GenGreen Announces Partnership with Green Restaurant Association

Feb. 9, 2009 - PRLog -- Today, Colorado-based GenGreen LLC proudly announced a strategic partnership with the Boston-based Green Restaurant Association (GRA), which will provide consumers with quality information about Certified Green Restaurants™ across the country.

“Food production, transportation and consumption have a tremendous impact on the health of both humans and the environment,” said Charisse McAuliffe, founder and CEO of GenGreen LLC. “The conscious choices we make about what and where to eat, and the kind of companies we support with our food dollars are an important part of being truly green, and we are excited that our partnership with the Green Restaurant Association will help more people make smart decisions in this area.”

GenGreen chose to partner with the GRA because of the non-profit’s unique ability to connect restaurants with ecologically sustainable products and services, and because of the organization’s respected and multi-faceted Green Restaurant™ 4.0 Certification process.

As part of the partnership, Certified Green Restaurants™ listed on GenGreenLife.com will be able to display the GRA certification logo on their listing, and consumers can sort by this designation, thereby improving visibility in the search results and allowing users to see all the verified environmental steps that each restaurant has accomplished to be certified.
“We encourage people to browse our site and support businesses displaying the Certified Green Restaurant™ mark,” said McAuliffe. “You can also learn more about the Green Restaurant Association by clicking on their mark wherever you see it displayed on GenGreenLife.com.”

“The Green Restaurant Association is always looking for ways to make it easier for people to find Certified Green Restaurants™,” said Michael Oshman, GRA Executive Director and Founder. “With the popularity of green in this day and age, it is important for consumers to be able to access transparent and credible information to steer their purchasing decisions.  For this reason, we are proud to be working with GenGreenLife.com to provide consumers with a new outlet to find Certified Green Restaurants™.”

Those interested in learning more about the partnership and how to find a Certified Green Restaurant™ in their area are encouraged to visit the partnership page on GenGreenLife.com

About GenGreen LLC
The mission of GenGreen is to help people learn how to live more sustainable lives by making them aware of the environmentally conscious businesses, organizations and people in their local communities. They accomplish this through their web site, www.GenGreenLife.com, which is the most comprehensive and diverse resource available for people looking to live a locally-focused, environmentally conscious lifestyle. Currently, they offer a directory of over 35,000 business and organizational listings, and hundreds of green events, green-collar job listings and volunteer opportunities across the entire U.S.

About the Green Restaurant Association
The Green Restaurant Association℠ (GRA), a national non-profit organization, helps the restaurant industry improve its environmental practices through research, environmental consulting, education, and certification. Founded in 1990, long before green was cool, the GRA utilizes a collaborative strategy that involves restaurants, manufacturers, vendors, community organizations, government, media, and restaurant customers. The GRA's model provides a convenient way for all sectors of the restaurant industry, which represents 10% of the total U.S. economy, to become more environmentally sustainable.  The GRA has the world’s largest database of environmental solutions for the restaurant industry and has been featured on CNN, NBC Nightly News, NPR, in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and in several other media outlets. For more information visit www.dinegreen.com