Greening your Special Event in Tulsa

This special seminar was held February 4, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at City Hall at One Technology Center. Sponsored by the Mayor's Green Team and Tulsa Master Recyclers Association, the event targeted venue operators and planners interested in making their events "green".

Contact information for speakers from the event and their actual programs are attached here. Scroll down to see the list of companies that donated door prizes for this event.

Speakers

Matt Albright, Tulsa Master Recyclers Association, "Who We Are." matt.albright@okstate.edu. Presentation

Chad Burden, Winnercomm, Inc. "How to avoid printing costs."  Presentation

Mary Coley, City of Tulsa Communications Officer,"Welcome," mcoley@cityoftulsa.org; 918.596.7270.

Mike Dennehy, Oklahoma Building Services, "How to minimize the use of harmful cleaning chemicals." mike.obs@sbcglobal.net. Presentation

Laureen Gibson Gilroy, City of Tulsa, " How to Measure your Environmental Impacts", lgilroy@cityoftulsa.org; 918.596.2859. Presentation

Laureen Gibson Gilroy, City of Tulsa, " Waste Wise - Making Your Company Greener." Presentation

Sean Griffin, Mayor’s Green Team, "Welcome," skg@seangriffin.com. Presentation

Tom Hill, American Waste Control, Inc. “How green is good for business." www.americanwastecontrol.com; 918.446.0023. Presentation

Larry Hood, City of Tulsa, " How to choose an environmentally responsible service provider." lhood@cityoftulsa.org; 918.596.7550. 

Adam Miller, Canebrake Resort, "Hotel/Motel Best Practices." www.thecanebrake.com; 918.485.3360. Presentation

Sharon Nelson, Advertising Novelties, "How to find recycled and recyclable giveaways" logoit@adnov.com; 918.855.7127.

Michael Patton, M.e.t.  "How to arrange and monitor recycling receptacles at your site" recyclemichael@metrecycle.com; 918.584.0584.

D. Leon Ragsdale, The Green Collective, "Meeting high environmental standards." 918.585.2700. Presentation

Suzann Stewart, Tulsa Chamber of Commerce,“Is Tulsa A Premier Green Destination City?” suzannstewart@tulsachamber.com; 918.560.0227. Presentation

LeAnn Alford, Tulsa Transit,  "Transporting people to/from your venue." lalford@tulsatransit.org; 918.585.1195. Presentation

Corey Williams, Sustainable Tulsa, "How to find locally made products" corey@sustainabletulsa.org; 918.808.6576. 

Donors

The following companies donated door prizes for the" Greening Your Special Event" Workshop. Thank you very much!

• Greenstar— 2 hours of free Shredding
• MTTA—3 Bus Passes
• LaDonna’s—gift certificate & jar of OK made Prairie Gypsies jelly
• Prairie Gypsies—4 jars of jellies & mustard (OK made)
• Dwelling Spaces—gift certificate
• Crown Plaza Hotel—1 night stay in hotel
• Frugal Bookworm—6 like new condition books, 5920 S. Lewis
• Lee’s Bicycles-- 5 water bottles
• Blue Turtle Soap—Chocolate handmade soap set
• Total Clean Up—Large basket of green cleaning products used in their private cleaning service
• Lunaby’s Eco Baby—2 stainless steel water bottles