Make Recycling Bins Visible
At its Vision Barcelona conference in November, Symantec diverted 55 percent of the waste away from landfills. "Visible, colored bins really stand out when you see them all around the venue, and they help our attendees recycle correctly," says Claudia van't Hullenaar, principal specialist for Symantec global event marketing.
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The Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, owned and operated by Informa and presented by the U.S. Green Building Council, offsets 100 percent of its carbon emissions through a partnership with TerraPass.
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Create-your-own poke bowl station with sushi-grade fish, house-made sauces, mixed greens, rice options, and toppings such as avocado, jalapeño, seaweed salad, kale, and more, by Wolfgang Puck Catering in Boston, Atlanta, Washington, Dallas, Seattle, and Los Angeles
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Seared ahi tuna on compressed watermelon, by Wolfgang Puck Catering in Boston, Atlanta, Washington, Dallas, Seattle, and Los Angeles
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Crispy skin striped bass topped with a sauce of leeks, wellfleet clams, vermouth, and wild mushrooms, by Season to Taste Catering in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photo: Ren Yagolnitzer
Sesame-seared scallops with blueberry gastrique and edible flowers, by Season to Taste Catering in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photo: Ren Yagolnitzer
Pan-seared monkfish with roasted garlic, new potatoes, and truffled spring pea sauce, by MK Catering in Hyattsville, Maryland
Photo: Cris Morais
Seasonal Wild Blue Salad with a full chilled lobster tail, served on a bed of baby arugula, house-pickled wild Maine blueberries, shredded red cabbage, white beans, and a sprinkling of roasted sunflower seeds with a house-made balsamic vinaigrette, by Luke’s Lobster in New York
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Lobster roll with 1/4 pound of chilled wild-caught lobster in a split-top bun with melted lemon butter, mayo, and seasoning, by Luke’s Lobster in New York
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Opah belly poached in coconut oil with mango and papaya served as an hors d’oeuvre, by Eco Caters in Los Angeles and San Diego
Photo: Sam Wells
Savory sushi “doughnuts” made with sushi rice, ahi tuna, avocado, pickled ginger, radishes, cucumber, wild Alaskan salmon, black sesame seeds, wasabi seeds, and nori mix, by Abigail Kirsch in New York
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The Governors Ball dinner being held after the Emmys telecast will host more than 4,000 Emmy winners, nominees, and members of the entertainment industry, making it the largest seated dinner in North America. It will feature 350 guest tables topped with 7,500 yards of custom-woven, textured metallic fabric.
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Table decor will emphasize architectural shapes, with tall, modern table lamps and tall floral centerpieces.
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L.A. Premier will provide a variety of centerpieces for the tables.
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Everything from the lounge seating to the cutlery and linens will be a monochromatic gold, to tie into the theme.
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For the 22nd year, meals are being prepared by chef Joachim Splichal and the team at Patina Catering. The 2017 dinners will include three courses; the first course, dubbed Last of the Heirlooms, will feature local heirloom tomatoes, dinosaur plum, red quinoa, charred leek vinaigrette, balsamic jelly, basils, and sea salt.
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Floral centerpieces by L.A. Premier will feature more than 20,000 stems of large calla lilies.
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For the fifth year, sponsor L'Oréal will offer celebrity touch-ups at a colorful makeup station.
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Phillip Ashley Chocolates will offer 10 flavors of luxury chocolates to dinner guests.
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Audi is the Emmys’ transportation sponsor for the seventh year. Its fleet of vehicles will chauffeur nominees and presenters to the award ceremonies, and be on display at the Governors Ball.
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Ferrari Trento is once again serving as the Emmys’ sparkling wine sponsor. Sterling Vineyards will also provide a variety of wine options, and Emmy winners will receive custom-made Sterling bottles.
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Fiji Water is the water sponsor the Emmys red carpet and Governors Ball.
