This is a last call (of sorts) for EGB committee volunteers.  While we welcome new people throughout the year, we are finalizing our new committees for 2009 in the next few weeks, so if you want to get involved, now is the ideal time. 

Thanks again to those of you who have expressed an interest in getting involved.  If you haven’t heard back from someone, please respond to this email. 
We have been lucky enough to have a good response for volunteers, so there is a great opportunity to work collaboratively and share the burden with a few other people so the time commitment isn’t too bad. 

Howdy!

I'm very excited to announce this Sustainability NOW! symposium taking place
on January 24th at Unity Church of the Triangle in less than three weeks!
You'll find information below, plus, more details attached with the program
and registration.

Please forward this to friends, church groups, listserves, and others that
you know might be interested in learning more about sustainability.
I'm hoping this information will be up on the church website
(www.unitychurchtriangle.org) by this coming week.

Hope to see many of you there!!!! Peace, Karen

By: Heather Green 

Some of the world's biggest consumer and tech companies, ranging from Intel (INTC) to Nike (NKE), are making strides to reduce their businesses' impact on global warming. But plenty of others, including Apple (AAPL), Estée Lauder (EL), and even Whole Foods (WFMI), still have a long way to go. Ceres, an alliance of investors and environmentalists, outlines those findings in a new report that examines the climate-change policies of 63 of the world's largest consumer and IT businesses.

Investors' Circle is
now accepting applications
for our West Coast
2009 Spring Venture Fair!

The deadline is January 15, 2009.

North Carolina Department of Commerce
 
Release:  IMMEDIATE                                                                       Contact: Charles Winkler
Date: December 9, 2008                                                                                          Phone:  919-733-3438
 
APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR 2nd ROUND OF GREEN BUSINESS FUND GRANTS
N.C. Program Promotes Promising Environmentally Friendly Technologies, Products & Services
 

The Triangle EGB is thrilled to announce our new official web site: www.nctriangleegb.org!!!
 
We want this site to be a resource for all of you who have been participating in the Yahoo! listserve and we aim to have this be the central point for all Triangle-EGB related info and activities. Since we will be using the site as our main platform, the Yahoo! group will be retired as of February 1st, 2009.

Ignite Clean Energy Competition 2009
Team Building Event in RTP

John Murawski, Staff Writer 
 
The home shopping network that sells just about everything is now selling solar energy generated by North Carolina sunshine.
QVC is operating the state's largest solar energy farm at its distribution facility near Rocky Mount. The QVC solar project is selling the electricity it generates to N.C. Electric Cooperatives, the Raleigh organization that supplies power in the state's smaller towns and rural areas.

The 1 megawatt solar farm generates electricity for about 150 homes. It operates only when the sun is shining, an average of about six hours a day.

By Cynthia Sewell, McClatchy Newspapers

Have you been dreaming of a green Christmas? With a little effort -- much less than you thought -- you and your family can enjoy the holiday and save the planet at the same time.
Holiday lights

Save money and energy by switching your old strands of incandescent holiday lights with newer LED (light emitting diode) holiday lights.

LED lights are safer, and they use 75 to 90 percent less energy and can last up to 10 times longer than traditional holiday lights. Plus, LEDs stay cool to the touch so they will not burn the tree or a child's fingers.

Wrapping