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It’s important now, more than ever, to make sure that we take care of the environment we are living in. We only have one Earth, after all. The simplest way to take care of your environment is starting with yourself. If you’re trying to discover quick and easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint. Here are just a few tips from our guest blogger Delilah Farrell.

To our greatest pleasure the event industry started to focus more and more on sustainability. Oftentimes making an event greener means exchanging single use plastic with a biodegradable alternative. “While this effort is most noticeable for the eyes, if you look behind the curtain, you will find that plastic waste is not the highest polluting aspect of events. At most events, it is the transportation of guests that makes up 73% of total carbon emissions.While these efforts are definitely important, if we study deeper the carbon footprint of an event it turns out that transportation is responsible for the 73% of it. So, when asking the question how could we offset an event’s CO2 footprint, the answer is clear: start focusing on more sustainable means of transportation.

The summer is officially over and it is about time to get back into our daily routines. In the Netherlands there is a month long campaign urging people to delay taking the car to work or school. Between September 10 and October 10 the Dutch are enrolling on a national Low Car Diet.

September is all about cozy sweaters, a good book with a hot chai, under a blanket, scented candles and those warm snuggles. But there’s also a lot happening this month regarding our planet’s well-being. We listed here the main events raising awareness of climate change and its possible solutions. So if you’re into making a change in your own way, check out what’s going on in your local area:

E-bikes in Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Berlin After a successful e-bike pilot throughout the summer in Berlin, we’re introducing e-bikes in Copenhagen, Rotterdam while expanding our existing fleet in Berlin. With our new, electric vehicle we are hoping to make far-flung trips a possibility for you.

Techfestival in Copenhagen is one of the biggest mind-opening technology-related festivals in the Nordics. It is tackling social, political and environmental issues from the perspective of humans and technology. Considering the implications of urbanisation, making city transportation effective and environmentally friendly remained a key concern at the festival so they called an all-day Urban Mobility Summit.