National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities

October 29, 2009

NMAC is going green this year!

Don't worry - we're not changing everything, just trying to do a little bit better. Help us to save some money, cut down on waste, and maybe save a tree or two. Some highlights:

• We're printing less this year - the USCA program book is on a re-usable 2GB flash drive. It's a pretty big shift - and rather amazing. When you click on the program book "pages", it flips the page as if it were a book.
  
  

• This year’s conference bag is a reusable grocery bag. We would like to thank Gilead for sponsoring the bag.
  
  

• We will not be handing out bottled water. Unless we get a health alert, tap water will be available throughout the meeting.
  
   

• We are asking everyone to recycle their name tags at the end of the conference for future meetings - just turn it in with your final evaluation.
  
  

• Print Green, a certified environmentally-friendly printing company located just outside of San Francisco, CA, produced many of the printed materials for USCA. You can be assured that they were created using 100% recycled paper and vegetable-based dyes. The company's unique approach to print production and close proximity to the conference venue have helped cut the amount of chemical waste and fossil fuel use associated with the conference, reducing its overall carbon footprint.
  
  

• We will be supporting other green programs carried out by San Francisco and the Hilton.