So much to say!!

Hey everyone.. so we hope this message finds you well. In this blog we will finish blogging about our experience at The Green Event Summit, yummy carmel apples, and bringing Green to a local downtown association.


So, here we go... The Green Event Summit was great! I will absolutely be attending again next year barring we don't have a million dollar event at the same time. It was really well put together, I feel a few educational sessions could have been more advanced, but overall I give it an A. The overall consensus is, planner seem to be looking for a Green certification and we are all looking for green vendors that we can trust. Since we are also founding publishers of the California Green Special Events & Meetings Resource Directory, I got to talk that up a bit. The directory has a three leaf rating system where vendors (and planners) must at least qualify for one leaf to be listed. You should check it out, the website launched last week Thursday. But, anyways, I got to venture out Thursday night before I had to head to the airport directly after the conference concluded. So here are some pics I took.


OH and if you are in the Montgomery Street area near the Palace Hotel and are looking for a great steak at a bar - go to Bobs located on the corner clock of the Omni. It was about a 5 block walk, but well worth it! And, on the way back, I bumped into a guy riding a bike and couldn't help but stop him to take a picture of his bike "license plate"... It just matched - San Francisco, the street our hotel was located was lined with Gay Pride Flags, this man on the street corner and I'm there attending a Green conference. Some could say the bastian of liberalism. :)

So, moving on... We will post more about this once we get the photos in, but we helped produced the Global Green's 12th Annual Millennium Awards and had to take a photo of Karli's favorite, candy apples... but, with a bamboo stick!


And, yesterday we brought the first elements of Green to one of our clients - at their monthly meeting all of our event signage, directional, sponsor, podium, and banner were made from recycled materials! Everything from 30 to 100% recycled paper. Then we even had the hotel put out Paper, Plastic and Glass recycle bins. I was concerned to see how our business attendees would take to it and was hoping that at the end of the day we would see items in the bins! And, I did. I think this also makes a statement, that the organization is looking to conserve and recycle when possible. Every little bit counts!


Ok, ya'll - post later!