Would you like to learn about event greening and what you can do to green your events? From large international events, to corporate functions or office parties – it matters. This one day training session has been designed to teach you how to do event greening in a practical way. A comprehensive training schedule has been compiled to suit your busy lifestyle and the event greening course will certainly be beneficial to you and your surrounding environment.

It’s not always easy to find a suitable venue to hold a function during winter. You need the ideal setting, ambience and a backdrop that keeps your guests mesmerised. The Two Oceans Aquarium has the answer.

The Drakensberg is unquestionably one of South Africa's most magnificent natural creations: a mountainous wonderland and world heritage site embodying sheer beauty and a wealth of biological diversity. The magic of the expansive Drakensberg mountains is a treasure to behold – one that the Drakensberg Lifestyle Resort is working hard to preserve. 

SOUTH Africa is to be home to the first specialist, dedicated, non-commercial centre to care for baby rhinos orphaned by the shocking trade in poached rhino horns.

The Wildlife & Cultural Centre at Legend Golf & Safari Resort in Limpopo Province is to be the site for the centre which will take in baby rhinos orphaned or injured across the country by poachers who feed the illegal trade in horns, which has seen record numbers of animals killed and orphaned in the past 14 months.

Acteva recently presented a webinar on sustainable events. Hosted by Sadie Waddington, owner of One Big Fish Green Events and Madeline Trait, the owner of Madeline Trait Design and Member of Locally Grown Weddings, the webinar was focused on the American events industry but still holds relevance for us in South Africa. Together, Sadie and Madeline have over 20 years experience in green events planning.

Valverde Country Hotel (Gauteng), one our leading venues in the fight against global warming, and truly committed to operating their venue in an environmentally efficient and responsible way, is hosting an open day on Friday the 9^th of March to view their recently finished solar farm. This farm provides all hotel rooms and kitchens with hot water.

All EGF members are obviously welcome but any interested non-members may attend the AGM as well. A talk on ‘Greening the CCR Expo at COP17′ will be given immediately afterwards by Justin Hawes of Scan Display and co-founder of the EGF.

Sue Hurdle, Chief Executive of the Travel Foundation, describes sustainable tourism as creating a balance in the tourism industry so that the business creates profit for itself, the customer has a great time, and the people and the environment in the destination continue to thrive.

Put simply then, sustainable tourism means holidays that are good for local communities, the environment, holidaymakers and tourism businesses.

The main function of the Travel Foundation is to work towards helping the UK outbound tourism industry become more sustainable, As such, they are involved in projects all over the world.

The Protea Hospitality Group has started a roll-out across South Africa of a purified water system that will replace bottled mineral water in their conferencing venues and ultimately save millions of plastic bottles from ending up in landfills.

The very nature of the hospitality industry and its operational needs contributes to global warming and climate change. The Legacy Hotel Group recognises this and is committed to greening their venues, reducing their emissions and creating a sustainable and responsible future for generations to come.