14 DAY TRIAL // Working Assets is a wireless operator that wants to make their subscribers part of a greater picture. It combines telecom services with the fight against global warming and pollution and also claims to have succeeded in making a difference.
From the list of "what if" questions, there is also one that concerns the result of each person giving a minute sum of money in order to build up a huge figure to use in a large project, such as combating global warming. Working Assets has managed to raise in more than 20 years around USD 50 million dollars in order to invest in ecological programs.
On closing the contract, the operator gives the new subscriber a free LG 150 phone and will also purchase 10 tons of carbon emission offsets from CarbonFund.org on his behalf. Moreover, one percent of all charges will be sent to progressive non-profit companies, such as Natural Resources Defense Council as well as Union of Concerned Scientists and Vote Solar.
The company also allows people switching to their services to keep their previous phone number. Moreover, they will have the chance of choosing between several plans to use, just as it happens with regular operators. Other advantages include unlimited night and weekend minutes as well as free mobile-to-mobile calls to Working Assets Wireless members.
Another special offer coming from this company also brings s Solio hybrid solar charger which can be used not only for mobile phones, but also for other handheld electronic devices, such as MP3 players, digital cameras and GPS. The charger costs USD 100, but also brings the customer a free LG 120 clamshell phone, just as in the case of a new contract.
Working Assets sounds like a highly exclusivist company that only those truly environment-concerned people can fully appreciate. If the small number of subscribers that it currently holds can make a difference, then such solutions coming from larger operators could truly help people buy their way out of pollution-concerned conscience problems.