How We Gather Matters

Sustainable Event Planning for Purpose and Impact

Leor Rotchild

• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781771423779
• Topic: Economía
• Subtopic: Desarrollo sostenible

Grow your audience, shrink your footprint, change the world

Events can help educate, inspire, and connect us to our community, but all too often they escalate into resource-intensive glorifications of excess and exclusivity. How We Gather Matters is an invitation to reimagine the modern events industry as a powerful vehicle for change.

This practical guide will enable and inspire festival, conference, trade show, wedding, concert, and sporting event planners to:

• Develop the financial and human resources required to implement green, sustainable gatherings
• Collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders
• Design events with impact and purpose, while supporting marketing and strategic goals
• Engage participants authentically while aligning with positive and progressive values
• Lead the shift towards net-zero emissions and zero waste by leveraging best practices and accepted international standards.

Packed with personal insights, behind-the-scenes stories, and case studies, How We Gather Matters is required reading for event professionals who want to decrease risk, increase profitability, and meaningfully contribute to a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Start with Purpose
• 2. Grow Your Audience through Inclusion
• 3. Produce Zero Waste
• 4. Ban Bottled Water without Causing a Meltdown
• 5. Go Net Zero
• 6. Be Proactive to Avoid Greenwashing
• 7. Change the Venue without Changing the Venue
• 8. Make Mobility More Sustainable
• 9. Leverage Procurement to Build a Circular Economy
• 10. Embrace Hybrid Events
• Conclusion
• Tools and Resources
• Notes
• Index
• About the Author
• A Note About the Publishers