Green Ostrich Tip – Look for chemicals in your family’s clothing

Posted on March 17th, 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.

It barely makes sense, look for chemicals in your clothing, why would there be chemicals in my plain cotton, wool or hemp clothing? The answer may lie in your children’s pajamas. Often pajamas have added flame-retardant chemicals such as halogenated hydrocarbons or phosphate based compounds. These chemicals are against your child’s skin all night long, slowly seeping into their skin. Select your children’s pajamas carefully and read all labels.

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Get Green with Reusable Sandwich Bags

Posted on March 13th, 2012

One of the easiest, and frankly, trendiest ways to go green is by switching to Reusable Sandwich Bags. These bags are made of thick European cotton and have a thick strand of velcro to keep items snug inside. The bags are also dishwasher safe.

Green Ostrich is currently running a special on these bags and you can get a great starter set. When you purchase four bags you get the fifth one for free.  Basically it’s five bags for the price of four. You can also pick from fun designs such as sharks, apples, flowers and circuits. There are also different sizes to pick from. The sandwich size is ideal for a two slice of bread type sandwich while bigger heros and subs will fit better in the submarine size reusable bag. There is a also a snack size for your pretzels, carrots, etc!

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Bamboo Utensil Review – Thanks to Curly Girl Blog!

Posted on March 9th, 2012

 

 

 

 

The Curly Girl blog conducted a review of the Green Ostrich bamboo utensils. The utensils are so universal the reviewer had her young daughter take these utensils to school everyday in her lunch. The utensils were a huge success.  They are easily washed each night and dry quickly.

Here is some of what they had to say:  ”we got to review the bamboo utensils. brea was excited she was going to have bamboo utensils for her to use in her lunch.brea has been using the bamboo utensils for a week. she really likes them.i have washed them every night.they still look as good as when we got then. i love that they come in a little case with a snap and they also have a clip on the case too. you can use the clip to attach the utensils to your purse,a bag, and your belt loop . i love that the utensils are eco friendly too.they have alot of eco friendly product at green ostrich.you can find many green products right here.”

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Green Ostrich Tip – Offsetting should not be off-putting

Posted on March 5th, 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.

You don’t need to be a die-hard environmentalist to consider offsetting your carbon footprint.   The desire to neutralize your mark on mother nature or your “footprint” is natural once you start educating yourself on the impact we each make on Mother Earth.

To offset the carbon dioxide your home releases, consider funding an eco-friendly activity.  Sites such as Terrapass.com or Carbonfund.org both specialize in this and can offer your the ability to calculate your foot print and purchasing offsets.


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Congrats to Harold, our latest winner!

Posted on March 1st, 2012

Green Ostrich would like to say CONGRAULATIONS to Harold from Louisiana.  Harold is the winner of the Wind ‘n Go Emergency Tool.

It happens in the movies and on TV all the time – a stranded victim is alone in an auto accident or a survival situation. Make sure you are prepared and have the right tools.  The Wind ‘N Go Emergency Tool is something every male and female should have in their vehicle. This tool has a steel hammer that will crack and shatter car windows and a cutting tool that will tear a seat belt.  The tool also includes an LED flashlight with a red emergency flashing beacon, and a cell phone charger. Three magnets around the flashlight lens will firmly attach the this device to your vehicle for a hands -free experience.

Most importantly this tool is water resistant and requires no batteries or electricity.  In addition the LED bulb will never need replacing.

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Green Ostrich Tip – Drive the Speed Limit

Posted on February 26th, 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 traveling between the home, office and school.

Did you know that cars in the United States reach their fuel efficiency around 55 miles per hour? Did you also know that this fuel efficiency drops off quickly above that limit? Therefore the difference between 65 and 60 miles an hour will simultaneously save you fuel and therefore money, lower your carbon footprint and keep you safer (studies suggest that driving slower reduces your chance of accidents). Start driving slower today!

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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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