My dear friend Ashley Sue has left the RTP area for bigger and better things - or for a more sustainable lifestyle!  She is heading out to Asheville to explore a career in sustainablility - while I will miss her, she truly has taught me so much.  Everything she has taught me has led me to ask for more - more information, more ways to better my lifestyle, etc.

A few of the statistics really hit home for me and I hope to incorporate these in my ongoing education that Ashley Sue helped ignite not too long ago!

Statistics:

Eighty-four percent of a typical household's waste--including food scraps, yard waste, paper, cardboard, cans, and bottles--can be recycled.

Call for Applicants
The Center for Sustainable Enterprise at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School invites early-stage sustainable businesses from across North Carolina to join BASE, the Business Accelerator for Sustainable Entrepreneurship.
BASE is the first accelerator in North Carolina designed specifically to support businesses that address the triple bottom line: financial profitability, social equity and environmental sustainability. The program will connect sustainable ventures to a range of business development resources with the goal of accelerating their growth and impact.
BASE will foster sustainable enterprises that show promise on two levels:
1) prospects for financial viability and

GREEN PLANET CATERING RACKS UP ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS
Eco-friendly Triangle business wins two awards in as many months

RALEIGH (November 12, 2008) – Green Planet Catering (GPC) www.greenplanetcatering.com has added a second major notch in its green belt by winning Sustainable North Carolina's Entrepreneurship Award at the Sustainable Solutions Expo held this week in Raleigh.  This award comes on the heels of its recognition by the Triangle Business Journal for its "Entrepreneurial Effort/Innovative Idea" - part of that publication's Green Awards.

On a much anticipated night in the new, LEED certified Convention Center in downtown Raleigh, hundreds of business owners and operators gathered from around the state to find out who would be honored with a Sustainable NC Green Award. After gathering with thousands of others, including the AASHE group holding their conferences, to hear key-note speaker Peter Senge and then adjourning to a private ballroom the Sustainable NC awards were presented by board members and current president Katy Ansardi. Here are the results from over 50 applicants.

2008 SNC Award Honorees

Announced on October 23, 2008, Green Planet Catering is proud to have won the first annual award for Enterpenurial Effort/Innovative Idea from the Triangle Business Journal Green Awards. Please read the article below for more information.

Oct. 31 is the last day for early bird registration discounts!
Register at www.sustainnc.org/awards

Please note that although we are co-located with the AASHE conference
at the Raleigh Convention Center, these are separate events requiring
separate registration. AASHE and SNC are co-hosting the Sustainable
Solutions Expo and the Peter Senge keynote address. Your registration
for *either* conference includes access to both the Expo and Senge
keynote.

There are very affordable student rates available.
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This year's event is actually three events in one:
- NC Sustainable Business Council Forum

A good friend of mine recently sent me this email and i thought it was pertinent to our subject of going green. I like that the fund manager, a man who deals with hundreds of millions of dollars, specifically targets out the future of our power sources and becoming self-sustaining. Enjoy!

Alright, so I know that Lefty wrote a post about this awhile ago, but I am a die hard football fan (NY Giants to be precise), and during halftime of today's game against the Steelers they showed the parking lot.  Obviously I was watching the drunken fans stumbling around, but I also noticed the trash cans and the tailgate scenes packed with garbage.  How can we start marking sporting events more eco-friendly/less wasteful??? Just a thought.

EGBers,
We are going to be co-hosting REdress Raleigh in March 2009 with MorLove (www.morlove.org) and American Vintage Clothing and Classics, Inc (www.avcc-inc.com)!
MorLove is a student organization aiming to become a foundation in the
next few years. MorLove refashions clothing and donates proceeds from
sales to an orphanage in Africa. AVCC, Inc. is a high-quality vintage
clothing company that also includes a line of reconstructed pieces and
is headquarted in Durham, NC.