1. Chapter 5

2. Green Light: Sustainable Transportation
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Green Light: Sustainable Transportation

3. Learning Objectives
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How transportation helps to define the event experience
How meeting and event locations shape transportation needs
How to partner with existing public transport infrastructure for event success
Why it’s better to travel together

4. Learning Objectives
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How biofuels work to promote environmental sustainability for your meeting or event
How to ride a bike (to your next meeting or event)
When to travel by airplane, and when not to
How telecommuting and web-conferencing are changing the way we conduct and attend meetings and events

5. Opening Activity How did you travel here today?
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How did you travel here today?
Efficiency? Environmental impact?
How could you improve sustainability?

6. Efficient Travel High-Impact Low-Impact Inefficient Individual
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High-Impact
Inefficient
Individual
Gas-powered
Low-Impact
Efficient
Group
Renewable energy

7. Location, Location, Location
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Urban
Central
Public transit links
METRO light rail in Phoenix, Arizona helps meeting attendees to reduce their carbon footprint when attending conferences. Courtesy of METRO Light Rail.

8. Group Transportation Chance to socialize Freedom to relax
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Chance to socialize
Freedom to relax
No worries about directions or parking
Increased safety
Less turf destruction
Less air pollution
Fewer parking attendants needed

9. Biofuels Biodiesel Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) Hybrid-electric cars
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Biodiesel
Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO)
Hybrid-electric cars
Electric cars

10. Human Power
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Bicycles
Pedicabs
Walking

11. Online Meeting Technology
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Skype:
GoTo Meeting:
Telepresence:
(type “telepresence” in search window)

12. Make It Worth the Trip
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Make sure your event is worth the time, cost, and environmental impact of the travel required.

13. Capital Fringe Festival
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Check out the Green Plan at
How is it communicated with fun and creativity?
Which initiatives are most important?

14. Lightning Round Chapter 5 Staycation Biofuels Pure biomass Biodiesel
Waste vegetable oil (WVO)
Hybrid car
Pedicab
Carbon offsetting
Carbon credits
Telecommuting
Webinar
Hybrid meetings

15. Homework
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Create a Sustainable Transportation Plan for a hypothetical event.
How will you communicate it?