Got a favorite green restaurant?
Cast your vote for your fave, and help them compete for the top honor — People’s Choice Winner of the Nature’s Plate Award!
Nominations will help showcase the most sustainable practices and eco-innovative eateries across the United States. Checkout ‘What is a Green Restaurant’ this outlines what the judges are looking for. To locate sustainable venues worthy of the title, search the database provided by the Green Restaurant Association.
By participating in this survey you become part of Nature Conservancy ‘All Hands on Earth’– a larger effort to educate and embrace environmentally-friendly initiatives. The premise of this campaign focuses on breaking-down the challenge of lifestyle change into bite-sized objectives. ‘Every action counts and small steps are embraced more easily and sustained for longer!
This formula fosters positive attitudes towards the otherwise daunting and confusing issues we face coming up with solutions to tackle climate change. Building a community to take action together harnesses the power of many and turns small actions into big achievements.
The website invites people to contribute to the growing list of actions many of which take less than 5 minutes to complete or require only a small shift in how you already do things ‘Easy Actions, Big Impact!’
At the next level you can support the campaign through fundraising or donation.
Plus, the community-based platform encourages comments and networking for various earth conscious resources, events and other announcements worth sharing.
So the question is ‘how will you leave your mark on the Planet today?’

Inga Yandell
Explorer and media producer, passionate about nature, culture and travel. Combining science and conservation with investigative journalism to provide resources and opportunities for creative exploration.