AASL Conference has gone green

I am at the AASL (American Association of School Librarians) conference in Reno. I am excited to be hear, connect with other school librarians, check out some vendors, and even go to a session with some FSU professors (I'll finally meet F2F professors I have had in class or listened to lectures from).

This conference has gone green, which means that handouts are online instead of handed out. This is a great start, but there is still TONS of paper that is being used. At registration I was given a book with the program descriptions and vendor information. There were also handouts, vendor ads, and contest forms. Walking through the conference center, I was given the conference newspaper, ads for ALA president, and more vendor news. Sessions still have paper evaluations (why not an online survey?) I wonder how "green" this conference really is. The daily news could easily be posted on the website (I haven't checked yet to see if it is) and shared digitally more than printed. The vendors should be giving out less paper and directing people to their websites (that is what most people use now anyway). Not having handouts is a start, but it only a beginning. There is a lot more that can be done, so hopefully that will be next.