Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Earth Day Update: Project Green Fork
We check in with the non-profit with a mission for greening area restaurants.
Posted by Susan Ellis on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:19 PM
It's an amazing show of support for the non-profit, which is dedicated to helping area restaurants become more environmentally friendly.
When the Flyer first checked in with Project Green Fork's founder Margot McNeeley some nine months ago, McNeeley was still working out the details and using Tsunami as a test-case.
Project Green Fork has since certified 12 restaurants, among them Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen, Tsunami, Miss Cordelia's, and Sole Fish Cafe. Their most recent client was Central BBQ -- a particularly challenging endeavor for both McNeeley and Central BBQ, because the restaurant has a large take-out business that used a good deal of styrofoam.
Project Green Fork recently got its 501(3) non-profit status that will allow to McNeeley to pursue "green" grants.
Today, Earth Day, McNeeley tells us that she has taught two yoga classes, consulted with two restaurants, and worked on the details of Sunday's dinner — all while awaiting news of her niece's or nephew's impending birth (her sister is in labor as this is being written).
She also imparts a little earth-loving advice for the local restaurant patron:
"Support those restaurants that are making an effort to be green -- recycling, not using styrofoam. They don't have to be Green Fork clients."
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I celebrated earth day at lunchtime....I left my big ole truck idling while I went into Kay's grocery to retrieve my fried fish...neatly packed in a styrofoam box which I promptly slid into a plastic bag along with several plastic forks and plastic wrapped napkins. I drove out to the country....left the motor running...sat on the tailgate...listened to Rush and ate my lunch. After a healthy green house gas enriching fart I tossed the trash in the nearby lake and roared off. Yee haa!!!! on the way back to the office I stopped by Stewart's hardware store to stock up on incandescent light bulbs...gosh they're cheap these days. Please ....enough of this Green shit!!!
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I'm just weary of all the silly stuff that goes on around this issue. Last night I listend to this eco warrior complain that obese people are hurting the planet because they emit more greenhouse gases and require more heath care resources. Another chap wants to tax ranchers for cow flatulance...I mean is this silly or what?? Oh and the BMW E car actually generates more pollution than it's petrol counterpart...when you factor in the effect of charging the batteries, etc. It's all just a bunch of crap and will just drive up the cost of business.
Fat people are a symptom of the industrial food production and over-disposable-consumption that are at the root of our environmental problems.
You're right that a lot of "green" marketing is a bunch of BS--hell, Chlorox now has their own line of "green" cleaning products.
The real solution is voluntary simplicity--plant a produce garden, rebuild the car instead of trading it in, enjoy natural (free) pleasures instead of trying to buy "satisfaction", ride a bike, etc.
Climate Change, habitat fragmentation, eutrophication of our lakes and estuaries, bleaching of our coral reefs, etc. are all very real and require real solutions, sacrifices and alternatives, not just a change of brands.
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