The growth in environmentally aware practices is a global trend as well as in the travel Industry. This positive development also increases the demand for environmentally friendly venues and accommodation. Conventions, meetings and incentive trips have an impact on the environment.
Participants frequently travel large distances and use transfers between their accommodation and venues. This leads to CO2 emissions. Furthermore, vast amounts of paper, water and electricity are consumed by the hotels and the event venues.
Numerous providers in Berlin, which are posted on the "BERLIN - Green Meetings" Platform, have already implemented ecologically sustainable practices and have undertaken to make responsible use of natural resources in order to benefit the environment. With this database the city of Berlin takes the lead on the global stage. Users are not only given a detailed overview of the various service providers but are also furnished with interesting facts about green Berlin.
Environmental events in the German capital
With 1,500 events every day Berlin has the largest cultural offering in Europe. A whole series of events are dedicated to the theme of the environment, for instance the Berlin Energy Days. About 6,000 participants will attend the conference which will be staged from 10 to 12 May at the Ludwig Erhard Haus in the German capital. This large-scale event will focus on energy efficiency and climate protection.
Hundreds of the thousands of locals and visitors of the city are expected to flock to this year's Environment Festival at the Brandenburg Gate. For the first time it is to be spread over two days, 5 and 6 June, in 2010. Approximately 200 exhibitors from across Germany will present their products encompassing the entire spectrum of environmental protection and nature conservation on Europe's biggest ecological theme mile.
In Berlin there are more and more fashion labels which produce clothing exclusively from organic materials. This green fashion is featured for instance at the trade fair "Thekey.to". Numerous green fashion labels will exhibit their collections from 7 to 10 July 2010.