Some of the best crew in the Bay Area
Working with some of the best companies in the World
Greening events large and small
- Festivals
- Conferences
- County Fairs
- Corporate Events
- Street Fairs
- Athletic events
- Weddings
- Private Parties
- Non-profit organizations and fundraisers - donating services to dozens of events per year
- Community events
Eco-Education
- Alternatives to plastics
- Event Waste Diversion
- Creating effective infrastructures for venues and events
- Alternatives to bottled water at events
- Realities of waste to change behavior toward a healthier future
Zero Waste Consulting - eight years of experience in value packed, imaginative, solution-oriented, "greenstorming" sessions
- Venues
- Businesses
- Hotels
- Events
Resources available
- Clear Stream frames for composting - lets attendees SEE what goes back to soil making
- Reusable dishware
- Free water refill stations - water filtration unit and dispensers for events up to 10,000 people
- Event specific signage
- Incredible green team built over eight years - 80 employees strong
- Green network built over ten years around Northern California benefits all events
Green systems in detail
- Green consulting for all participants of event production: sponsors, haulers, on-site production,food vendors, public relations, participants, and venue operators
- Green webpage, contributions to press releases
- Green Mary representation on California Resource Recovery Assocation's Green Initiatives for Venues and Events connects events to the whole
- Education, outreach and support for most practical immediate and long-term options
- Determine number of stations, size and number of dumpsters based on anticipated attendance
- Always helping event producers toward saving money in waste diversion - imaginative processes and alternatives!
- 100% biodegradable food vendor supplies at competitive prices; assistance, or ordering & delivery
- Reusable dishware services for Sonoma County events – free dish lending library up to 750 people.
- Greening all aspects of events: "waste," transportation, shipping and packaging, green banners and promo items, food/beverages supplies, décor, printing, energy production and savings, food runners for left overs
- Helping events and venues tie into statewide network
- Movement away from plastics whenever possible
Greening Implementation on-site
- EcoStations: clear, effective set up for compost and recycling maximization, trash minimization
- Management of cans, dumpsters: can order or provide containers, placement, hauling, dumpster placement, and pick up
- Water systems on-site: filtration units and dispensers advancing reuse
- Green team management - very experienced crew, dedicated, passionate, professional, thorough
- Education around what really is recyclable, avoiding that which is not, always moving toward reduce/reuse
- Connections to local produce, organic supplies, sustainable services providers, shade grown coffee, etc
- Full venue clean up, dumpster labeling, communication with haulers to ensure all goes to right place
- Assistance with volunteer recruitment, training and on-site supervision
- Composting of all organic waste, food vendor greening and biodegradable wares conversion
- Used vendor oil hauled for re-use as veggie oil
- Sorting of all bags to ensure maximum diversion
- Earth Tips signage educates all participants - how to live more lightly on earth AT and AFTER your event
- Track and report diversion numbers: percentage diverted from the landfil
- Post-event meetings to discuss what greening accomplished and suggestions for the future
Contribute to green reports and press releases- Green support and networking between events