Ted Turner Urges: Conserve

June 12, 2008
The Boston Herald

By Donna Goodison

Billionaire Ted Turner yesterday urged Massachusetts restaurateurs to join the green movement.

The former media magnate and CNN founder’s Turner Foundation is partially funding the National Restaurant Association’s “Conserve: Solutions for Sustainability.” The initiative, launched in May, helps eateries become more environmentally friendly.

Conservation is going to become a necessity because the U.S. economy and the way Americans live were built on an abundance of cheap energy, Turner said during a Boston talk moderated by local celebrity chef Todd English.

“Those days are over,” said Turner, himself a Toyota Prius hybrid-driving restaurateur. “We’re going to be in for a tough time, but that’s all the more reason to be conservation-minded.”

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