Just like a diet, Girlawhirl's conscious of the fact that all the little things she does to help make her life a little bit greener add up. Carbon offsets for her travels, recycling her catalogs and magazines, purchasing recycled paper products, and using compact fluorescent lightbulbs are a few easy green ideas that she's incorporated into her life. But now she's heard about a phone company that can really boost her contribution to a greener world…
It's called Earth Tones, and it was created in 1993 by a coalition of nonprofit environmental groups. And it's not just for cell service. Girlawhirl can get long distance service for her apartment along with dial-up internet service that,
with a special downloadable booster – PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator – increases browsing speeds to just about as fast as DSL! There are plenty of cell phone plans to choose from, and they all have no roaming or additional long distance charges.
In addition to knowing that all the profits from her phone services are going to help save the planet, Earth Tones prints its bills on recycled paper, or better yet, gives subscribers access to them electronically. And just like any other cell phone service provider, phones are available too. Girlawhirl can even send any old ones that she has in her apartment to them – for free! – and they'll refurbish them or dispose of those that can't be fixed in an environmentally safe way.
For more information on Earth Tones go to earthtones.com.
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