Events

The Event Greening Forum encourages events that promote event greening principles.  Watch this space for more information of current events, or visit the news page for information on previous events.

Event Greening Training in Gauteng

Are you a professional event or exhibition organiser that wants to make a difference? Are you trying to get ahead of the pack in a responsible manner?  Would you like to learn more about event greening and what you can do to green your events?

These half day training sessions have been designed to teach you how to do event greening in a practical way.  We have compiled a comprehensive training schedule to suite your busy lifestyle and we believe that it will be beneficial to you and your environment.  To build on previous training, but also provide opportunity for people that have no prior experience, we will be offering a starter session in the morning, with a more comprehensive session in the afternoon.

The training will include the following main elements:

• What is event greening? What are the benefits and why is it important?
• What are the main greening practices that need to be implemented, such as waste reduction, eco procurement and energy efficiency?
• What is climate change, global warming and carbon off-setting?
• The section on practical implementation will include how to get started, the management principles and high impact areas that need to be considered, such as venues, exhibition, F&B, marketing and transport.

Audience

The training is aimed at the following main groups:

• Event organisers – conferences, meetings, seminars, workshops, festivals, exhibitions
• Venues –convention centres, hotels and other venues where events are held
• Suppliers and sub-contractors – infrastructure, AV, transport, products

Outcome

Participation in the training workshop will assist you to understand the importance of event greening with the following outcomes:

• Improve the resource efficiency of the entire event and supply chain management;
• Reduce negative environmental impacts such as carbon emissions, waste to landfill and effects on biodiversity;
• Increase economic, social and environmental benefits (triple-bottom-line);
• Improve economic impacts such as local investment and long-term viability;
• Improve social impacts such as community involvement and fair employment;
• Improve sustainable performance within an available budget;
• Reduce the negative impacts on local residents;
• Protect the local biodiversity, water and soil resources;
• Apply the principles of eco procurement for goods and services;
• Raise awareness on sustainability issues amongst all role players; and
• Ensure that the aims and objectives are clearly defined and measured.

Presenter

Grace Stead, who is a leader in the field of event greening, will present this interactive training session.  She has been involved with events such as the Live Earth Concert, ICLEI World Congress, Green Building Council and Rocking the Daisies, and a co-author of documents such as Minimum Environmental Standards for the 2010 FIFA World Cup; Play it Green – Event Greening for large sports events in SA; UN Green Meetings Guide and the Smart Events Handbook. She is a member of Green Meeting Industry Council and a key contributor to the Event Greening Forum in South Africa. She runs her own business Steadfast Greening that focuses on event greening and sustainable living and is a founding member of icologie that promotes sustainable living.

Logistics and cost

Training workshops will be held in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban depending on demand.  Numbers will be limited to a maximum of twenty participants per training event.  Cost will depend on the venue and final arrangements and will include light refreshments and training material. The estimated cost for a half day workshop per person is R525 excluding VAT, while a full day will cost R775, excluding VAT, but will be confirmed with final logistics.

Next workshops

Tshwane – 31 August 2010

Date: 31 August 2010
Place: Sammy Marks Auditorium, Tshwane
Time: 8:30 for 9:00 till 13:00
Cost: R525 per person, excl VAT

Many thanks to the City of Tshwane for the sponsorship of the venue.

The morning session is aimed at persons who did not attend any of the initial workshops because it provides background information about the importance on event greening.    The afternoon session will focus on taking this forward in a practical way.  This training session will cost R525 per person, excluding VAT and will be for a half day session. Please RSVP below if you would like to attend or require additional info.

If there are suppliers that would like to exhibit their goods or services this can be displayed on request.  Suppliers do need to register on the Event Greening Suppliers Database if they would like to participate in the exhibit.  Please click here for more details on registration as a supplier and please confirm in the RSVP form if you would like to exhibit – details to be finalised.

Johannesburg – 2 September 2010

Date: 2 September 2010
Place: Coca-Cola Dome, Johannesburg
Morning session:8:30 for 9:00 till 12:30
Afternoon session: 13:00 till 16:30
Cost: R525 for a half-day, or R775 for the full day training (excl VAT)

Many thanks to the Coca-Cola Dome for the sponsorship of the venue.

The morning session is aimed at persons who did not attend any of the initial workshops because it provides background information about the importance on event greening.    The afternoon session will focus on taking this forward in a practical way.  A half-day session (either the morning of afternoon) will cost R525 per person, excluding VAT, while the full day workshop will cost R775 excluding VAT.  Please RSVP below if you would like to attend and click here for directions to the venue.

Suppliers are also invited to exhibit their goods or services if they can show that they promote event greening.  Suppliers need to register on the Event Greening Suppliers Database if they would like to participate.  Please click here for more details on registration as a supplier.

If you would like to participate in the next round of training, please RSVP below and we will provide you with additional details.

RSVP

If you would like to participate in the next round of training, please RSVP below and we will provide you with additional details.