Understanding that this isn't a restaurant, but a resort, their entire operation is to help the environment and the business around the area. This resort has embraced 10 initiatives to adopt within RocksResorts’ hotels and properties. All of which contain to the kitchen, rooms, and the resort itself.
Their first way to go green is energy conservation, for ex: switching out to energy efficient lightbulbs. #2 is the water conservation, which is using less, Efforts include linen and towel reuse programs that are now an industry standard to installation of low-flow faucets, showerheads and other fixtures.
Those are the main ideas to make things better. Within the kitchen, integrating more and more selections in menus of all types that integrate organic produce, hormone free meats and dairy, and other natural products that offer guests healthier food selections. The wines and spirits are also grown within the region.
These are all great examples of what everyone should start doing. The one aspect of the going green movement, that that site reminded me of, is really ironic:
ReplyDelete#8, Avoiding bottled water? They say they are offering complimentary refillable bottles as an alternative to bottled water. This is something that has grown in large numbers lately. But doesn't it sort of defeat the purpose of the idea behind the movement? All they are doing is instead of using the bottled water already packaged, they are creating more bottles to be used.
You'll see these bottles being sold all over the place, promoting green. But what's the difference? Most of the time they are flimsy bottles that break easy, and are most likely thrown away anyway, and how many people actually throw them in a recycle bin rather than the trash?
A lot of stores I see mass producing these I feel as though are sticking with the 'green fashion statement' idea. The other day, passing through the Old Navy at Providence Place Mall, I saw an entire endcap, reaching from floor to almost the ceiling, filled and overflowing with these bottles in all different shapes, colors, designs, etc. I think it's a ridiculously redundant oxymoron. Let's stay away from bottled water which companies are never going to stop producing, and manufacture 10,000 pointless refillable bottles that are flimsy and expensive.
I feel like too many people are manipulating consumers into thinking theyre doing a great thing for the environment any way they can just to make an extra buck.
Same goes for every singly retail store that now SELLS "Eco-Friendly plastic reusable shopping bags" that not many people seem to be using anyway. Don't get me wrong, it'd be better to reuse those more durable bags than the many plastic bags grocery stores use, but the idea that they see it as a ploy to make money is just funny to me. All those recycled materials they used to mass produce those hundreds of bags their selling for 99 cents each could probably have gone to a better cause somewhere.
This article basically goes through what you can do to help out the "green" movement. This article is talking about a particular place called Vail Resorts. This company is geared towards decreasing its carbon footprint on the environment and increasing the sustainability of products offered.
ReplyDeleteAny bigger hotel has their own restaurant. Most of these restaurants are considered to be fine dining. This article basically tells us how the hotel as a whole, along with all of its departments, are helping out. The kitchens are helping out in a big way too.
Water conservation and recycling/waste disposal are almost directly related to the kitchens inside this hotel. The kitchens use an abundance of water and their waste disposal system is probably the most up to date out of all the otehr departments.
The hotel uses local and seasonal produce to keep everything fresh. This is the quintessential act for sustainability and going green. The hotel is doing its part in the "green" movement, what are other establishments doing?