Creating a Zero-Waste Sporting Event

Sporting events have a large impact on our communities. This webinar will look at these impacts and assist with ways to make your events more sustainably focused. The industry is changing through the promotion of healthy and sustainable communities. Sports leagues, franchises, colleges, teams, venues, and events are looking to embrace environmental programs: energy and water conservation, recycling and zero waste programs, sustainable purchasing, carbon tracking, and environmentally friendly practices.

For this webinar, UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County will be joined by a special guest: Riley Bahr, National Sustainability Program manager for Blue Strike Environmental’s National Events Division.

As an expert in sustainable events, Riley will discuss:

• her background and experience in sustainability and sports;
• how to plan and execute a zero-waste event;
• conducting waste audits and understanding diversion strategies;
• writing procurement policies for sustainable practices;
• addressing greenhouse gas emissions in the event space;
• best practices for sustainability reporting; and
• building partnerships for future sustainability-focused events.

About Blue Strike Environmental

Blue Strike Environmental is based in Monterey, California, and specializes in sustainability consulting across multiple sectors. The organization operates four key divisions:

• California Events: Focused on state-specific sustainability initiatives.
• National Events: Managing sustainability programs for large-scale events nationwide.
• Climate and Energy: Helps cities, counties, and universities develop and fund climate action plans with expert assessments, strategic engagement, and financing solutions to drive measurable change.
• Resiliency: Developing strategies to mitigate environmental risks and enhance community resilience.

Through these divisions, Blue Strike Environmental offers expertise in zero-waste event planning, waste diversion, greenhouse gas emissions reporting, procurement policy development, and sustainability communications.

INSTRUCTORS: Randall Penn, UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County waste reduction agent

Riley Bahr, National Sustainability Program Manager for Blue Strike Environmental’s National Events Division

Please register for this event ONLY at ufsarasotaext.eventbrite.com rather than any third-party websites, as they are not affiliated with our classes and events. Once registered through Eventbrite, the system will send you a confirmation email with the webinar link.

For questions or further information, please call 941-861-5000 or email sarasota@ifas.ufl.edu. If you require special accommodations to attend one of our events, please contact us in advance at 941-861-5000 or sarasota@ifas.ufl.edu.

NOTE: Classes and events may be canceled at any time due to low registration or other circumstances, with full refunds issued for paid events. Similar classes or events often are offered on future dates.

---

Type: Take a Class

Topic: Waste

Organization name: UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County