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Green Celebrations A program of Reclaim Your Holidays, an initiative to help Iowans create more meaningful celebrations and reduce ecological footprints Susan Salterberg, UNI and Kristi Cooper, ISU. Green Celebrations. Session 1: Rethinking Holiday Celebrations - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Green CelebrationsA program of Reclaim Your Holidays,
an initiative to help Iowans create more meaningful celebrations and reduce
ecological footprints
Susan Salterberg, UNIand Kristi Cooper, ISU
Green CelebrationsSession 1:
Rethinking Holiday Celebrations Session 2:
Simplifying Gift-Giving, Food & Gatherings Session 3:
Taking Green Celebrations/RYHs to Your Community
Taking it to YOUR CommunityWhat inspires, motivates you about “Green Celebrations”?
Review Rethinking Holidays
1) Ecological impact of consumption
2) Relationship between satisfaction & “stuff”
Review Simplifying Gift-Giving, Food & Gatherings
Resources to help people consume in more sustainable ways and create more meaningful lives.
Taking Green Celebrations to YOUR Community
Goal: To Explore Opportunities, Audiences, Messages & Marketing, Challenges, more Resources and create an Action Plan
Green Celebrations Opportunities• Holidays
– Religious & cultural– Secular– Governmental
• Seasons• Life Transitions• Community Events• Organizational Programs
Green Celebrations Outreach
• Presentations• Displays• Open House• Newsletters• News Media• Social Media
Green Celebrations Audiences
• Self• Family• Friends• Neighbors• Co-workers• Congregations• Community & Youth organizations
Effective Messages & Marketing• Positive • Easy & Simple• “Norm”• Don’t talk about climate• Thriving (not surviving)
• Abundance (not sacrifice)
Green Celebrations Challenges
• Commitment & Time• Money• Timing• Match Outreach
methods to Audience• Message
Green Celebrations Plan
Local Partners:• ISU Extension &
Outreach• Library• Nature Center • Landfill/Solid Waste• Congregations
Existing Audiences:• Congregations• Community centers• Civic organizations• Schools, colleges• Fairs, open houses
More Resources – UNI CEEE
• Reclaim Your Holidays www.ReclaimYourHolidays.org
• RYH Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ReclaimYourHolidays
• Green Celebrations Training – March 13, Dubuque, 1- 4:30 pm, [email protected]
More Resources – ISUE&O
• Eco Family Blog• http://
blogs.extension.iastate.edu/isuecofamily
• Eco Family Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/ISUEco-Family/
• EcoFamilyISU Twitter
Eco Family Virtual ConferenceOnline “Flipped” class• March 7 “ENERGY”• April 4 “STUFF”• May 2 “FOOD”• June 6 “NEIGHBORS”http://www.extension.iastate.edu/linn/news/live-green-2013
Special thanks for funding…
The Resource Enhancement and Protection Conservation Education Program
&
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste Alternatives Program
Green Celebrations A program of Reclaim Your Holidays
Susan Salterberg
[email protected] Center for Energy & Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa
In partnership with:
Kristi Cooper
[email protected] Iowa State University Extension & Outreach