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Featured Member Benefits

April 29, 2010

Merchant Services from Dharma Merchant Services

Dharma Merchant Services provides a full range of payment solutions to GBN members. Dharma is a leading green business that enables small and mid size businesses to accept non-cash payments such as credit and debit cards. Dharma offers fair, cost-effective pricing without many of the industry-standard fees.  

Dharma clients can further demonstrate their commitment to the “greener good” by accepting Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express cards with a company that shares their passion for sustainability and “right intentions.” Dharma donates 10% of processing revenues to the charity of their merchants’ choice as a way to give back to the community. 

For more information, visit www.dharmams.com and mention you are 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.

 

 

 

 


Green Bride Guide

We have partnered with the Green Bride Guide to promote the thousands of Green Business Network members. People can search the online directory for Green Business Network approved companies.

The Green Bride Guide is the top green wedding resource on the web, founded by Kate Harrison, author of the best-selling Green Bride Guide Book.

Approved Green Business Network members can sign up for a FREE basic listing in the directory. There are upgraded packages with added features such as a logo, blog feed, and photo gallery.

Get Started — Green America members receive a 20% discount on paid subscriptions by signing up with the discount code "GREENAMERICA09" »

Plan your Advertising with Green America in 2010 and Save

Reserve now and and save 15% off any print publication. Download a copy of the 2010 ad rates, or e-mail or call Sandy Burke to find out how Green America can help your marketing efforts in 2010.

Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your business and market your products in Green America publications and web sites. Plan now to make your 2010 a healthy one!

Call or e-mail Sandy today to reserve 202.872.5315.

 


GenGreenLife.Com Partnership Serves 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.

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

To take advantage of this expanded marketing 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)»

 

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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

  1. Create your climate action steering committee
  2. Conduct a carbon inventory of your emissions
  3. Develop an action plan to reduce your carbon footprint
  4. 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) »

 

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


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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.

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Suggest a new benefit and we'll consider it. E-mail Desireé Wolford, Senior Marketing and Membership Manager for the Green Business Network. Contact Desireé 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).