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Earth Day Giveaway: EcoFriendly T-Mobile MOTO w233 Renew and Mobilize Campaign

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In honor of Earth Day, I’m giving away a newly released MOTO w233 Renew courtesy of T-Mobile who just kicked off a new campaign called Mobilize that helps customers keep the planet a little greener.

MOTO w233 Renew is the world’s first mobile phone made using plastics comprised of recycled water bottles. Called the phone for “eco- conscious consumers committed to going green,” the white and green bar phone is a Carbonfree® – carbon neutral product and is uniquely designed to reduce the environmental impact of the phone by using sustainable materials in its design and recyclable packaging. The Renew allows users to make a positive impact on the environment by reducing their carbon footprint, without compromising the quality or reliability of their phone. The phone is made using plastics comprised of recycled water bottles and the plastic phone housing is 100 percent recyclable. Since the phone has nine hours of talk time, users can talk more, charge less and reduce energy usage. Customers are also encouraged to recycle their previous mobile phone with an included in-box postage-paid recycling envelope.

Features of the MOTO w233 Renew include:

  • Eco-friendly bar phone available in an eye-catching color scheme: white with green trim
  • Motorola’s CrystalTalk Technology
  • Music player
  • T-Mobile myFaves®-enabled
  • Text and picture messaging
  • Expandable memory card slot (microSD)
  • Predictive text input
  • Speakerphone
  • USB 2.0 Port
  • Display: 1.44 inch, 128 x 128, 65K colors
  • Dual-Band GSM (850/1900 MHz)
  • 1.8 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches, 3 ounces

As part of the Mobilize campaign, T-Mobile is offering the MOTO w233 Renew for free to customers who sign up with a two-year service agreement. Customers also have new options for easily recycling their phones and signing up for T-Mobile paperless billing. Customers who participate in the campaign also have the chance to win eco-friendly prizes, such as a 6-day eco-adventure in North America.

Now through May 31st T-Mobile invites you to join in helping make the planet a little greener with 3 simple ways to have a tree planted on your behalf.

  • Reduce: Sign up for a T-Mobile Green Account as free, no-hassle way to save paper by combining paperless billing, EasyPay and e-mail updates in one simple choice.
  • Reuse: Choose the MOTO w233 Renew, an environmentally responsible phone made of recycled water bottles, makes for an earth-friendly upgrade. T-Mobile is offering the MOTO Renew free with a two-year service agreement through May 31.
  • Recycle: Recycle your handsets and accessories with T-Mobile. This helps the environment and the community. Drop off phones at any T-Mobile retail store or send them in using prepaid labels available on T-Mobile’s Web site. Not only does recycling help keep useable materials out of landfills and incinerators, 100 percent of net proceeds go to community programs.

Through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, T-Mobile and the Arbor Day Foundation will be planting trees in fire-damaged areas of California’s San Bernardino National Forest and tree-deprived areas of Michigan’s Hiawatha National Forest.

In addition, customers who participate have the chance to win an eco-friendly prize.

  • Grand prize: 6-day eco-adventure trip to a North American destination that includes transportation, accommodations, and select activities for the winner and up to five guests.
  • First prize: 100 first prize winners will receive a cool outdoor bike – an incentive to lower their carbon footprint as they pedal.

To enter the MOTO w233 Renew giveaway, leave a comment below telling me something your family does, or plans to do, to be more environmentally friendly and include your e-mail address.

For extra entries, do any or all of the following:

  • Add the new Tech Savvy Mama button to your site and leave a comment with your blog’s URL
  • Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with your permalink
  • Tweet about this giveaway and include a link to your Tweet in your comment and feel free to Tweet this: Celebrate Earth Day & win a TMobile MOTO w233 Renew @techsavvymama http://tiny.cc/dJn15
  • Join the Tech Savvy Mama Facebook blog network and leave a comment with your Facebook name
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Leave a separate comment for each entry!

This giveaway will be ongoing throughout the rest of April. I’ll select the winner from all the comments using Random.org on May 4.

Good luck and go be green!

Fine print: To be eligible, enter by completing the above tasks and leaving your comments by Sunday, May 4 at Midnight. One person can enter up to 8 times by completing each of the tasks as outlined above. Winner will be chosen at random by Random.org and will need to reply with their mailing address 48 hours to claim their prize. Products will only be shipped within the United States.

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Comments

  3. Anonymous says

    MFJ:
    I plan to plant a garden and a tree with my hubby and 2 year old.
    watson(at)zerostreet(dot)net

  4. Katrina says

    I just got cute cloth napkins for Leo’s lunch box. I’ve noticed he doesn’t use them, but hey, it’s a start. ; )

  5. Faye says

    Thanks for hosting this giveaway.

    As a mom concerned about the well-being of my family, and our world, I’ve started my own green living blog at http://healthyhappyfamily.blogspot.com/. We’ve recently joined an organic produce buying club in our area; helping us support green farming methods, and to bring us a wide variety of farm-fresh organic produce year-round.

    We hope everyone understands it’s important to make every day Earth Day.

    Please find a feed and link to Tech Savvy Mamma on my blog.

    Good luck to everyone!

  6. melanie says

    we use reusable containers for our lunches, shop at the thrift store, eat very little, if any beef, and recycle everything we can. i hope that’s enough because sometimes going green feels a little stressful!

  8. melanie says

    i don’t know if my first comment worked: i wrote about recycling, going to the thrift store, using reusable lunch containers etc. if this is a repeat, feel free to delete it (sorry about that!)

    melanie(dot)myatt(at)gmail(dot)com

  9. Ginny says

    We’ve been doing a lot ~ using canvas bags, recycling as much as possible, shopping for used items, reducing water use & heat. We have a compost, but I’d like to start using it more often, so that is what we are doing so far.

  16. Kirsten says

    This phone is a great idea! I would love it for my mom, who is 81 and should have a cell phone for safety. She was an early recycler and taught me.

  17. Patti Lalley says

    Leticia, this is a super giveaway. Our family just hooked up a RAIN BARREL to be more environmentally friendly. We are going to use that H20 to water some of our plants!

    —PTLalley (at) aol (dot) com

  18. windycindy says

    Our family made a committment earlier in the year to become more
    eco-conscious. Thus far, we have stopped buying water in plastic bottles, turned our thermostat down for the winter months and plan to turn it up during the summer months.
    We also turned down the temperature of the hot water heater down and take only 5 minute showers! This
    telephone is amazing. Please enter me in your delightful giveaway drawing. Many thanks! Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

  22. Jeremy, Lorena and Kenzie says

    Subscriber. Our two year old has learned about the importance of recycling and making sure to take care of the planet we live in. At school they celebrated earth day as well and reiterated what we teach her at home, it was great!

  23. Dina says

    We do quite a few things already but I feel I need to add a little green every week, so I try to make regular small changes that add up. We recycle, reuse, bring our own bags, use eco-friendly cleaners and detergent, buy organic produce, unplug appliances when not in use… I’ll stop now 😉