Sustainable development means being concerned about climate change and the green house gases that are a major cause – it’s worth doing what you can do to help reduce the environmental impact of your function.

How do functions and events create green house gases?
All events can be carbon neutral and part of sustainable development if you choose a green day environmentally aware function option.

The green house gases (primarily carbon in the form of carbon dioxide) emitted as the result of a function fall into two broad categories; carbon emissions related to the venue itself and those caused by you and your guests.

Function venues and carbon emissions
The sources of carbon emissions from all events include:

• Energy generated by the use of fossil fuels used for air-conditioning, lighting, cooking, sound systems and other activities using electricity or gas.
• The food miles caused by transporting menu ingredients and emission from staff travelling to work.
• Carbon emissions that result from the production of consumables and services – everything from paper to the laundry service.

There is one carbon neutral function venue in Melbourne committed to sustainable development and making your green day, Red Scooter.

Your function and your carbon emissions
The sources of non-venue green house gas emissions from all events include:

• Carbon emitted as the result of making or transporting consumables for your event, such as paper and mail transport.
• The emission from you and your guests travelling to the function.

Carbon offsets can help make your happy day a green day
If you want the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you’ve organised a carbon neutral event and contributed to sustainable development – make sure that your choice of venue calculates the carbon cost and uses carbon offsets to neutralise them.

For more information – click through to Australia’s only green house gas lowering, carbon neutral location –Red Scooter will be happy to help.

What functions can be green day events?
Using environmentally aware, sustainable development strategies for all event planning and management, places like Red Scooter can create wonderful options for:

• Private and corporate functions
• Weddings
• Celebrations and parties
• Business events
• Training, off-campus days and more.

So make your next function a green day and talk to Red Scooter about all event planning and minimise your green house gas emissions and contribute to sustainable development.