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Simons suggests that planners look at the waste bins offered by the venue while they are doing a site visit. Effective bins have wording and images that describe what can be disposed in them, are distinguished by color, and are displayed together.
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On March 29, one of the main stage presentations featured student chefs from Thistletown High School working with culinary instructor Keith Hoare. The crew offered ideas for recipes that reduce kitchen waste, such as using an entire chicken, as well as demonstrated techniques for deboning a chicken.
Photo: Courtesy of Green Living Show
Now in its third year, the Canadian Green Car Award was one of the show's attractions. A team of Canadian automotive journalists selected the Kia Soul EV as the 2015 Canadian Green Car Overall Winner and Category Winner, Battery Electric.
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The Sweat Equity Yoga and Fitness stage offered free yoga classes. The stage also hosted workshops and lectures covering health and nutrition.
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The Ecoparent Village offered activities for kids. The area also offered a breastfeeding room and a baby-change room with environmentally friendly diapers from Naty.
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Ikea erected a 14- by 24-foot art installation made of recycled toilet paper. The installation promoted Ikea's use of recycled napkins, toilet paper, and paper towels in Canadian stores.
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Real estate development, construction, and management company Minto set up an indoor park area with lawn chairs, umbrellas, and a grassy carpet.
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Livegreen, an eco-friendly home improvement company, offered a photo opportunity that let guests don green capes and pose in front of a backdrop that said: "You don't have to be a superhero to make our planet a little greener."
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The leftover catering from Patina for the Emmys Governors Ball goes to the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles.
Photo: Frank Micelotta/Invision for Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/AP Images
"Not only is all of our decor rented, which is pretty simple for everyone to do, but a lot of the pieces this year were made from reclaimed wood," said Fox Creative Services' Karin Pofsky. "It's about extending the life of decor or elements to be turned into something different in our events."
Photo: Sean Twomey/2me Studios
The venue's existing bars, as well as prizing and valet stations, used LED color blast lights, each 50 watts apiece.
Photo: Sean Twomey/2me Studios
Locally grown, eco-friendly flowers in bamboo vases complemented the existing decor at the Bungalow. "No synthetic chemicals were used in the fertilizers, the organic waste is composted and decomposed," said Brian Worley, co-owner of YourBash. "Runoff is used to fertilize the plants and horse, cow, and goat waste are used to create natural fertilizer."
Photo: Sean Twomey/2me Studios
Rebloom removed damaged or wilted flowers before delivering them to customers.
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Tony Ambrose of Ambrosia Catering participates in NACE New England’s Feeding Our Neighbors initiative, donating surplus food to Boston Rescue Mission. Perishable items should be properly stored and donated within 24 hours of an event.
Photo: Dana Siles
For all three Emmys dinners, Sequoia Productions created a massive ceiling installation made from 5,000 paper cylinders painted with biodegradable gold coloring.
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Skip the Stage
TD Bank's employee recognition dinner in 2009 was meant to feel not at all like a typical dinner and presentations, as it had in previous incarnations. The guest list shrank from 2,000 to 100, and attendees dined at and presented from a single, organically shaped table, designed by Tribbles Home & Garden. (Blooms in varying colors on the place settings helped attendees locate their seats at the unconventional structure.) Clear glass vessels filled with orchid blooms hovered over diners. Also absent from the proceedings was a stage. Instead, speakers—seated next to the employees they were lauding—stood at the table to make the presentations. Additional personal touches included the use of magnetic name tags (emblazoned with hand calligraphy) in place of less refined plastic pin-on badges, a hall of fame displaying photos of the evening's winners, and an after-party decorated with white lounge furniture in casual configurations.
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InterContinental San Francisco hotel
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Prasino restaurant in Chicago
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Hotel Monaco Philadelphia
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Daniels Spectrum
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Receptacles were monitored by volunteers who ensured trash was disposed of properly.
Photo: Courtesy of Woody Roseland Slow Food USA
