This Wednesday at Grendel's Den with Green Restaurant Association!

[Boston Green Drinks]

Hi Green Drinks,

Please join us at Grendel’s Den in Harvard Square tomorrow, Wednesday
November 17, 2010, as we
continue the conversation around sustainability in food and business.
We are excited to have Green Restaurant Association (GRA) Founder and
Executive Director, Michael Oshman and GRA certified Grendel’s Den
owner, Kari Kuelzer speaking about their efforts to infuse
sustainability into the restaurant industry.


WEDNESDAY November 17th
6:00-8:00pm (Speakers at 6:30pm)


Grendel’s Den
www.grendelsden.com
89 Winthrop Street, Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA 02138


Grendel’s GRA Certification Highlights:
Zero Trash Business
Energy Efficient Lighting and Hand-dryers
Sustainable Seafood commitment


Grendel’s Den Local/Organic Beer:
Great Pumpkin Ale (Pumpkins from the Farm School in Athol, MA!
Brewed
in Cambridge, MA)
Cambridge Amber Ale, Cambridge
Harpoon IPA (Boston, MA)
Narragansett (Southern New England Budweiser alternative)
BBC River Ale (Berkshires, MA)
Longtrail Ale (brewed in Vermont by "the most eco-friendly
brewery")


Speakers:
MICHAEL OSHMAN is the founder and executive director of the Green
Restaurant Association (GRA), a national non-profit organization
formed in 1990 to create environmental sustainability in the
foodservice industry.
Michael has worked tirelessly over the past two decades by providing
research, consulting, education, and certification to hundreds of
restaurants so that they can better serve their customers, employees
and the environment. He has been featured in Time Magazine, NBC
Nightly News, NPR, CNN, Fox News, ABC, The New York Times, The Boston
Globe and hundreds of other local and national media outlets. He has
also given keynote speeches and guest lectures at conferences across
the country, including the National Restaurant Show, Food Service
Packaging Institute, New York Restaurant Show, International Hotel/
Motel Restaurant Show, SPECS, Green Festival, and more. As the pioneer
of the green restaurant movement, Michael continues his mission to
educate consumers and restaurateurs…affecting change one bite at a
time.


KARI KUELZER is the daughter of Grendel's Den founders Herbert and Sue
Kuelzer who opened the restaurant in 1971 when Kari was a baby. Over
its 40 years, Grendel's has established itself as a "dyed-in-the-wool"
Harvard Square place, serving all walks of life for generations old
and new. Kari spent her youth in the restaurant business, but she
worked for much of her professional career in California creating
Movies and Miniseries for cable and network TV. She returned to
Cambridge in 2004 to run the business after her mother passed away. In
Sue’s spirit of community responsibility, Kari has become leader in
Green Retail in one of the most progressive cities in America.


Hope to see you there!


Boston Green Drinks