{"id":12940,"date":"2015-12-02t17:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-02t17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/how-to-tips-to-conduct-outreach-with-a-smaller-ecological-footprint\/"},"modified":"2015-12-02t17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02t17:00:00","slug":"how-to-tips-to-conduct-outreach-with-a-smaller-ecological-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/how-to-tips-to-conduct-outreach-with-a-smaller-ecological-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"how-to: tips to conduct outreach with a smaller ecological footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>by danielle schultz<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>planet forward intern\/george washington university<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height:1.6em\">here at planet forward we do a lot of outreach \u2014&nbsp;to gain content, attendance at events, inform people about our cause, and so much more. that being said, we want our outreach to be as green as possible.&nbsp;and if we can do it, other groups definitely can.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">help your organization and university achieve its sustainability goals.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height:1.6em\">here are some ways to be more sustainable when reaching out to your peers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">1. go electronic. <\/strong>this is the easiest, most obvious&nbsp;way you can make a difference.&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">reach out via email and telephone, rather than snail mail. <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">not only is this method much quicker, but you can reach more people with no paper waste.&nbsp;<\/span>and s<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">kip the fliers on campus. instead, make a digital version or craft a&nbsp;short, entertaining video (and hope it goes viral!). it&#8217;s also more likely that more people will see your message&nbsp;if you&#8217;re directly targeting the audience you want to reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">2. use smaller&nbsp;paper. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">if you must hand out fliers, try a quarter sheet or a palm card.&nbsp;you can typically get just as much information on that size, and still get your message across. some printing companies also offer recycled paper options, and can include a brief message at the bottom letting others know that the product was printed on post-consumer waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">3. make it a goal to hold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecocycle.org\/zerowaste\">zero waste<\/a> events&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">(or as close to it as possible). have bins for recycling and composting at any events put on by your organization or group. to help eliminate food waste, if you&#8217;re serving food at your event, family-style or buffet serving options produce less waste overall, as leftovers can be repurposed. plated food cannot be reused and therefore ends up in the compost bin \u2014 or worse, the trash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"buffetbreakfastsummit_crop_0.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/buffetbreakfastsummit_crop_0.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">serving breakfast as a buffet at the 2015 feeding the planet summit helped reduce food waste. our venue,<br \/>\nthe house of sweden, offered composting, in addition to recycling, to make our event as sustainable<br \/>\nas possible. \/ planet forward<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <span style=\"color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif;\">incentivize sustainable behaviors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>if you are hosting a competition or fundraiser, incorporate a sustainability component into the event.&nbsp;encourage people to \u201cbattle it out\u201d and see who can go a week using the least amount of electricity, or who can produce the least amount of trash. then, reward the winner with a (green) prize!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\" line-height:=\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">5. give out green swag.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><span style=\" line-height:=\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">awesome events have awesome swag. check out some websites that sell <\/span>upcycled<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">, recycled&nbsp;or reusable products that can be customized to feature your logo! many sites sell products like this, and it can be something reusable like a water bottle or shopping bag, or something completely new and unique, yet still made of recycled product. one key thing to keep in mind with swag is you want it to be useful, otherwise it might end up in the trash. and that&#8217;s not very green!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\" line-height:=\"><em>(image at top by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/file:waste_paper_-_geograph.org.uk_-_322261.jpg\">wilson adams<\/a>)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">help your organization and university achieve its sustainability goals by making your outreach efforts as green as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4915,4914],"tags":[2160,227,237,133,3012,172,963],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-12940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to-guides","category-sustainability","tag-ecology","tag-environmental-sustainability","tag-green","tag-how-to","tag-outreach","tag-recycling","tag-university"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.4 - 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