Green Restaurants

Hi Laurie,

Here is a link for a green restaurants program in Vancouver. http://greentable.net/ Hope this helps.

Andrea

*Andrea Procyk*
*Recycling Council of British Columbia*
*Phone: 604-683-6009 ext. 304*
*Fax: 604-683-7255*
*Email: [email protected] *
*www.rcbc.bc.ca*

I have developed a resource on behalf on Sustainability Victoria which is free to down load: Up front is the quick steps and if they choose to go for more rigour that is included there. The focus is on waste at this stage however the 15 mins tool box talks can get the conversation going regarding broader issues of sustainability. Included is a training program that can be conducted off site. I have under taken training for catering companies and restaurateurs. http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/www/html/1248-waste-wise-catering.asp

Cheers
monica

Encompass Sustainability
Monica Vandenberg
T: 03 9013 1704 
M: 0417 336 302 
F: 03 9376 8655 
20 Bryant Street,
Flemington, Victoria 3031
[email protected]

Hi Laurie and all,

Here's links to a few resources:

www.dinegreen.com
www.thimmakka.org/Activities/GSAR.htm
www.greentable.net

Cheers,
Sharon Ede

Research/Project Officer (Greening of Government)
Zero Waste SA
www.zerowaste.sa.gov.au

Hello -

These web pages provide a pretty good overview of what is one of the more sustainable restaurants - the White Dog Cafe in Philadelphia.

http://www.whitedog.com/judybio.html
http://www.whitedogcafefoundation.org/about.html

The story is also captured here pretty well:
http://www.livingeconomies.org/aboutus/copy_of_judys-story

They have also written a book which talks about some of their outreach efforts, etc. in addition to having many recipes from the cafe: "White Dog Cafe Cookbook: Multicultural Recipes and Tales of Adventure from Philadelphia's Revolutionary Restaurant"

There are lots of other "green" restaurants in the sense of the food they serve, their employment and environmental practices, etc. I don't know of other books or formal case studies since the practices are evolving rapidly, but if you go to www.livingeconomies.org and search through the various local BALLE chapter pages, you can probably find other great stories. I also encourage you to get in touch with Elizabeth U who works in the BALLE HQ in San Francisco on their sustainable food program. She can probably point you to some good resources. David O'Leary Better World Telecom (and various other affiliations)

One of the most highly successful and well known green restaurants is White Dog Caf in Philadelphia, PA. Judy Wicks founded this restaurant along with the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (www.livingeconomies.org). Another group, the Chef's Collaborative, is highly innovative in sourcing local and organic food.

Hope this helps,
Josie Pradella

Wisconsin Partners for SustainAbility
www.wiscpsa.org
[email protected]

In Olympia, WA we have a simple yet high quality restaurant (The Mark) that's committed to sustainability. They network with food growers and food providers around the world. The owner/chief Lisa Owen, travels the globe to learn about simple good food! Links to the Marks below are useful

http://www.themarkolympia.com/restaurant/

http://www.themarkolympia.com/restaurant/links.php Lisa is part of Terra Madra and Slow Food movements; both are international:

http://www.terramadre2006.org/terramadre/welcome_eng.lasso

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//005321.html http://www.slowfood.com/

http://www.slowfoodusa.org/about/index.html

http://www.slowfoodusa.org/events/terra_madre_2006.html

Also related to sustainability in lodging/food service check out Xanterra

http://www.xanterra.com/ they run some National Parks.

http://www.dinegreen.com/book.asp A guidebook to the major environmental problems and solutions for the restaurant industry.

WA Ecology Dept. web page http://www.ecy.wa.gov/beyondwaste/ An articles on sustainability practices in food service and lodging at Fort Worden State Park in WA

http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=16954&SectionID=36&SubSectionID=&S=1

Billie-Gwen Russell

Sustainability Coord.
WA State Parks
360 902-8541

In the Uk a leader in this field is Barney Haughton See his website at http://www.bordeaux-quay.co.uk/

Rachel Muckle

Research Fellow
Environmental Psychology Research Group
Department of Psychology
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 7XH
#44 (0) 1483 686861
www.surrey.ac.uk/psychology/EPRG