Welcome to 'Greening Your Cafe' - a BX group interested in integrating green practices into cafe operations and growing sustainability in the specialty coffee industry.  Spearheaded by Green Cafe Network's founder, Kirstin Henninger.  We want to keep the conversation growing around all things related to coffee and sustainability - join us here and on Facebook!

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NEWS:

Please join our "Green Cafe Professionals" Group on FACEBOOK!  You can request to join the group here (just click "Join" in the upper right corner): https://www.facebook.com/groups/greencafeprofessionals/

About Green Cafe Professionals: This is a 'closed' forum for cafe operators and enthusiasts committed to sustainability in cafes, where members can share info, post questions, make recommendations and connect with other coffee / cafe professionals. Items posted in the group are NOT viewable to the public.  

WHY JOIN OUR GREEN CAFE PROFESSIONALS Group?

• GCN will post specific, practical tips on how to operate a green café only to this group.
• You will be able to share best practices and actively connect with other café operators, baristas, roasters and/or coffee lovers.
• You will get access to benefits and promotions with green venders as they arise during the year (all of which are optional.)  For example, you can get discounts on any of GCN’s services, and/or get a coupon code for $100 off your first order with one of our partner venders.  Offers like this will come up during the year, and will only be posted to our closed group of Professional Members.

 
It's easy.....You can request to join the group here (just click "Join" in the upper right corner): https://www.facebook.com/groups/greencafeprofessionals/

Also please make sure to "Like" our Green Cafe Community page on Facebook as well:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Cafe-Network/172767549460169?ref=ts&fref=ts

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The Importance of Greening Cafes
The U.S. has over 20,000 coffee shops, and in each of these retail spaces there is an incredible opportunity to help reduce the specialty coffee industry’s collective environmental impacts. Considering Americans were estimated to use 23 billion paper cups last year and restaurants are the #1 consumer of electricity in the retail sector, cafes are directly responsible for huge amounts of waste, energy use and water consumption in our communities every day. By working together and sharing resources, the coffeehouse community can minimize these impacts and green their industry - from the bottom up.

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