The Green Event Certification program aims to recognize and promote sustainable efforts in student event planning. The program was developed by Green Campus Initiative, in conjunction with the Office of Sustainability, to identify and encourage waste reduction and overall sustainable practices at events featuring food and drink. The program is open to all Registered Student Organizations, and it consists of a simple, step-by-step process.
The process for obtaining certification is simple. Interested student groups should fill out the certification Checklist, denoting the actions they have taken to reduce cost and minimize waste at their events. Completed checklists should then be emailed to greencertification@lists.uchicago.edu.
GCI and the Office of Sustainability would like to make this process as easy and navigable as possible. Any questions or comments regarding the Green Certification Program should be directed to Huiting Xu at huiting@uchicago.edu.