Day 321 – On our road trip this summer, I noticed a sign on the window of the Grand Canyon Lodge’s restaurant. It got me thinking about what is involved in becoming a Green Restaurant.
“Founded in 1990, The Green Restaurant Association, an international nonprofit organization, has pioneered the Green Restaurant® movement as the leading voice within the industry, encouraging restaurants to green their operations using transparent, science-based certification standards. With its turnkey certification system, the GRA has made it accessible for thousands of restaurants to become more environmentally sustainable in Energy, Water, Waste, Food, Chemicals, Disposables, & Building.” – Green Restaurant Association
The Green Restaurant Certification Standards include 8 categories:
- Water efficiency
- Waste reduction and recycling
- Sustainable durable goods and building materials
- Sustainable food
- Energy
- Reusables and environmentally preferable disposables
- Chemical and pollution reduction
- Transparency and education
If you want to find a Green Restaurant near you click HERE!
Green Restaurant Association also wants to educate the public. You can find more information about the following topics regarding restaurants and the environment.
Whether if we’re eating at home or dining out, we should try to make sure our impact on the planet is not a negative one.
Tomorrow, vacuuming sky to clean up carbon emissions.
365 Ways to Save the Planet 