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Don Soubolsky: President of Lollipop Signs

Don Soubolsky is the President of Lollipop Signs by Moving Products. Their mission is to help events become more sustainable by eliminating single use signs and reducing plastic waste. “Focus on signage that’s not made from fossil fuels, it also needs to be 100% recyclable. Our signs are made out of Engineered Paper instead of fossil fuels.”

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Nirjary Desai: Board Member of the National Events Council

Nirjary Desai is the Owner and Founder of KIS(cubed) Events, and is also a board member of the National Events Council. The National Events Council leads the way to end racial inequality within the event industry by accelerating awareness of qualified Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who are Business Owners in the event industry.

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Cassia Patel: Program Director at Oceanic Global

Cassia Patel, Program Director at Oceanic Global, talks about Oceanic Global’s mission, the ban on single use plastics in Ibiza, plus Oceanic Global’s relaunch of their standards and certifications.

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Bryan Birch, Co-Founder of ZeroHero

Bryan Birch is the co-founder and CEO of ZeroHero. He’s been working in the sustainable events industry since 1999.. ZeroHero delivers onsite cleanliness, waste diversion, and increased efficiency for events and festivals.

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Nicole Brose: Co-Founder of Sheeco

Sheeco, a Nashville based sustainability consulting firm, launched in March 2021, helps people make sustainable decisions for events, offices, and more.

Sheeco was founded by two friends, Nicole Brose and Diana Andrew, who have a passion for making the world a better place, and have advanced degrees in sustainability, and in-depth experience in event production, and working for non-profits.

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Romina: Eco-Friendly Events

Romina started Eco-Friendly Events as a way to collaborate with event planners and industry partners in developing, executing and evaluating event sustainability plans to create eco-friendlier events.

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How To Write A Sustainability Policy

A sustainability policy describes your organization’s commitment to sustainable development and the approach to achieving these goals. Having a policy in place ensures that sustainability is at the core of your business.

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Kelsey Kruel: Founder of MIXTO

MIXTO is a socially and environmentally-conscious event planning and community engagement company, committed to partnering with vendors who are local, small-business owners, BIPOC, women, people with disabilities, and/or part of the LGBT+ community.

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Syd Mandelbaum: Rock and Wrap It Up!

Syd Mandelbaum is the Founder and CEO of Rock and Wrap it Up! (RWU). Rock and Wrap it Up! is an award-winning, anti-poverty think tank. RWU has fed over 1 billion people since 1991.

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