The past month I’ve been very busy helping a client launch a sustainability consulting practice that is focused on the food industry.  It’s a very inspirational project as I’ve long had a passion for both the environment and for food.

Greg Christian Consulting is the client.  Or more specifically, Greg Christian.  What an inspirational and impressive character.  Greg is an accomplished chef and caterer out of Chicago where he owned his own firm for seventeen years.  He was determined to use local organic food sources and create his masterpieces in a no waste kitchen.  The concept of a no waste kitchen amazes me because it seems impossible.  But Greg proves it isn’t.

A few years ago, he conceived and founded a the Organic School Project, an in-school program where kids learn about sustainability, nutrition, and eating right.  What impresses me the most about that is that for the past several years now I’ve heard about soft drink companies paying schools to have vending machines placed in cafeterias.  I love some soft drinks, but that within itself causes poor nutrition habits.  As a result of Greg’s work, he has become known as “Chicago’s Concientious Caterer”, a title well deserved.

I came about this opporutnity via my dear friend Jennifer Roberts, a beautiful and savvy marketer herself.  A truly classy lady in every sense of the word.  I knew her for years here in DC.  A while back, she moved to her native Chicago.  That’s DC’s loss.

I’ve also met, via the internet and the telephone, a fine young gent by the name of Bryn Griffiths.  I say “gent” because Bryn is a Brit.  He just got his MBA in finance from DePaul but is a natural in social media and I’m sure he will be a success in all he does.  Besides, he’s a dog lover, just like me.

We’ve launched an online magazine/blog for the company, Local Greenster.  Bryn and I are running it now.  It will entail stories (mostly) of local efforts and challenges toward sustainabilty.

All of this shows me work can be fun.

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