If you want to dine in a restaurant certified as green, check out The Green Restaurant Association (www.dinegreen.com).  A national not for profit organization, the association certifes restaurants as "Certified Green Restaurants (CGR).  CGRs must use a comprehensive recycling system for all products accepted by local recycling companies and eliminate polystyrene products, among other steps.  Locally, The Fearrington House Country Inn and Restaurant (www.fearrington.com) has not only earned its 15th consecutive AAA Five Diamond Award, but has also become a CGR.  It is the only entity to win both.  Fearrington keeps its own bees, hosts a farmers' market and harvests vegetables, fruits and herbs from its own gardens.