This document discusses initiatives to promote sustainability in the restaurant industry. It proposes educating restaurant owners about sustainability practices used by local restaurants. It suggests developing a grading system and providing tax cuts to recognize sustainable restaurants and help the trend spread. Engaging consumers by creating apps to promote green restaurants and offering discounts for sustainable behaviors could also help spread the idea. Partnering with existing organizations promoting sustainability in the food industry could help make Sustainable Eats an effective initiative.

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3. Sustainable Eats
an initiative for the restaurant
industry and restauranteurs to
create a 100% sustainable
restaurant culture.

4. HOW CAN WE EDUCATE
RESTAURANT OWNERS
ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY
AND ITS BENEFITS?

5. Educate restaurant
owners based on how
other local restaurants Start with local
are approaching restaurants, show
sustainable methods. the communities
interest.

6. HOW CAN WE INITIATE A TREND
AMONGST RESTAURANTS
TO SPREAD?

7. Tax cuts for
sustainable
restaurants.
Develop a second grading
system with an emblem
to aknowledge a
green restaurant

8. HOW CAN THE COMMUNITY
BECOME INVOLVED IN THIS
GOAL TO CREATE AND SPREAD
THE SUSTAINABLE
RESTAURANT IDEA?

9. Create phone apps alike
Foursquare
to promote green
restarants.
Provide customers small
incentives such as a
discount for bringing in
own take out container
or cup.
Ex. Starbucks 10%
discount
This is a reason for
consumers to
SPREAD THE WORD.

10. HOW CAN SUSTAINABLE EATS
BECOME AN EFFECTIVE
RESTAURANT INITIATIVE?
• Tax Cuts and Green
Grading System.
• Consumer Initiative
and MAKE GREEN
RESTAURANTS A TREND.
• Spread the word and offer
small incentives for
consumers.

11. SUSTAINABLE TREATS
We enjoyed cupcakes
from Little Cupcake Shop
a sustainable business in NYC.

12. SIMILAR
INTERVENTIONS
Green Restaurant
Association (GRA)
Non-profit providing
cost-effective and ways
for the restaurant industry.
www.dinegreen.com

13. GOINGGREENER.COM
Improves Restaurant
Environmental Practices
in the Midwest.

14. Sustainable Restaurant
Association (SRA)
LONDON
Help restaurants become
sustainable and help diners
make sustainable choices.