Description: Certified green business with Fair Trade coffee and organic tea, wine, and beer.
The Nomad Cafe at 65th and Shattuck in north Oakland is my favorite green East Bay cafe. They've got a wall full of environmental awards, and have been working with the city to develop programs to green other cafes. A few days ago they had a speaker come in to talk about Fair Trade. They have fair trade coffee, organic beer; soy substitutes don't cost extra, fruit juice smoothies, a reasonable selection of vegan cafe food. Free wireless, and a good community... There are a host of green projects going on quietly on any given day: it's my office for Space Share carpooling, you might sit next to someone working on the Urban Alliance for Sustainability website or a youth environmental-journalism project.
Stephen's keywords: Nomad Cafe, fair trade in North Oakland