Greening the SAARMSTE Conference

Grahamstown (SA): Climate-Culture was active in assisting the 2009 SAARMSTE Conference in setting a great precedent for future (scientific / academic) conferences worldwide with a dedicated effort to tackle questions and issues related to environmental sustainability. As hosts of the conference, the Rhodes University Education Department delivered on their commitment to ‘green’ the conference by actively seeking creative ways to reduce their ecological footprint. The vision for SAARMSTE 2009 was to reduce the consumption of resources, avoid damage to the local and global environment, protect biodiversity and human health, and offer sustainable development options to the local people and economy. The conference organisers focused on the following themes: travel, contribution to ecosystems and community, waste, food and drink, water, and energy. Each theme aimed to raise awareness and stimulate debate about what we can do individually and/or collectively through environmental education initiatives.

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