Practical guides, case studies, and field notes for planners, venues, designers, caterers, and suppliers. Written for the skeptic, not the convert.
If you read nothing else, read these. They answer the question the rest of the site is built on.
Baby steps: find what you already do, say it honestly, set goals, and build a team.
Plain definitions, the four impact areas, and what doesn't count.
What you can claim, what you can't, and why modest and true beats sweeping.
How to raise it, answer "does it cost more," and frame choices as value.
Before the how-to guides: the framework behind them, and the story of where it came from.
Minority-owned businesses, local growers and artisans in your supply chain, and how to vet them.
Environmental, social and economic, with what each looks like at an event.
Traceability, verification, honest claims and accountability.
The stakes, the industry deadline, and the head start Orlando already has.
Planners, venues, caterers, designers, and suppliers each have a different first step.
The questions to put in your next RFP, and what a good answer sounds like.
Setting a house standard and presenting it to incoming groups.
Feed people first, compost with O-Town Compost, recycle the rest.
Why foam is a plastic problem, and how to design without it.
What planners will ask you, and how to document what you do.
"Isn't it more expensive?" "Clients don't ask." "We're too small to matter."
One deep guide for each of the four areas every sustainable event turns on.
Inventory thinking, how reuse changes cost, and the custom-vs-rental conversation.
Plants vs. cut flowers, what comes back to the greenhouse, local and seasonal floral.
Composting event organics in Central Florida, step by step.
Florverde, Flor Ecuador, Rainforest Alliance, organic, Biodynamic, MPS and more, compared.
Sustainability without measurement is a feeling. These pages make it a practice.
What the standard is, what it isn't, certified vs. aligned, and whether a company your size should bother.
The handful of metrics worth tracking, baselines, and a one-page reporting template.
A working program, by pillar, with the numbers and the gaps.
Explore Fresh and Florida Fresh metrics, updated as baselines come in.
Who does what in Central Florida, and the partners who make diversion and reuse possible.
OCCC programs, Green Works Orlando, Florida Green Lodging, Green Destination Orlando, local recycling rules.
Composters, food recovery, donation partners, and reuse outlets in Central Florida.
A practical checklist for planners and venues. Leave your email and we will send it to you as soon as it is ready.
We will publish measured results only after baselines exist, and we will avoid broad, unqualified environmental claims.
Deployments per reusable asset
Materials diverted from disposal
Plants maintained and redeployed
Purchases meeting documented standards
SUSTAINABLE EVENTS. CHOICES THAT MATTER.