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WAYS TO MAKE YOUR EVENT MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY Aberdeen Science Centre recently took delivery of an electric vehicle, thanks to £39,500 funding from the Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Fund.
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he branded van will be used to take the climate conversation on the road. It will provide the perfect vehicle to explain climate change and also includes graphics to explain the benefits of switching to an electric vehicle and the resulting reduction in the STEM charity’s carbon footprint. This new arrival got the Aberdeen Science Centre events team thinking about sustainability and what could be done to reduce the impact of events on the environment. There are many elements to consider when it comes to ensuring your event is sustainable. Erin Flett, head of business development at Aberdeen Science Centre, recommends that event organisers should incorporate sustainability throughout their event plan.
Food miles are a way of attempting to measure how far food has travelled before it reaches the consumer. They take into account where food has come from, and the distance it has travelled. The resulting impact on the environment is measured in terms of pollution. To counter this, many of us try to choose foods with low food miles when doing our weekly shop, so why not apply the same principle to events? Incorporating food from a local supplier not only showcases what the region has to offer but also ensures an event’s food miles are kept as low as possible. At Aberdeen Science Centre, our in-house catering options are provided by Grub Fresh Food. They pride themselves on using the brightest and best local suppliers to create delicious food for event delegates to enjoy,
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Erin Flett, head of business development at Aberdeen Science Centre
with more than 50% of their menu coming from local suppliers and a further 25% from Scottish suppliers. Well-known Aberdeen staples including The Bread Maker and McWilliams butchers are among Grub Fresh Food’s local suppliers.
Taking this approach, and choosing to use local suppliers wherever possible, means that food miles associated with Aberdeen Science Centre are kept as low as possible. It also means that event delegates get to enjoy delicious, local food and drink including mouthwatering cakes from The Bread Maker.
