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Breaking News |
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New York State Recognizes GRA's program |
| Product Spotlight The latest must-haves for your restaurant |
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Clean Your Restaurant With Water! – The GRA is proud to announce our official endorsement of a truly revolutionary Activeion Pro works by sending a charge of positive and negative nano-ions through the water in its canister, which when sprayed on a surface, attracts dirt particles and works to sanitize hard surfaces like glass, stainless steel, and plastic. Note: Activeion Pro is recommended as a general sanitizer, not a food-prep sanitizer. |
| Restaurant Spotlight Making headlines in the Green arena |
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Obama Dines Green to Kick Off G20 Summit
Microsoft Upgrades to 2 Star Status – Microsoft began First Certified Green Restaurant® in Dallas – Congratulations to State and Allen for becoming the first Certified Green Restaurant® in Dallas, TX! State and Allen recently earned the GRA’s 2 Star Certified Green Restaurant® distinction. |
| From One Restaurateur to Another |
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"We are proud of our efforts to minimize our carbon footprint, and the GRA affords us the opportunity to make these changes more efficiently and effectively.” - Mario Batali |
| Green Marketing 101 How to make the most of the GRA's Certification |
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The Green Restaurant Association works with every type of foodservice operation: restaurants, fine dining establishments, café’s, coffee shops, cafeterias, caterers, etc. Every restaurant has a different look, style, theme, and image.
Here are some ways our restaurants have made the Certification seal match their style:
• Tayst Restaurant and Wine Bar proudly displays the seal on their chef coats, allowing them to call attention to their Certification in a subtle way when they were featured last spring on Martha Stewart’s wedding show! • Gettysburg Eddies incorporated the seal into their restaurant sign so even the customers driving by can see it!
Once Certified, your restaurant will have access to the GRA's Communications Manager, who will help your find creative, subtle, and eye-catching ways to better market your Certification status, draft press releases, create signage, and more. |
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About the Green Restaurant Association |
as they encourage restaurants to Go Green. New York will promote Certified Green Restaurants® on the official state website, ILoveNY.com. Together, the GRA and the state of New York are working to make New York the Green Restaurant® Capital of the world.
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. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden, known for being one of the 
working with the GRA in 2007 to certify 33 of the corporate café’s at their Redmond, Washington, campus. Combined, these eateries serve 26,000 people per day! Recently, all 33 Microsoft café’s earned 2 Star Certified Green® Status, with each location reaching over 118 points! 
• Microsoft café’s made wall plaques that hang at each entryway.
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| Did You Know? |
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According to The 2009 Restaurant Industry Forecast:
“44% of customers surveyed said they are likely to make a restaurant choice based on an operation's practices in the areas of energy and water conservation.” |
| Go Green Today |
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Interested in learning more about What Green Could Do For You? Contact Kate McGovern to go over the benefits of Certifying your restaurant, and get started today!
Kate McGovern |
| GRA Dictionary |
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Greenhouse gases are gases in an atmosphere that absorb and emit radiation within the thermal infrared range. Greenhouse gases greatly affect the temperature of the Earth; without them, Earth's surface would be on average about 33°C (59°F) colder than at present. Human activities since the start of the industrial revolution have increased the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. *Wikipedia.com |
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Check out our blog, The Green Line, on RImag.com |
| Upcoming Shows |
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The GRA is exhibiting at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, one of America's largest hospitality events! November 8-10, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. |
