Alliance Trainings – A Smaller Footprint!
 When you participate in Land Trust Alliance trainings, you are contributing to a Green event! The Alliance is committed to delivering events that minimize waste and energy consumption as outlined by the Convention Industry Council’s Green Meetings Task Force Report.
For years, the Alliance has been proud to deliver environmentally friendly trainings. We strive to build upon this Green tradition and in doing so, hope to offer an inspirational, clean and earth-friendly conference.
RALLY IS A CARBON NEUTRAL CONFERENCE!
The Alliance is proud to announce that the 20th Rally was a carbon neutral conference. We have calculated and offset 62 tons of generated CO2 emissions – pollutants produced by field trip bus emissions and heating, cooling and light emissions from the Adam’s Mark Hotel conference space. These offsets have been sponsored by Colorado Conservation Trust and dedicated to NativeEnergy to assist in current projects like the Owl Feather War Bonnet Wind Farm and the Wanner Family Farm Methane Project. The NativeEnergy program was chosen because it is a privately held Native American energy company that helps build Native American farmer-owned and community-based renewable energy projects. If you would like to learn more and do your part to offset your Rally travel CO2 emissions, please visit www.nativeenergy.com and consider offsetting your travel pollutants.
GREEN FACT:
During a typical five-day conference 2,500 attendees will use 62,500 plates, 87,500 napkins, 75,000 cups or glasses and 90,000 cans or bottles! – Meeting Strategies Worldwide. 2007
RECYCLED PRINTING AND REDUCED PAPER CONSUMPTION
- Full version attendee lists available to download prior to Rally on RallyNet; an abbreviated version was placed in each participants Rally tote bag
- Many workshop handouts are posted on RallyNet and can be downloaded onsite and prior to Rally; paper copies printed double-sided on 100% recycled paper.
- Spiral-bound Rally program printed on recycled paper with soy ink
- Registration availble online to reduce paper consumption and mailings
- Overall Rally Evaluation form online after the conference - saving 1,800 pieces of paper!
- Meals will use china and cloth napkins – no disposable products
- China coffee cups or Starbucks cups with 10% post-consumer fiber content will be used for coffee breaks
SMARTER TRAVEL
- Hotels are selected within a short walking distance from meeting space to minimize additional transportation needs.
- Rally 2007 in Denver - a walkable city. The Adam’s Mark Hotel is located in the heart of downtown Denver on the 16th Street Mall just steps from restaurants, shops, offsite venues, etc.
- The 16th Street Mall is a pedestrian and transit mall that runs 1.25 miles along 16th St in downtown Denver. The free MallRide buses are hybrid electric vehicles that shuttle you all the way to Lo-Do (Lower Downtown Denver)!
WATER CONSERVATION
- We strive to use hotels with a linen re-use program offering guests the option of using their linens and towels
What YOU can do to make Alliance trainings Greener!
- Recycle your name tag after the conference
- Bring a reusable water bottle
- Participate in the hotel linen and towel re-use program
- Recycle materials in appropriate bins
- Turn off your hotel room lights and heat/air when you leave your room
- Make a charitable donation - offset your travel emissions, whether you travel by air or auto! Visit www.nativeenergy.com and consider offsetting your pollutants.
Have some green ideas? Share them with us! We always are looking for ways to go even Greener. Save paper and e-mail us at training@lta.org.
Photo courtesy of John Fielder
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