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 Meet Green, experts in environmental stewardship with extensive knowledge of environmentally responsible meeting practices. Together, the Committee and Meet Green 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.
In 2008 we were presented the highest accolades for green meetings: The IMEX Green Meetings Award, recognizing our efforts to green the Portland General Assembly 2007.
We advocate to improve practice in each city we visit. For example the General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale in 2008 resulted in a permanent expanded recycling program at the convention center and improved adoption of linen reuse and recycling at local hotels, three of which became certified under the Florida Green Lodging Program as a result of our event.
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For more information contact generalassembly @ uua.org.
Last updated on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.
