Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Carbon Neutral, Waste Management

Environmental Impact, Sustainability

• Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Special Events: Examination of nine special events in Western Australia with particular reference to the approval process and identification of potential environmental impacts, 2008 (66p. PDF) - Roy Jones et al, Sustainable Tourism CRC.  Download available from Sustainable Tourism Online website. 
• Assessing the impact of a major sporting event: the role of environmental accounting (Journal article) in Tourism Economics, Vol.14, No.2, 2008, pp.343-360.  (Available at UTS (Kuring-gai Campus) Library, or available to purchase from IngentaConnect website.) 
• Best practice guidelines - from Sydney Water.  A practical resource to help businesses improve water efficiency.
• Birding Festivals, Sustainability, and Ecotourism: An Ambiguous Relationship (Journal article) by Laura J. Lawton in Journal of Travel Research, 2009, Vol.48, pp.259-267.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Or purchase from publisher's website.   
• BS 8901:2007 - Specification for a sustainable event management system with guidance for use.  British Standard to assist the user to manage their environmental, financial and social risks and impacts spanning all aspects of event management.  Case studies.
• Conducting events in W.A.'s parks and reserves - a popular setting for music concerts, fundraising, sporting and adventure events.
• Environment Report Card, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (76p. PDF)
• Environmental Accreditation for Event Management (8p. PDF) - Charles Arcodia and Scott Cohen (Conference paper 3507) in 'Re-eventing' the City/Town: Events as Catalysts for Change - Proceedings of 4th International Event Research Conference (Melbourne, July 2007).  Proceedings available to purchase from ACEM website. 
• Environmental Issues - Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan.
• The Environmental Sustainability of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (24p. PDF) - London Assembly Environment Committee.
• Event Calculator - The EPA Victoria Carbon and Ecological Footprint Events Calculator measures the Ecological Footprint of your event.
• Event management and sustainability (2009) Raj, R., & Musgrave, J., CABI, Wallingford, UK.  (Book)
• Event reduction tips to help reduce the environmental impact of your event -  from the Carbon Reduction Institute, Sydney website.
• Events and climate change - an Australian perspective (Journal article) by Dr Judith Mair in International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Vol. 2. Iss.3. 2011.  Available from publisher's website.
• GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2005 ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT (4p. PDF)
• Going Green Checklist - article from the BizParade website.
• A Green Event Policy - Australasian Special Events Industry Resources link.  Includes a checklist to running an environmentally sustainable event on a sustainable budget.
• How to Host a Sustainable, Carbon Neutral Conference or other Event - from the David Suzuki Foundation website.
• How to Plan a Sustainable Event - downloadable brochure offering planning ideas. 
• Incorporating sustainability in meetings and event management education (16p. PDF) (Journal article) by Rayka Presbury and Deborah Edwards in International Journal of Event Management Research, Vol.1, No.1, 2005.
• London 2012 Sustainability Plan - Towards a One planet, Nov 2007 - (68p. PDF) - Social, economic and environmental sustainability - and the One Planet Living® concept – remain central to the vision for 2012.
• Making your event ethical and sustainable - from the London Event Planning Toolkit.
• Special Report: Greening Events - article by Crystal James on the BizParade website.
• Summer of Sustainability - Australian Music Festivals - VIDEO
• Sustainable development and events (Chapter 12) in Festival and Special Event Management, 4th ed. 2008, pp.387-411,  Johnny Allen et al, John Wiley & Sons Australia.  Available for purchase from ACEM website.  Borrow from UTS Library.
• The Sustainable Event - EPA Victoria and Melbourne City Council program to enable you to create more sustainable events and manage your impact on the environment.
• Sustainable Event Management [Video]   Interview with Teresa Moore, Research Manager at the International Centre for Crowd Management and Security Studies at Buckinghamshire New University including environmental, economic and social impact considerations that large events generate.
• Sustainable event management: A practical guide (2010) by Jones, M., London, Earthscan.  Available via UTS Library Catalogue.
• Sustainable Events Calculator from Origin Energy  - Estimate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with your event.
• Sustainable Events Guide, 2007 (10p. PDF) - Dept for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London.
• Sustainable Events Planner - from the Sustainable Living Foundation.
• Sustainable Festivals - On Becoming an Institution (Journal article) in Event Management, Vol.12, No. 1, 2009, pp. 1-17.  (Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Purchase from IngentaConnect website.)
• Sustainable Living Foundation (SLF) is a community based not-for-profit organisation committed to creating major platforms to help accelerate the uptake of sustainable living. 
• Sustainability as a concept within events (Book chapter) by C. Smith-Christensen, R. Raj, and J. Musgrave, in Event management and sustainability, 2009, pp. 22-31, CABI, Wallingford, UK.   Available via Library catalogue.
• Sustainability Practices and Awards and Accreditation Programs in the Tourism Industry: Impacts on consumer purchasing behaviour, 2008 (53p. PDF) - Dr Suzanne Bergin-Seers and Dr Judith Mair, Sustainable Tourism CRC.  Download available from the Sustainable Tourism Online website. 
• Sustainability Resources - from the IAAM (International Association of Assembly Managers) website.
• Televised Events as Agents of Environmental Information in Order to Enforce Women Participation in the Environmental-Decision Making Process: The Green Oscars 2007 (10p. PDF) - Constantina Skanavis and Maria Sakellari (Working paper 3307) in 'Re-eventing' the City/Town: Events as Catalysts for Change - Proceedings of 4th International Event Research Conference (Melbourne, July 2007).  Proceedings available to purchase from ACEM website.
• Towards a One Planet Olympics: Achieving the first sustainable Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (7p. PDF) - Joint initiative of London 2012, WWF and BioRegional.
• Vancouver's promise of the world's first sustainable Olympic Games - journal article by Meg Holden, Julia MacKenzie and Robert VanWynsberghe in  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2008, vol. 26, issue 5, pages 882-905.  Download available from EconPapers website.

