Going Green

In keeping with CDC’s “Go Green, Get Healthy” initiative, the 2009 conference committee has taken the following steps to go green.

One Less Thing to Pack
Have you ever wondered what to do with your conference attendee name badge holder or conference tote bag? This year, you can return these items to the conference registration desk. Recycled conference tote bags will be given to local charities for children to use as their school back-pack.

The following items are made from recycled materials:

• Conference tote bag
• Conference lanyards
• Program agenda book has been printed on recycled paper with soy ink
• Minimal paper materials in conference bags

Other Green Initiatives
Did you know that over 60 million plastic water bottles end up in landfills every day? We are helping to lower this number by placing water coolers and water glasses throughout our meeting.

Online conference evaluation will be sent out to all participants

Green Initiatives at Omni Hotel at CNN Center
You can be GREEN in your hotel room by reusing your sheets and bath towels. Simply leave the special card on your bed and hang-up your bath towels to be reused.

Transportation
Take MARTA from the airport to the Omni.

The Omni Hotel can be easily accessed using Atlanta’s rapid public transportation, MARTA. MARTA stop W1 (Dome/GWCC/Philips Arena/CNN Center Station) is the nearest station. Take the train Eastbound one stop to Five Points. Proceed to the North/South Line, and board the train going south to stop S7 (Airport). Trains arrive approximately every ten minutes.