While many businesses (apart from retail) often slow down as the calendar reaches its final pages, Matter Network has been busy adding new publishers as we drive to bring you the best in sustainable reporting. Our network of partner websites covering the companies, people, technologies and strategies that are empowering the shift to a sustainable economy has grown to more than 60.

Among the many publishers new to the Matter Network fold are Hybridcars.com, covering transportation, Green Chip Stocks, providing investing analysis, and Green Business Africa, which extends our international coverage.

Next year things will get even more interesting. It will be a banner year for energy efficiency as companies are reducing long term costs through sustainable technologies. Congress and the White House are likely to be much more aggressive in supporting technologies that combat climate change, and the retooling of the auto industry to be more green will be a top story for years to come. We look forward to bringing you the best reporting and analysis of the sustainability revolution through our partner sites, and will supplement this with our own interactive content.

We promote our publishers great writing through our News That Matters section, which is updated throughout the day. If you aren't seeing content from one of your "must read" green sites, please email me so that we can contact them.

Thanks for reading, and best wishes for a productive and happy 2009!