Books and External Resources About Sustainability for the Cocktail Bar
Below are external resources to people, websites, and books about sustainability for the cocktail bar. Not all of these have been reviewed by us, and these links do not necessarily imply endorsement.
Quick Links
- Experts and Consultants
- Cocktail Sustainability Resources
- General Sustainability Resources
- Food Sustainability Resources
- Food Scrap Resources
- Fermentation Resources
Experts, Consultants, and Speakers on Sustainability for Cocktail Bars
- The Trash Collective/Trash Tiki
- Iain Griffiths and Kelsey Ramage, both formerly of the Mr Lyan group, are international speakers and educators who have spoken in front of thousands of bartenders on sustainability issues over the years.
- Tin Roof Drink Community
- Chad Arnholt and Claire Sprouse are educators and consultants "spotlighting green bar initiatives through sustainable design projects, beverage programing, educational initiatives, individual consultations, and community outreach."
- Outlook Good
- Claire Sprouse of Tin Roof Drink Community recently (May 2020) launched a new initiative. Information forthcoming.
Cocktail Specific Books and Resources
- Book review: All Day Cocktails: Low (And No) Alcohol Magic
- Tin Roof Cocktail Carbon Calculator
- Optimistic Cocktails from Outlook Good - Digital cocktail book addressing food waste. "100% of proceeds goes to support employee staff funds and undocumented workers’ relief funds from across the country."
- SustainableBartender.com with video recipe content.
Books And Websites about Sustainability in General
- Carbon Footprint
- How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything [review on CocktailGreen]
- RePurpose: Calculate your home or businesses "plastic footprint" and purchase offsets.
- Recycling and Composting
- RecycleThis.co.uk Information and ideas on how to reuse and recycle many different and random objects.
- Food Waste and other waste
- How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet by Sophie Egan [notes on CocktailGreen]
- Waste Not: Make a Big Difference by Throwing Away Less by Erin Rhoads [notes on CocktailGreen]
- 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg [notes on CocktailGreen]
Food/Restaurant Sustainability Resources
- Zero FoodPrint
- FoodPrint.org - A consumer-focused information source about lowering impact of foods we eat and waste.
- The Sustainable Restaurant Association (UK)
- EnergyStar Appliances
Using Food Scraps and No-Waste Cooking
These books have not been reviewed by us unless stated. Links are to Amazon.
- No-Waste Kitchen Gardening: Regrow Your Leftover Greens, Stalks, Seeds, and More (No-Waste Gardening)
- Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money By Wasting Less Food
- The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook: Recipes and Techniques for Whole Plant Cooking
- The Beginner's Guide to Zero Waste Cooking: How to Make the MOST out of NOTHING in the Kitchen
- Cooking with Scraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, and Stems into Delicious Meals
- My Zero-Waste Kitchen: Easy Ways to Eat Waste Free
- Silo: The Zero Waste Blueprint
- The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
These books have not been reviewed by us unless stated. Links are to Amazon.
- The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from around the World
- The Big Book of Kombucha: Brewing, Flavoring, and Enjoying the Health Benefits of Fermented Tea
- The Noma Guide to Fermentation: Including koji, kombuchas, shoyus, misos, vinegars, garums, lacto-ferments, and black fruits and vegetables
Documentaries
- The Perennial Plate
- Wasted: The Story of Food Waste
- Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
- A TedX video: Beyond The Straw: Sustainability in Hospitality | Tom Egerton