Boingo Invites New Subscribers to Celebrate Earth Day
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Donates Percentage of Sales to Benefit Global Green USA to Advance its Efforts to Create Greener Cities for a Cooler Planet LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)-- Boingo Wireless, the world`s leading Wi-Fi provider, is celebrating Earth Day by donating five percent of Boingo`s US subscription sales to Global Green USA. This includes all sales of new Boingo Unlimited accounts in Boingo`s 36 owned and operated airports in the US from April 8 through April 30. The proceeds raised through Boingo Unlimited sales will support Global Green`s initiatives toward developing sustainable communities and combating climate change. The non-profit organization has been instrumental in creating affordable green homes and schools in Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York and throughout the country. Global Green also successfully advocates for smart climate policy solutions through high profile advocacy campaigns. "We`re proud to support Global Green USA as they continue their positive impact on the planet through greening buildings, and cities, and educating policy-makers and opinion leaders," said Dave Hagan, Boingo`s president and CEO. "Like Global Green, we believe protecting the planet is a collective effort, which is why Boingo continues to practice environmentally-friendly measures on a daily level - in and out of the office." In addition to annual donation campaigns with environmental organizations like Global Green, Boingo continues to expand its eco-friendly efforts among its employees. Over the last few years, Boingo has implemented an increasing number of green-living programs around the office to encourage employees` participation in minimizing overall impact on the environment. Those programs include: power reduction campaigns through the use of virtual machines to minimize power footprint and contests to get employees to turn off surge protectors at night; recycling campaigns for cans, bottles, plastics and paper, as well as batteries and cellphones; and employee incentives for taking alternative transportation to work, among others. To learn more about Boingo and its corporate initiatives, please visit: http://www.boingo.com/green-and-fit-boingo.php. About Global Green USA Global Green USA - the American arm of Mikhail Gorbachev`s Green Cross International - was founded in 1993, and is a national leader in advocating for smart solutions to climate change. For more than 15 years, Global Green's LEED-accredited staff has spearheaded applying green building technology to schools and affordable housing, while advancing groundbreaking solar, green building, and energy efficiency legislation in California, other states, and at the national level. Global Green has helped green nearly $20 billion nationally in affordable housing, school, and municipal building construction that saves energy, reduces CO2 emissions, improves health, and creates green jobs. Global Green is the only national environmental group headquartered in Southern California and has offices in New Orleans, New York City and Washington, DC. About Boingo Wireless Boingo Wireless, Inc., the global market leader in Wi-Fi, makes it simple and easy for people to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more than 125,000 hotspots worldwide. With a single account, Boingo users can logon to the Boingo Network locations that include the top airports around the world, major hotel chains, cafés and coffee shops, restaurants, and metropolitan hot zones. Boingo, and its Concourse Communications Group subsidiary, operate wired and wireless networks at 58 airports worldwide that cover 42% of North American enplanements and 60% of United Kingdom enplanements, as well as the Ferries Division Wi-Fi network of the Washington State DOT. For more information about Boingo, please visit http://www.boingo.com. Boingo, Boingo Wireless, Boingo Mobile, the Boingo Wireless Logo and Don`t Just Go. Boingo! are registered trademarks of Boingo Wireless, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. Comunicano for Boingo Wireless Cheryl Cink, 530-756-4630 ccink@comunicano.com Copyright Business Wire 2010
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