August 2012
Come Out With Your Sporks Up!
"Justin Beiber doesn't make a ceramic birthday party plate, so here's your paper plate. Deal with it!" This is a direct quote from my sister as she was handing me a piece of cake for my niece's [...]
Event Recycling 101
Recycling is the final option before the landfill and one that can still have an impact on your economic bottom line. It is essential to the environmental bottom line and cannot be stressed enough. It [...]
Ideas to Reduce Box Lunch Packaging
By now you know that serving food in bulk saves money and the environment. Caterers we work with estimate the savings to be between 50% and 60% for serving bulk condiments instead of individually packaged. [...]
July 2012
Consider YOUR Source
Think it doesn't matter where you source your event promotional items from? Ask the US Olympic Committee and think again. When word leaked out about the uniforms being "Made in China," the media world went [...]
Contagious Enthusiasm
"We just can't help it. Once we got started on green practices, we keep asking ourselves and each other, 'What's next?', 'What else can we do?'" Grace Lial, Director of Guest Services at the [...]
Community Sole
It was a beautiful weekend in Portland, so when I parked my car after work on Friday, I decided to leave it there and walk for the next few days. My weekend was a busy [...]