Green Team Volunteers play an important role in helping make our special events more environmentally sustainable. Volunteers support waste diversion, sustainable transportation, and reusable water initiatives that reduce landfill waste, lower the special event’s carbon footprint, and encourage environmentally responsible choices.
Greening our special events helps reduce waste, lower environmental impacts, and model sustainable practices for our community. By making thoughtful choices about waste diversion, transportation, and resource use, events can protect the environment while inspiring visitors and residents to adopt more sustainable habits.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support waste diversion efforts by overseeing recycling, compost, and garbage stations.
- Assist participants in properly sorting waste to reduce contamination.
- Monitor recycling and compost bins and help ensure materials are placed in the correct streams.
- Educate and answer questions from participants about recycling, composting, and sustainability initiatives at the event.
- Assist with the secure bike parking by receiving, organizing, and returning bikes participants.
- Encourage and share information about sustainable transportation options such as cycling.
- Assist at the free water station by helping guests refill reusable water bottles and keeping the area clean.
- Promote environmentally friendly practices and help create a positive sustainability culture at the special event.
Qualifications:
- Interest in sustainability and supporting environmentally responsible events.
- Dependable, positive, and willing to work as part of a team.
- Comfortable interacting with the public and answering questions.
- Responsible and attentive when assisting with equipment such as bikes or water stations.