Seminars, meetings and team-building in an eco-responsible venue
Green Cottage is committed to offering you an eco-responsible venue for meetings, seminars and team-building events.
To ensure that your corporate events are in line with your CSR commitments, we have to act too: become an eco-friendly venue!
Like you, we are committed to an eco-responsible trajectory to encourage the organization of environmentally-friendly seminars and team-buildings.
Green Cottage’s strong points in terms of eco-responsible commitments are :
- proximity: so close to Brussels, yet so close to nature,
- biodiversity: the estate is 40,000 m² of reforested land, a haven for flora and fauna,
- low-tech team-building activities, with a low carbon footprint,
- the hunt for plastic packaging and waste,
- vegetarian alternatives for more eco-responsible meals.
We’re not perfect. We’re not perfect.
We still have many projects and areas for improvement to make Green Cottage even more eco-responsible and committed to the transition.
A haven for biodiversity
4 hectares, that’s a lot!
The Green Cottage is privileged to be housed in a paradise for birds, small mammals, deer, amphibians, reptiles, insects… not to mention all the plant species that unfold before our eyes.
A regularly maintained pond serves as a stopover for Egyptian geese, Canada ducks, mallards…
Every year, children from the neighboring school come to discover the richness of the estate.
We benefit from a source of drinking water.
We are connected to a wastewater treatment plant.
We apply sustainable management techniques and have abandoned the last gestures that lacked coherence.
Since the creation of the Green Cottage, we have replanted a multitude of trees.
One of our future projects is to make an inventory of all the biodiversity that has made its home in the same place as us!
A path to zero waste.
We started by eliminating all plastic bottles. We opt for glass bottles or aluminum cans to guarantee maximum reusability or recyclability.
We systematically offer a healthy version of your snacks and meals.
Bulk purchases, local suppliers, home preparation: wherever possible, we give preference to these choices.
Food waste is recycled.
In the event of cancellation, meals are donated to Brussels charities.
Low-tech, environmentally-friendly activities
At Green Cottage, we’ve opted for team building activities.
Simple activities, using natural resources, with little transformation, energy and waste from manufacture to use.
Sheep-driving, horse-drawn carriage rides, fire-walking… are more eco-responsible activities that you can combine with your environmental awareness sessions.
Clayshooting, for its part, uses technology to… produce no more waste (the clays are not broken, therefore not replaced! )
Vegetarian alternatives for meals
The barbecue is a mainstay of our festive habits, and yet…
We systematically offer vegetarian accompaniments to invite you to discover a different cuisine, and to meet the needs of those who have already taken the plunge! Together with you, we can adapt our menus to achievea meal with as little carbon as possible.
What about your commitment to an eco-responsible seminar?
We’ve got work to do.
We also need your help.
Mobility : carpool, hire a coach, use public transport to get to us. Ultimate challenge: come on foot!
Food : let us tempt you with vegetarian alternatives and reduce the meat portions on offer. Accept 100% lochock-full snacks. Let’s do away with pre-packaged single portions.
Energy: make yourself at home, pay attention to everything! Turn off the lights behind you. Close the window when you turn on the heating, switch off your computer… All these little gestures count too!
Dialogue: how about a chat? How far do you wantyour seminar to be eco-responsible, and how far should respect for the environment go in your seminar?
