Sustainable Events
Why Plan a Green Event?
- Save money in the long run
- Conserve resources
- Provide a model for others to follow
- Leave a positive impact and lasting impression
- Feel better about your event
- Transition to thinking long-term over short-term for annual events
- Be more in control of your event’s carbon footprint
Tips for Student Orgs
- Make your club and its events as inclusive and accessible as possible
- Hand out sustainable swag or other sustainable alternatives
- Hold events outside or in energy-efficient buildings (LEED Certified, natural lighting, etc.)
- Provide a vegan meal option at events with food, and shop locally
- Avoid single-use plastics (water bottles, straws, serving ware, decorations, balloons, etc.)
- Focus your energy on reusing and reducing more than recycling (but still recycle where you can)
- Use AS Sustainability’s Function Junction
- Consider a Sustainable Event Certification (information below)
- To borrow portable hydration stations for your large outdoor event email as_sustainability@csuchico.edu
Sustainable Event Certification Program
Become a Certified Sustainable Event with AS Sustainability! A certified sustainable event considers the environment, society, and economic feasibility. Specifically, you should be planning, managing, and executing your event with Zero Waste, Climate Neutrality, and Social Responsibility in mind.
Benefits of Certification
- Sustainable Event seal for marketing purposes
- Large, outdoor events can book AS Sustainability’s two Hydration Stations (water bottle/ drinking fountain station)
- Event included in Campus reporting and contributes to our STARS gold rating
- Associated Students will promote your event by reposting your outreach on our Instagram stories.
Contact as_sustainability@csuchico.edu for a consultation on how to become a Certified Sustainable Event.