Seattle in 2011: Press Release – Jul 20, 2008

Posted on behalf of Seattle in 2011

Press Release – Jul 20, 2008 – SEATTLE IN 2011 WORLDCON BID IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR CONVENTION CENTER IS GREEN!

The Emerald City, Seattle, home of a bid to host the Worldcon in 2011, is pleased to announce that their chosen convention center, the Washington Trade & Convention Center, is GREEN! Located in one of the most environmentally progressive cities in the nation, the Washington State Convention & Trade Center (Center) has long been an industry leader in energy conservation and recycling.

In 2007, the Center recycled 174 tons of cardboard, 2,460 pounds of aluminum cans, 186 tons of mixed paper, plastic and glass, 12 tons of scrap metal, and an estimated 8,000 wood shipping pallets were returned for reuse. Some 3,300 gallons of kitchen oil and grease were sent to a rendering plant for recycling. The entire Center’s hot and cold drink cups are compostable, and customers now have the option to order 100% compostable food service items. In addition, recycling obsolete computer equipment, spent batteries and thousands of fluorescent bulbs and ballasts greatly reduces environmental toxins. Even such things as vinyl banners are recycled through the services provided by the Center.

"Seattle in 2011" is a bid to host the 69th World Science Fiction Convention ("Worldcon") in downtown Seattle in 2011. The bid hopes to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Seacon, the 1961 Worldcon in Seattle. The Seattle Westercon Organizing Committee (SWOC), which has hosted three Westercons and Cascadia Con, the very successful North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) in 2005, sponsors the bid. SWOC also organizes ConComCon, a conrunning convention held in the Pacific Northwest each year, and SWOC is the parent corporation of ConFilkt, the new filk convention in Seattle.

For further information, contact the bid at bid-info(at)seattlein2011(dot)org.

http://seattlein2011.org
http://swoc.org

Pre-support online at http://www.seattlein2011.org/online-reg.php.

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Come back to the Emerald City for the 69th World Science Fiction Convention! The Pacific, under the auspices of SWOC, is bidding for the 2011 Worldcon in Seattle. We plan to use the Washington State Convention and Trade Center and adjacent hotels.