Pizza Goes Green in San Diego
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Who doesn’t love pizza? It’s an American classic in all its forms, from gourmet toppings down to yesterday’s cold pepperoni. When such an institution finds a way to return that love, it becomes an unstoppable force, and yesterday as I walked past the new Pizza Fusion that just opened up on 5th Ave in Hillcrest, it was love at first sight. Pizza Fusion isn’t like the other pizza shops, you see — Pizza Fusion has a plan to save the world, one pie at a time.
Pizza Fusion is committed to a sustainable future through the preservation and improvement of the environment with all aspects of our operations and existence. We strive to improve the social, economical and environmental well being of the world through:
* The support of sustainable business by seeking out environmentally conscious vendors and suppliers to partner with
* Our commitment to environmental education to raise awareness for more sustainable approaches to living and business
* Educating the general public on the importance of sustainable living through ecological community service, consumer education and environmental mentoring
* Lobbying for political action to support a more sustainable future
* The support of organic agriculture
* The continuous evaluation of our ecological impact in our endless pursuit to minimize our environmental footprint
Of course, a pizza place could say a whole lot of vague things about sustainability and environmentalism, and then not actually follow through. Luckily, Pizza Fusion goes above and beyond to conquer environmental concerns at the base level. Pizza Fusion shops deliver their pizzas in hybrid cars; they recycle and use only biodegradable spudware utensils. They offset their energy usage with wind energy certificates, and they build all of their shops strictly to LEED standards. Are you swooning yet? Because I am. If you’re itching to dismiss the place on the basis that it’s a chain restaurant, all I have to say is this: if only all chain restaurants were like this.
Side note: just the plain cheese pizza is to die for — they said the secret is in the all-organic ingredients — but I’ve heard fantastic things about the Seattle pizza if you decide to check one out for yourself.
Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 10:44 am and is filed under The Daily. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
