Welcome to the EARSeL Forest Fires Special Interest Group workshop in Lisbon. It is a great opportunity to have in-person attendance, to gather, socialize and share knowledge and experience face-to-face. We all greatly benefit from in-person networking especially for young attendees and scientists.
However, we have to be aware of the potential carbon footprint that an in-person meeting could generate and minimize it with an environmentally friendly behaviour. During this workshop, we’ll minimize our footprint with regard to travel to and within Lisbon, accommodation, catering, venue, information media, badges, signage, printed programs, welcome bags, and other items or activities. We are all committed in our work to protect the environment and our workshop will be a further opportunity to show it.
Sustainable science: minimizing carbon footprint at our scientific workshop!
We encourage participants to make personal commitments to lower their carbon footprints. Let’s take small steps towards sustainability to ensure a greener future. Our goal is to make our scientific workshop a shining example of environmental awareness.
Sustainable Transportation
- Travel: We encourage participants to travel by train to Lisbon whenever possible
- Public Transport: Lisbon presents a public transportation network consisting of buses, metros, and trams that we can use during the workshop
- Walking could be a transportation options to explore the city
- Car: If you can’t avoid travelling by car, consider offering a lift
Catering
- We will use reusable and/or compostable cups and encourage participants to bring their own multi-use coffee mugs for their coffee(s) to go
- We will make use of local caterers for lunch and coffee breaks. Food served at the venue will include vegetarian options, be mostly seasonal, and, wherever possible, come from regional sources
- We base our decisions for catering partners also on their efforts to reduce packaging waste to a minimum
Workshop material
- We will provide most programs and resources through digital materials
- Name badges will consist of 100% FSC or recycled paper, printed with water colours
- There will be no welcome gift bags, sorry!
We are committed to energy conservation and use green energy sources whenever possible, we are committed to monitoring and managing energy consumption throughout the workshop to promote efficient resource use