This job expired on June 14, 2014
Green Hospitality Green Seal Intern The Sustainable Restaurant Corps
- Date Posted April 15, 2014
- Location Brooklyn, NY
- Category Nonprofit
- Job Type Internship/Apprentice
Job Description
About Us:
The Sustainable Restaurant Corps (SRC) is a non-profit that coaches restaurants in New York City to reduce their impact on the environment. We work with them to cut their energy and water usage, eliminate waste, improve recycling and composting, and make more sustainable food purchasing decisions. SRC also helps create a better work environment by encouraging the use of less toxic chemicals and automatic dilution systems.
Because most restaurants are small businesses with a failure rate of 60% or greater, they often don't focus on environmental concerns. But restaurants use five times more energy per square foot than other commercial real estate. They use over 300,000 gallons of water per year. New York City restaurants dump over 120 tons of food waste in landfills every day. But the food restaurants purchase has the greatest social and environmental impact. Starting in the field where petrochemicals and irrigation coax the plants to grow, to the farm workers that tend and pick the crops; the processing and transportation needed to get the food to market, and the local distribution networks that fan across the city, all before the produce reaches the kitchen. Only then can the restaurant workers prep and deliver it to your table. When restaurants make better choices about where their food comes from and how it's produced the entire system will feel the impact.
We are also developing the Susty rating system for restaurants. This rating will reward the restaurants that are leading the way in sustainability while encouraging those on the path to reach higher. We are working with Green Seal to create a premiurace ratification specific to New York City. Our goal to make this rating widely available where ever people go for advice about where to eat.
Position Description:
Green Seal is currently seeking paid interns in the New York City area to help implement a certification program for green restaurants in New York City.
The responsibilities of the internship entail:
Start Date: May 1, 2014
End Date: September 30, 2014
Hours per Week: 5
For more information, contact Cerise Bridges at cbridges@greenseal.org
For more information on Green Seal, please visit www.greenseal.org. Compensation this position is How to apply
The Sustainable Restaurant Corps (SRC) is a non-profit that coaches restaurants in New York City to reduce their impact on the environment. We work with them to cut their energy and water usage, eliminate waste, improve recycling and composting, and make more sustainable food purchasing decisions. SRC also helps create a better work environment by encouraging the use of less toxic chemicals and automatic dilution systems.
Because most restaurants are small businesses with a failure rate of 60% or greater, they often don't focus on environmental concerns. But restaurants use five times more energy per square foot than other commercial real estate. They use over 300,000 gallons of water per year. New York City restaurants dump over 120 tons of food waste in landfills every day. But the food restaurants purchase has the greatest social and environmental impact. Starting in the field where petrochemicals and irrigation coax the plants to grow, to the farm workers that tend and pick the crops; the processing and transportation needed to get the food to market, and the local distribution networks that fan across the city, all before the produce reaches the kitchen. Only then can the restaurant workers prep and deliver it to your table. When restaurants make better choices about where their food comes from and how it's produced the entire system will feel the impact.
We are also developing the Susty rating system for restaurants. This rating will reward the restaurants that are leading the way in sustainability while encouraging those on the path to reach higher. We are working with Green Seal to create a premiurace ratification specific to New York City. Our goal to make this rating widely available where ever people go for advice about where to eat.
Position Description:
Green Seal is currently seeking paid interns in the New York City area to help implement a certification program for green restaurants in New York City.
The responsibilities of the internship entail:
- Evaluation of purchasing information, procedures, and plans of the restaurants against a set of requirements for certification.
- On-site inspection of the restaurants for compliance with specific requirements.
- Observation and notation of any deficiencies and corrective actions needed to demonstrate compliance with specified requirements.
- Submission of a summary report and completed certification checklist with recommendations where appropriate.
- Interest in sustainability
- Self-driven, results oriented
- Able to work independently
- Proficiency in handling quantitative data
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Client focused, with outstanding customer/client service
- Restaurant experience or equivalent
Start Date: May 1, 2014
End Date: September 30, 2014
Hours per Week: 5
For more information, contact Cerise Bridges at cbridges@greenseal.org
For more information on Green Seal, please visit www.greenseal.org. Compensation this position is How to apply
This job expired on June 14, 2014
DeadlineApril 30, 2014