Thank you to all who joined us for CEC’s annual Green Gala on October 17. The evening began with delicious greentinis and music on the patio by Palmer Jackson, Jr. and John Simpson, and was followed by dinner inspired by local, organic purveyors, and dancing with Area 51. Guests received Greenpoint raffle tickets for all that they are doing to become fossil-free – with the winners collecting elegant, fabulous gifts. A huge thank you to all of our sponsors, volunteers, and guests for helping us party for the planet and further our mission of Fossil Free by ’33!
The Green Gala 2009 produced approximately 458 pounds of total waste. Due to careful planning and detailed waste management strategies, approximately 415 pounds of the total waste, or 90.75%, will be recycled and/or composted, leaving only 10% actual trash. These numbers far exceed waste management practices of any standard event and are exemplary even for an event striving to be considered “zero waste.” The remaining 10% trash resulted in large part out of the necessity to package delivered food.
These numbers are derived from a waste audit supervised by trained staff from Merryl Brown Events. There was little to no contamination of each of the three waste categories due to cooperation of event planners, staff, caterers, and participants.
