizer when you implement even one of the strategies found inside this book. There are many ways to ensure the you divert some of the waste generated at your event or festival away from the local landfill.You will better understand how easy it is to add recycling to an event. Discover how using compostable service ware makes a difference even if you do not have a composting service available. It discusses how to find volunteers to help at your event and how to train and reward them.This book contains many strategies for ways to help organizers to get started to create a more sustainable earth-friendly festival or event. Even if you chose just one of the outlined strategies to implement for the event or festival you host this year, you can make a positive difference for our environment and planet. At the same time, you will be helping to educate more people on the importance of sustainability in their everyday lives.

Julia Wright lives in a small Colorado mountain town on a street that leads a trail that goes to the top of Pikes Peak. Manitou Springs is filled with holistic healers, artists and many people interested in creating a more sustainable lifestyle. She has always been interested in ways to live gently on the planet. She grew up in a rural area of northern Illinois with parents who had a small garden and shopped at roadside farm stands all summer long. She loved playing in the out-of-doors then, and still chooses hiking as her favorite way to celebrate the Earth's natural beauty. Julia has been involved in coordinating the Commonwheel Artists Co-op's Labor Day Art Festival since 1976 when she joined the Co-op. It has grown into a regionally renowned successful Festival that celebrated its 40th year in 2014. In 2009 she suggested to the Festival committee that they should look at creating a more sustainable Art Festival. They agreed, but it took many community members outside of Commonwheel to make this happen. The City of Manitou Springs, Commonwheel Artists and Julia have been very involved with creating a more sustainable world in many ways. This book came about when she realized how many people are interested in learning ways to make Events they coordinate or participate in more sustainable. Most books she found offered very complicated and expensive ideas for how to create a more sustainable Event. This book is very user-friendly and invites people to take one simple step, then another, to make a change in the way an Event handles waste, so as to not be overwhelmed. She was introduced to Essential Oils over 19 years ago. Her first book, Discover Essential Oils For Optimum Health, was a way for her to share her knowledge of essential oils for to create natural health. Her FantaFaces masks spark an instant transformation when someone places one on their face. In 2013, the Waldo Canyon Fire turned many acres of land above Manitou Springs into hydrophobic soil. Manitou Springs was at high risk for flooding. Manitou had experienced flooding in 1999 when flood waters that came down Williams Canyon; one of the major watersheds from the area the fire had destroyed. She used photographs from the 1999 flood, and wrote Lessons From Past Floods: Destruction, Restoration and Preparation. Julia helps other people get published on Kindle and Amazon's CreateSpace. She has published many books herself. Find more books she has written at: www.HieroGraphicsBooksLLC.com.