The Green Challenges now features a diverse set of resources targeted at assisting members in establishing a firm understanding of organizational sustainability. The resource library is updated quarterly and includes information on specific terms, organizations, frameworks, social media and best practices/tools. The library is comprised of several sections including:

Agencies and Organizations:
This section lists over 20 key "green" organizations and agencies including their respective web, Wikipedia and Twitter links.

Abbreviations and Acronyms:
The basic foundation to any industry is understanding its terms and acronyms, this section includes 20+ terms and Wikipedia links.

Calculators and Tools:
Whether conducting an internal waste audit or establishing a paper consumption baseline, this section features the 'best' green calculators and tools available on the web and provides the links and organization information.

Guides and Frameworks:
There are numerous guides for 'being green' depending on objectives. This section features information on ten premier frameworks including; LEED, EPEAT, EnergyStar and more.

Recommended Books:
For further research and analysis this section provides information and easy access for purchase the leading books in the sustainability industry. Each book has been reviewed by The Green Challenges prior to submission into the library.

News, Blogs and Feeds:
With so much information on the web today discerning the quality resources from others is as difficult as ever. This section highlights over ten news, blogs and feeds that deliver quality content on a regular basis. Each source includes a description as well as web and twitter links.

Social Media:
As social media has continued to explode in the way information is communicated, this section outlines the top social media sites, their environmental sections and how to interact with them. The resource library is only available to basic and leadership members at this time.

To become a member visit http://bit.ly/gcmembership and select the "GC Membership and Access" for $9.99 and confirm your purchase. Shortly thereafter a login/password and follow-up instructions will be emailed to your inbox.

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About Green Challenge Membership (http://bit.ly/gcmembership)

Become a Green Challenges Member today and get unlimited access to the challenge datasets including the Green Challenge 1000, Green Accounting Challenge and Green Law Challenge. As a GC Member you will also have acces to new datasets including the Green Corporate Challenge, Green Metro Challenge and others as they become avaiaible. Currently our datasets total over 1,200 entries and is growing at the rate of 35 plus new entries weekly.

Each challenge database includes a corporate name, headquarter location, sector, industry, 2008 revenue, GC Grade, website link and sustainability link. As the challenge grows additional information will be added for every organization which will be immediately available to GC Members.

• Dedicated GC Members-only homepage.
• Unlimited access to all current and future challenge datasets.
• Data is available in three formats including; Excel, PDF and Online as well as RSS.
• Access to the Insiders Blog for GC Members only featuring discounts, events and previews of new information.
• Access to GC Members-only resources.