Featured Member Benefits

June 24, 2009

Discover New Ways to Prosper – Sign Up Now

The annual Green Business Conference in San Francisco, Nov 11-12 will feature new ways to prosper in the new economy. Keynote speakers and workshops will focus on business strategies for thriving when resources are scarce; new business social networking tools; and new ways to finance growth. The one-on-one coaching and structured networking sessions will help you steer from crisis to opportunity.

Speakers include: Theresa Marquez of Organic Valley; Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins of Green for All; Margot Fraser of Birkenstock USA; Joshua Onysko of Pangea Organics; Gil Friend, author of The Truth About Green Business; and Woody Tasch of Slow Money.

To register at the lowest rate – www.greenbusinessconference.org

Sign Up Now for the Fall Green Festivals and SAVE!

Call now to get the early discounts for exhibit space at the upcoming fall Green Festivals in Washington DC, October 11-12 and San Francisco, November 13-15.

Call (877)727-2179 x300.

GenGreenLife.Com Partnership Serves Green Business Network Members

We are excited to announce our new partnership with GenGreenLife.com—with added benefits for Green Business Network™ members!

Gen Green Life is an online resource that helps people find green businesses, products and services in their local communities in 354 cities across America.

Green America’s Green Business Network members will receive a FREE basic listing in the Gen Green Life directory and can display their Green America Seal of Approval. Businesses with the Seal of Approval will appear at the TOP of the listings—a great benefit!

This is a great opportunity for GBN members to connect with consumers on a local level!

To take advantage of this new benefit visit, www.GenGreenLife.com.

Questions can be sent to Desiree@GreenAmericaToday.org

World of Good

WorldofGood by eBay

Green America is a Trust Provider

The new WorldofGood.com on eBay has launched—and over 10,000 products from our business members are on the site.

Green America has been selected as one of the ‘trust providers’—which means that our approved Green Business Network members are eligible to sell their products on the site. To learn more about how to feature your products, visit the site’s Seller Center.

Visit World of Good by eBay Seller Central»

Green America
Socially Responsible Retirement Plans

Green America has teamed up with Social(k) to bring your business a retirement plan that advances your commitment to social and environmental responsibility.

As a responsible business owner, you promote a better world in how you operate your business…your products and services, and the way you treat your employees, the environment, and the communities you work with.

Social(k) has partnered with ExpertPlan to offer you options in many leading socially responsible funds.

The Social(k) retirement plan allows you and your staff to invest for your own futures, while using your investment dollars to create a better future for us all.

Find out more about socially responsible retirement plans from Social(k)»

More Member Benefits

Join the Green Business Network™ Lounge

Social Networking comes to the Green Business Community. Please join us on the NEW Green Business Network™ Lounge where our members are actively conversing. Members are creating groups to discuss topics, post messages to the forum, upload pictures and videos, access a calendar of important dates and much more.

Accessing the new Green Business Network Lounge is easy! Please contact Desiree Wolford for instructions on how to sign up.

We look forward to having you in the Green Business Network Lounge!

Advertising Opportunities for Members

A benefit of your membership is the opportunity to promote your business in our publications reaching tens of thousands of potential customers!

Find out how National Green Pages™, Green American Magazine , Real Green Newsletter , and our Web sites can bring you more business.

The four online Gift Guides advertising for 2009 are on sale now and they sell out quickly!

For a complete array of sponsorship options please contact Chip Py at 202.872-5315.

Green America Launches the Wholesale Connection

These economic times call for innovation—our newest innovation is the Green America Wholesale Connection.

This unique online shopping tool links retail buyers, in search of everything from eco fashions to chocolate, to our screened and approved companies. This is an excellent opportunity to get your products on store shelves today!

Call or e-mail Chip at 202.872-5315 to learn more.

Increase Your Website Traffic!

Don't miss an excellent opportunity to bring more attention to your business with featured or upgraded listings on the National Green Pages™ online.

To upgrade your listing(s) contact contact Chip Py at 202-872-5315.

Guide to the Green Marketplace

Green America keeps you up-to-date on the green, socially responsible, LOHAS market. See our Guide to the Green Marketplace, where you can find consumer market research, learn how to access the green consumer, link to further marketing resources, and more. Stay tuned as Green America adds to its green marketing offerings to business members.

View the Guide »

Take The Carbon Concierge Pledge

The Carbon Concierge is a way that businesses can play a leadership role in responding to the global challenge of climate change.

If you would like to be part of this new initiative, this is your chance to find out how:

The brochure contains four major steps that will help guide your carbon reduction strategy

Create your climate action steering committee
Conduct a carbon inventory of your emissions
Develop an action plan to reduce your carbon footprint
Implement climate reduction initiatives.

We have also attached other resources:

A comprehensive guide to help with your inventory process. Produced by the World Resources Institute (WRI) it will your business take action on your climatereduction initiatives.
Two business emission calculators to help determine your business carbon footprint . One calculator for small, medium and large businesses and the second calculator for small to medium companies that have needs around air travel, energy use, freight and other transportation issues.

Climate Trust Calculator »

World Resources Institute tools »

Look to The Carbon Concierge to find answers to many of your questions »

Find out more (PDF, part one) »

Find out more (PDF, part two) »

Green America
Credit Card Processing Services

Learn more about Green America's credit card processing services, offered through industry leaders ShoreBank and TransFirst.

We have partnered with two industry leaders to provide you with dependable credit card processing services.

You'll get professional and reliable card processing services—your funds will also go to work building stronger communities, creating a healthier environment, and helping low-income citizens work their way out of poverty at Shorebank, the nation's leading community development bank.

If you want to learn more, please call 800-654-9256 or e-mail internalsales@transfirst.com (please identify yourself as a Green America member).

Discount Shipping Program:
Save on All Your Shipping Needs

Discounted Shipping with FedEx and YRC (formerly Roadway and Yellow), USF Companies & New Penn and UPS Supply Chain Solutions Green America has partnered with the leading transportation providers in the industry to help members save more time and money on all types of shipping services. Green America has teamed up with FedEx, YRC (formerly Yellow and Roadway), USF Companies & New Penn and UPS Supply Chain Solutions. Whether you ship envelopes, packages, pallets, or crates, these carriers can provide a solution. For more information please call 1-800-MEMBERS (636-2377) or visit www.1800members.com/COOP.

Make Your Business
Climate Neutral Today

Green America and NativeEnergy have teamed up to make it easy for your business to buy ‘green tags’ and offset 100 percent of the CO2 pollution from your business.

To sign up and become a climate neutral operation, call 800-924-6826 or visit www.nativeenergy.com/coop

Organic Style Offers New Green America Bouquet

Organic Style

, formerly Organic Bouquet has just launched its corporate business division specializing in B2B and corporate gifting programs.

Check out the new Green America bouquet 10% of purchases of these bouquets are donated to Green America.

Use the link below and Organic Bouquet will donate 10% of all purchases to Green America.

Visit Organic Bouquet »

For B2B opportunities contact Kristy Walker at 877-899-2468

Suggest a new benefit and we'll consider it. E-mail Amy Belanger, Deputy Director of the Green Business Network. Contact Amy now »

NOTE: These benefits were developed in response to needs identifed by members of Green America’s Green Business Network™. When you use them, you help your business grow and you also help expand our services to you (a percentage of sales generated by these benefits support Green America's Green Business Programs).