042: Eco-friendly and Sustainable Event Planning with Chance Thompson
A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast
Marjorie Alexander
4.6 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Chance Thompson is the senior manager of sustainability and PR for one of the world's largest event companies. In this episode, Chance tells us about the most rewarding and challenging parts of his job and shares helpful tips for us to bring large-scale sustainability solutions to our own events.
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| 0:00.0 | This is A Sustainable Mind, episode 42. |
| 0:03.8 | Hey there's Sustainable Minds. |
| 0:05.7 | Here at ASM, we are in the process of interviewing sponsors. |
| 0:10.1 | It's a challenge to find brands that are aligned with our values and that we think will resonate with you as well. |
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| 0:19.8 | What brands would you like us to support? Are there companies that you would want to hear from you directly. What brands would you like us to support? |
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| 0:34.9 | Or click the link at the top of our homepage at asustainablemind.com for more info. |
| 0:41.3 | What we all need to do is pick our lane. Pick the thing that matters to us and is most important |
| 0:46.7 | to us and or fits with our career and where we can put our time and that we can drive our passion |
| 0:51.5 | and be the best you can be at the thing that you're doing. |
| 0:59.7 | Welcome to A Sustainable Mind, where we delve into the minds behind today's most impactful |
| 1:05.2 | environmental campaigns, organizations, and startups, inspiring the environmental change makers of tomorrow. |
| 1:13.5 | I'm your host, Marjorie Alexander. |
| 1:15.8 | Chance Thompson is the senior manager of sustainability and public relations for SMG, |
| 1:21.7 | a big player in the events industry. |
| 1:24.1 | He's based in Salt Lake, where his work and that of his colleagues at Salt Palace has put them on the map in terms of sustainable event management. |
| 1:32.3 | Chance is also a member of the 2018 Sustainability Committee for the Events Industry Council and a board member for the Utah Recycling Alliance. |
| 1:42.3 | Soon, Chance will be going to speak with UN reps to see how sustainability |
| 1:46.6 | can become more ingrained into tourist destinations all over the world. Chance, welcome to the show. |
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