Meeting: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Main Public Library on Monroe St. upstairs on the 2nd floor

Agenda for the Green Coalition Nov. 9th meeting

Report on Adtran's Social Responsibility workshop- Lynn
Starting an online newsletter-
Membership recruitment
Steps to connect with other green businesses we have met
Is there a "Green Directory" in Huntsville?
Possible speakers for our next meeting - December Meeting - Dove Stackhouse of the Clean Food Network will be our guest speaker
Christmas Party?

Event: Invitation to Best Practices in Sustainability

Lynn Leach is going to this event. Anyone else want to go??

You are cordially invited to the Corporate Social Responsibility Best Practices Conference on October 15th. Featured speakers will share best practices in sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and green issues.

Corporate Social Responsibility Best Practices Conference
When: Thursday, October 15th,
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Where: ADTRAN East Tower
Conference Center 901 Explorer Blvd. Huntsville, AL 35806
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Lunch: Served at Noon
Keynote Address: Huntsville Mayor - Tommy Battle

Please Register

Conference Hightlights

> Driving innovative environmental improvements in products, operations, and supply chain
> Designing, constructing, and operating a LEED Silver Certified building
> Developing environmental initiatives and sustainability activities within manufacturing operations and the corporation as a whole
> Incorporating CSR into the company's culture
> Monitoring and managing enterprise assets for increased energy efficiencies with EAM tools

Event: Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful Flint River Clean Up Call for Volunteers

Protect the Flint

Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful
Is hosting its 6th Annual
Flint River Clean-up

on October 24, 2009

Location and Time: Canoes/Kayaks
meet at the Georgia Power Dam at
8:30 a.m. in Albany, GA

Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful is looking for
volunteers that have canoes & kayaks, and for those
who can serve as bank walkers!
Send email to kkirkman@jonesctr.org to register.

Take out will be the Radium Landing
(near Marine ditch).
Why: Water Is Our Planets Most Precious Resource

Rivers Alive is a state initiative
that encourages clean ups along all 70,150 miles of
Georgia ’s rivers, lakes, and streams.

Event: Electronics Recycling & Mercury Collection - Saturday, October 17, 2009

Mark your calendars!

Bring your old electronics and mercury containing items to our
Electronics Recycling & Mercury Collection Event

Saturday, October 17, 2009
9 am to 3 pm
Joe Davis Stadium

Sponsored by
City of Huntsville Operations Green Team
Madison County Commission
City of Madison
Covanta Energy
The Solid Waste Disposal Authority of the City of Huntsville

We will be collecting (free of charge) computers (CPUs, laptops, mainframes and peripherals), monitors, telephones, cell phones, telephone systems, fax machines, printers, copiers, rechargeable batteries, stereo equipment, electronic games, PDAs, electronic circuit boards, and components as well as thermometers, thermostats, mercury batteries, mercury switches, and other mercury containing items.

Fluorescent light bulbs will not be accepted at this event, please bring them to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection held on the 1st Saturday of the month.

Televisions will be accepted for a $10 fee.

Covanta Energy is offering $10 gift cards for the mercury thermostats (limited to the first 50 people bringing mercury thermostats) and $5 gift cards for mercury thermometers. A $50 gift card will be given to the first person bringing in a mercury thermostat and mercury thermometer.

If you have more than 10 items, please contact SWDA at 256-880=6054.

Our community is partnering with Creative Recycling Systems from Nashville. Creative Recycling Systems' data sanitization methods exceed U.U. Dept of Defense specifications for security and electronics disposal.

For more information contact Operation Green Team
256-532-5326 (53-CLEAN).

Meeting: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Main Public Library on Monroe St. upstairs on the 2nd floor

Agenda: TBD

Event: Energy Forum - October 13-14th - Register and promote to your networks

Energy Forum 2009: Challenges and Possibilities for Alabama. October 13-14 2009, at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens Sign up now! And send the attached Energy Forum 2009 flyer and schedule, along with a personal note, to your colleagues, friends, and work and faith communities.

Consider becoming an exhibitor or sponsor, and invite others to contribute as well. Energy Forum 2009 is hosted by the Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama“Engaging faith and science to sustain and enhance the life of Earth” www.interfaithenvironmental.org

Please consider how you would like to help make Energy Forum 2009 be the success we all hope it will be. Thanks for all you are doing for Care of Creation. See you at Energy Forum 2009! Ginny and Eleanor Virginia N. Brown, M.S.E.M., Co-Convener, Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama browngnbrown@charter.net Eleanor McKenzie DelBene, D.Min., Co-Convener, Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama Liaison, Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Task Force for The Stewardship of Creation eleanor@presence.org

Event: Saturday, Sept.12 2009 - Interfaith Mission Services Volunteer Day

Just a reminder that Saturday Sept.12 is the Interfaith Mission Services Volunteer Day and one of the environmental projects is clearing trails at Hayes Nature Perserve. Please register and get all information at http://www.interfaithmissionservice.org/unity2009.html

The Day is designed for those who want to improve our community through opportunities to connect through service. There are projects for all ages and abilities - some are local agencies, others global - all can be completed in just a few hours. As we work we do that most human thing- we talk, we dialogue, we recognize one another as people who care about this world we share. The physical work will be completed that day but the experience of working with others who have differences but believe that together we can create a better world will be long-lasting.

Citizens will arrive between 7:30 and 8:00, gathering for breakfast and fellowship. From 8:00 to 8:30 there will be a unity celebration, creative dialogue, and a time of matching of people with diverse teams that will then leave to work at their site locations. The day will end at each site mid-day. The score of service sites located across Madison County with a variety of great projects will allow people to connect and serve working through diverse teams “side by side” with other members of your community.