Monday, April 21, 2008

Taste 2008!


On April 17, 2008 Root Division held their annual Taste fundraising event with the support of their resident artists, local restaurants, beverage companies and Twirl to raise money for their education programs. The art gallery was packed with art lovers, fashionistas and foodies all tasting samples of Andalu, Bar Bambino, Brick, Cantina Lounge, Cook Club, El Buen Comer & La Cocina, Maverick, Ozumo and Zazil while imbibing drinks from Trumer Pils, Lotus Vodka, Ritual Coffee Roasters, and Grown Up Soda. How's that for a mouthful!

The environmental considerations woven into the event were:

• Artist designed re-usable bags for the gift bag
• Only local restaurants participated, most with sustainable food purchasing programs
• Trumer Pils and Lotus Vodka are both manufactured in the Bay Area
• Re-usable glassware was used for beverages
• Recycling and composting were available on site (with instructions and signage)
• Invitations were printed on recycled paper
• All the disposable serving ware and napkins were either paper or compostable
• Each food prep station was given individual compost bins to raise our waste diversion ration and make it easy for our chefs to compost on-site.

With all of our green initiatives for the event met we wound up with only 2 bags (about 8-10lbs) of landfill waste from the 300+ person event. Next year we'll get down to less than 1!!!