Whether you're looking for a meal out for two, a night at a hotel or an anti-Valentine's night for singles, there's a night out this weekend with an eco twist.Eco Concerns
• Leftover food from restaurants, hotels and bars is a bigger issue than you'd think, with 3.3m tonnes of the stuff thrown away in the UK each year, resulting in landfill greenhouse gases. Hunt down one of the growing number of environmentally-aware restaurants, such as London's Konstam, that are turning such leftovers into compost.
Top 5 Green Choices
Top 5 Green Choices
1. The Zetter in London – this central London hotel uses an underground lake beneath Clerkenwell's streets to power a natural ventilation system similar to the one in the offices here at the Guardian's HQ.
2. Bordeaux Quay in Bristol – sited in one of the UK's most environmentally-conscious cities, this waterside restaurant sources all its food locally from a 50-mile radius. Our food critic Matthew Norman describes it as "a gleaming jewel of a restaurant that underpins its principles with flair, imagination and rigorous professionalism, and illustrates the value of buying first-class ingredients and then cooking them with precision but without fuss."
3. Waterhouse in London – as well as a focus on local and organic grub, this restaurant uses its position on the Regent's Canal to cool the restaurant in summer (a heat exchanger takes advantage of the water being cooler than the air) and swaps bottled mineral water for extra-filtered tap water. Food's good too: the Observer's restaurant critic Jay Rayner says it's "a rather lovely restaurant."
4 Iglu in Edinburgh – a well-established rustic-style restaurant serving great local and organic food.
5 Eco Age's Anti-Valentine's Party in London – if Valentine's Day makes you want to spew rather than swoon, this Friday night party could be for you. It's a bash for singletons at the west London green shop run by Colin Firth and his wife Livia Giuggioli, and will include "saucy sessions of hot tips" by Sam Roddick, founder of eco-minded emporium Coco de Mer.
3. Waterhouse in London – as well as a focus on local and organic grub, this restaurant uses its position on the Regent's Canal to cool the restaurant in summer (a heat exchanger takes advantage of the water being cooler than the air) and swaps bottled mineral water for extra-filtered tap water. Food's good too: the Observer's restaurant critic Jay Rayner says it's "a rather lovely restaurant."
4 Iglu in Edinburgh – a well-established rustic-style restaurant serving great local and organic food.
5 Eco Age's Anti-Valentine's Party in London – if Valentine's Day makes you want to spew rather than swoon, this Friday night party could be for you. It's a bash for singletons at the west London green shop run by Colin Firth and his wife Livia Giuggioli, and will include "saucy sessions of hot tips" by Sam Roddick, founder of eco-minded emporium Coco de Mer.
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