Greening General Assembly
In concert with our Seventh Principle and with urging from the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth, the General Assembly (GA)Planning Committee has been working toward the environmental sustainability of our meeting—the “Greening” of GA. To that end, the Committee has entered into consultation with Meeting Strategies Worldwide, experts in environmental stewardship with extensive knowledge of environmentally responsible meeting practices. Together, the Committee and Meeting Strategies have worked to determine goals, objectives, and achievable environmental practices, and to monitor the implementation of those practices.Because the Association embraces social and environmental responsibility, then naturally our events should reflect that commitment. Each year we work to incorporate environmentally responsible practices, communicate those practices to our contracted hotels and the convention center, manage and monitor these efforts during the meeting, and evaluate our progress.
As part of the conference registration process, voluntary donations are collected and forwarded to Carbonfund.org, a non-profit organization that educates the public about the issue of climate change and works with businesses and civic groups on CO2 reduction programs. Last year 1742 GA registrants participated and over $10,000 was collected for Carbonfund.org.
This year, registrants will also have the option of picking up their GA printed programs in Florida instead of having them mailed to their homes. The full program will be made available online in May.
Last updated on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