Carbon Neutral

• About carbon neutral events from the Carbon Reduction Institute, Sydney website.
• ACEM Event Carbon Calculator
• The Carbon and Ecological Footprint Event Calculator (4p. PDF) - Event Checklist developed by EPA, Victoria.
• Carbon Calculator for Events from The Climate Trust.
• Event Carbon Calculator - download from the Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau website.
• Green Communities Carbon Calculator
• How to Host a Sustainable, Carbon Neutral Conference or other Event - from the David Suzuki Foundation website.
• Meeting the Challenge: A carbon neutral 2010 winter games - a discussion paper for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).  Download from the David Suzuki Foundation website.

Waste Management

• Better Practice Guide for Public Place Recycling, 2005 (23p. PDF) - produced by NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change to help set up standard recycling systems in public places, such as parks, shopping centres, footpaths, bus-stops, etc.
• Case Study: Centennial Parklands Public Place Recycling, 2001 (2p. PDF) - Resource NSW study results.
• Event reduction tips to help reduce the environmental impact of your event -  from the Carbon Reduction Institute, Sydney website.
• Make Your Events Waste Wise - Sustainability Victoria framework and practical tools for addressing waste issues at events.
• Placemaking Means Not Wastemaking (2p. PDF) - Philip Campbell (Abstract only) in  Events & Place Making (851p. PDF) - Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2002), pp.554-555.
• Public Place Recycling - Best Practice Guidelines, April 2007 ( 50p. PDF) - Sustainability Victoria guidelines giving practical information,recommendations and resources to assist with planning and implementing public place recycling in Victoria.
• Recycling at Special Events - case studies from California. 
• Standard Recycling Signs - NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change signage for waste and recycling collection systems and bins and promoting recycling facilities at events, workplaces and home.  Download and use, copyright free.    
• Waste avoidance and resource recovery in NSW - NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change.
• Waste Wise Events Guide - This guide has been developed for councils, landowners and managers, and event organisers by NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change.