how we gather matters: sustainable event planning for purpose and impact

Grow your audience, shrink your footprint, change the world

Events can help educate, inspire, and connect us to our community, but all too often they escalate into resource-intensive glorifications of excess and exclusivity. How We Gather Matters is an invitation to reimagine the modern events industry as a powerful vehicle for change.

This practical guide will enable and inspire festival, conference, trade show, wedding, concert, and sporting event planners to:

• Develop the financial and human resources required to implement green, sustainable gatherings
• Collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders
• Design events with impact and purpose, while supporting marketing and strategic goals
• Engage participants authentically while aligning with positive and progressive values
• Lead the shift towards net-zero emissions and zero waste by leveraging best practices and accepted international standards.

Packed with personal insights, behind-the-scenes stories, and case studies, How We Gather Matters is required reading for event professionals who want to decrease risk, increase profitability, and meaningfully contribute to a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society.

Leor Rotchild is a sustainable business leader, trusted advisor, podcaster, and pioneer in the sustainable events industry. He founded the certified B Corp social enterprise Do It Green (DIG, ) which supports hundreds of major festivals and events on their sustainability journeys. As the Executive Director of Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR), Leor works with many of Canada’s most iconic brands on their net-zero emissions strategies and social-purpose goals. He also co-hosts the popular podcast Pipelines & Turbines, acts as Advisor to GLOBE (Canada’s largest and longest-running sustainability conference series), and contributes editorials to CBC, The Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, and Impact Magazine. He is highly sought-after as a presenter and has been widely recognized for his many achievements, including as one of Canada’s Next 150 by the Toronto Montreal Exchange (TMX). Leor lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.