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Green Celebrations

Green Celebrations A program of Reclaim Your Holidays, an initiative to help Iowans create more meaningful celebrations and reduce ecological footprints Susan Salterberg with Kristi Cooper. Green Celebrations. Session 1: Rethinking Holiday Celebrations

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Green Celebrations

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  1. Green CelebrationsA program of Reclaim Your Holidays, an initiative to help Iowans create more meaningful celebrations and reduce ecological footprintsSusan Salterbergwith Kristi Cooper

  2. Green Celebrations Session 1: Rethinking Holiday Celebrations Session 2: Simplifying Gift-Giving, Food & Gatherings Session 3: Taking Green Celebrations/RYHs to Your Community

  3. Simplifying Gift-Giving, Food & Gatherings Goal: Use resources to help audiences consume in more sustainable ways and create more meaningful lives.

  4. Simplifying Gift-Giving, Food & Gatherings What do you love about holidays or other celebrations?

  5. Review of First Session • Ecological impact of consumption • Relationship between satisfaction & “stuff”

  6. What the research says We need to of fer alternatives that: • emphasize family life & relationships, • encourage learning new skills, • reduce consumption

  7. In addition… We find our audiences want to: • Relax more/reduce stress • Give to others/volunteer/service • Focus on spirituality/religion

  8. Gifts of Experience 1. Give tickets. 2. Use a skill, or give skill-building experiences. 3. Build talents. Give a present of lessons.

  9. Gifts of Experience Scavenger Hunt

  10. Gifts of Experience Singing

  11. Gifts of Experience Egg hunts

  12. Gratitude Letter Examine the pleasure and meaning you get from a relationship, and share that with a significant person in your life.

  13. Simplifying Gifts Farmer’s Market gift ideas • Cheeses • Wines • Baked goods • Jams, jellies

  14. Simplifying Food & Gatherings Plan an easy menu. The more items you make, the more likely leftovers will get thrown out.

  15. Simplifying Food & Gatherings Lights Out Party

  16. Resources 1) Pick 5 exercise2) PBS Happiness video3) “Gift” handouts4) Gratitude letter as a gift5) “Green entertaining” handouts6) Powerpoint slides7) Audience

  17. Simplifying Gift-Giving, Food & Gatherings Goal: Use resources to help audiences consume in more sustainable ways and create more meaningful lives.

  18. Special thanks for funding… The Resource Enhancement and Protection Conservation Education Program & The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste Alternatives Program

  19. Green Celebrations A program of Reclaim Your HolidaysSusan Salterberg, salterberg@uni.eduCenter for Energy & Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa In partnership with Kristi Cooper, kcoop@iastate.eduIowa State University Extension

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