Make your travel plans green with the Green Ostrich Green Travel Kit

Posted on February 22nd, 2012

When planning your spring travel be sure to go green with the Green Ostrich EcoTools Green, Clean, Go Travel Set.  This great set includes everything you need for green traveling.

This set includes only items made from recycled and sustainable materials and that are phthalate-free.  The set includes 2 fl oz (59 ml) of Clean Skin, the Cleaner World Body Wash, the Sustainable Softness Body Lotion and the Polished and Protected Body Scrub. You also get 1 fl oz (29 ml) of the One Hand Helps the Other Hand Cream and a Bamboo Nail Brush.  All these items come in a Reusable Pouch.

 

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Green Ostrich Tip – Install Storm Doors

Posted on February 18th, 2012

Green Ostrich Tip of the Week

Green Ostrich offers occasional suggestions on how to go green in the home, office and school. This week’s tip is for the home.

Our last tip was to switch your single-pane windows to thicker, double-pane, energy-efficient windows. Basically this tip adds another barrier between you and the weather outside.

This week’s tip is similar. It’s all about adding another layer between you and the outdoors. But this time it is on your doors. Consider adding a storm door at all entrances. This fairly inexpensive change could increase your energy efficiency by 45%.

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Green Ostrich Review – Emergency Tool

Posted on February 14th, 2012

Green Ostrich would like to thank Christina’s Voice for their recent review of the Green Ostrich Emergency Tool.  

Here is what Christina has to say about the Emergency Tool:  ”This emergency tool from green ostrich could very well save your life one day. You never have to buy batteries. This device even has a car charger on it. yes a car charger, just by winding up the product you give it life. The longer you wind the longer your able to use this product when it comes to electrical or battery power. It has a hammer, flashlight and magnets, cutter, beacon, dynamo handle and cellphone charger. This is one product you need to have in your glove dept, or the truck of your car.”

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Green Ostrich Tip – Expensive but worth it – Double Panes

Posted on February 10th, 2012

Green Ostrich Tip of the Week

Green Ostrich offers occasional suggestions on how to go green in the home, office and school. This week’s tip is for all three.

Every window you see – in your home, office or school – consider switching it to the double pane variety. Replacing outdated, single-pane windows with their energy-efficient double-pane counterparts can reduce your heating costs significantly.  Some even say you can cut your energy bill by a third with this tip. While costly initially, this change pays for itself in just a couple of years.


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Green Ostrich Reviewed by New Age Mama

Posted on February 6th, 2012

Big Thanks to New Age Mama for their recent review of the Green Ostrich  solar flashlight.

Here’s some of what New Age Mama had to say: “Green Ostrich sent me a SolaDyne Solar Flashlight to review, and I believe everyone should own at least a few of these remarkable products. It can be charged for 15 hours by leaving it in the sunlight for a full day. Or you can crank it up for one minute for one hour of light. These means you don’t have to worry about having no light in an emergency. There are no batteries to die or to be replaced. This is great for the environment because it is creates less waste, but also great for your wallet because batteries are expensive. The flashlight is small enough to keep in your handbag or glove compartment, but provides an amazing amount of illumination despite its small size.  For only $17.89 a piece, they are affordable and functional accessory.

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Green Ostrich Tip – Close Off Drafts

Posted on January 30th, 2012

Green Ostrich Tip of the Week

Green Ostrich offers occasional suggestions on how to go green in the home, office and school. This week’s tip is for all three.

Look for sources of drafts and make an effort to close them off.  Sealing drafts and increasing insulation can reduce your heating bills up to the 20 percent range. Sources of drafts can be windows and doors. Also consider adding plastic on your windows in the winter months.

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Envitote Praises from the blog “The Truth”

Posted on January 26th, 2012

Green Ostrich would like to thank the reviewers at “The Truth” for their recent review of the Green Ostrich Envitote. The team there loved this great tote!  Here is some of what they had to say:

“This bag comes in really handy when you don’t what to fight with all the bags from the store. When I just have to run to the store for a few items, I grab my bag and head out. It is so much easier because speaking for myself I have a over load of store bags under my kitchen sink and don’t need to add to the problem. So I love to use my Envitote when ever I can.”

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Shannon from IA wins her very own Emergency Tool

Posted on January 22nd, 2012

Selected from over 500 entries Shannon from IA won the Green Ostrich / Review Stew giveaway of the Wind ‘n Go Emergency Tool. Congratulations to Shannon!

This all purpose tool is a great option that doesn’t require the user to replace batteries.  Everything is run on human energy. Just place this tool in your car and hope you never need to use it! But in case of an emergency this tool serves many applications! It can crack glass, cut a seatbelt, charge a cell phone, flash a warning signal or provide light during a dark night. Make sure you have one in you car’s emergency case today!

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Congrats to our newest winner – Kimberly from California

Posted on January 18th, 2012

Green Ostrich would like to say CONGRATULATIONS to Kimberly S from Novato CA. Kimberly is the winner of the Green Ostrich and Kostiuk Crew blog. She won a Wind ‘n Go Emergency Tool.

This emergency tool is a great automotive emergency tool that is extremely lightweight and versatile. Heaven forbid, in the event of a crash, this tool can shatter side windows, rip through a seat belt or charge a cell phone. It can also signal for help if need be. The tool does not depend on batteries and is powered by manual winding. With one minute of winding the tool will recharge for an hour of light.

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Thanks to the Greenvelope Blog for Naming Green Ostrich as a Great Website for Eco-Friendly Gifts

Posted on January 14th, 2012

Green Ostrich would like to thank Greenvelope for including us in their list of Great Websites for Eco-Friendly Gifts.

Here is what Greenvelope has to say: “Looking for an eco-friendly and US produced gift for a wedding or special occasion that you were invited to via Greenvelope? Look no further as we present you with three website suggestions to find the perfect green gift:

Green Ostrich is an online store founded in 2009 when the founder realized that “the energy-intensive retail stores that we frequent do not offer many Earth-friendly, green products.” By contrast, Green Ostrich offers eco-friendly and sustainable products. They specialize in gifts for men, women, and kids, including a variety of great choices for Bar/Bat Mitzvah gifts and other special occasions. Green Ostrich is a member of a growing global movement of companies called “1% for the Planet,” which donates 1% of their sales to environmental organizations across the world.”

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