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2009 Earth Week Giveaway #3: Glass Straws – Now Closed

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The third giveaway this week is a $35 gift certificate to spend on anything you like at Glass Dharma. Chances are, you’ll go for a set of glass straws, and maybe a straw cleaning brush or straw cozy to tote your straw around in. Because how cool would it be to whip out your reusable straw and tell the story of how you won it in an Earth Week giveaway on Fun Finds For Mom, right?

The Glass Dharma site nicely sums up the benefits of their straws:

  • Glass straws don’t leach toxins into your food as you drink.
  • Each time you use your glass straw equals one less plastic straw ending up in your landfill.
  • One glass straw replaces thousands of plastic straws. (How many times will you use a straw the rest of your life?)
  • Using your glass drinking straw adds a feeling of beauty to your day.

If you’re worried about them breaking, you’ll be happy to know that Glass Dharma’s straws are made with the strongest glass commercially available (borosilicate glass in fact, which is “the same as your glass coffee pot or pyrex pie plate”)  and come with a lifetime warranty against breakage.

To enter, just leave a comment on this post by midnight MST on Friday, April 24. Anonymous comments won’t count. The winner will be randomly chosen and announced on April 27. If I don’t hear back from the winner by April 30, another winner will be chosen. One entry per person please. Thanks and good luck!

Remember, all Earth Week giveaways are open until Friday, so be sure to enter the others too!

– If you don’t win the Glass Dharma gift certificate here, David Leonhardt, the company’s owner, is so passionate about his straws, he’s giving away free straws here for the entire month of April (he pays for the $7 straw, you pay for the $3 shipping).

Happy Earth Day!

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Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 in Food & Drink, Gifts

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36 Comments »

  1. Taylor Horner on April 21st, 2009 at 8:46 pm:

    i’m in for trying these out as well!

  2. Christina on April 22nd, 2009 at 3:00 am:

    I”ve been wanting to try these to get rid of regular straws. I have to have straws

  3. Stephanie on April 22nd, 2009 at 6:43 am:

    How fun, I have never heard of these before but they seem like a great idea!

  4. Dana on April 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 am:

    What a simple idea! Plastic straws do seem sooo wasteful. Glass straws are probably dishwasher friendly too.

  5. Rochelle on April 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 am:

    Awesome! I like providing straws with icy drinks, so a set of these would be terrific!

  6. Melinda on April 22nd, 2009 at 11:08 am:

    I have been ogling these for a LONG time. I’m leery of the glass though, as I have a bit of a tendency to break things… have you seen the stainless steel spoon/straws on amazon?

  7. Ashleigh on April 22nd, 2009 at 12:55 pm:

    wow, the “finds” just keep getting better!!! :o )

  8. sarita on April 22nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm:

    i remember using glass straws when i was in the first grade in the hospital – now that was 50 years ago!! OH MY GOSH!! anyway ! i think these would be very fun to use…and NOT be in the hospital! :^) thanks for the chance to win a gift certificate to the glass dharma site.

  9. Tracy on April 22nd, 2009 at 3:43 pm:

    These are awesome! They will also free up space in my kitchen drawers!

  10. Michelle G. on April 22nd, 2009 at 5:12 pm:

    Been looking for these ever since I first saw them on Ideal Bite. I’d love a set!

  11. Jen R. on April 22nd, 2009 at 6:05 pm:

    Probably much better for the environment that the plastic bunny straws the Easter bunny brought the kids!

  12. Janae on April 22nd, 2009 at 6:28 pm:

    We LOVE straws with our smoothies…I’ve never tried a glass straw, but that sounds wonderful!

  13. Jennie K on April 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 pm:

    What a great gift idea! Will be getting some of these!

  14. Sonja on April 22nd, 2009 at 8:39 pm:

    Soooo cool! I’ve been looking for some nifty (non-plastic) reusable straws because I started making smoothies to go from home – to cut down on the $4 & styrofoam cup I’d go through each trip to Jamba Juice.

  15. Marilyn on April 22nd, 2009 at 9:48 pm:

    I use straws all the time, so a set of your glass straws would help me be more earth-friendly.
    Thanks for this opportunity!

  16. Gwen on April 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 pm:

    funny enough, my requested reusable straws as her birthday present! :)

  17. Sara on April 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 pm:

    Are they really break proof? My 3 year old can destroy almost anything! If so seems like a great product.

  18. Mel on April 22nd, 2009 at 10:44 pm:

    What a cool idea! My son loves to see his drink make its way up the straw, these would make it a lot easier…for me as well!

  19. ikkinlala on April 23rd, 2009 at 12:54 am:

    These are beautiful!

  20. Michael S on April 23rd, 2009 at 9:16 am:

    After reading description of type glass the straws are made from, I assume I can use them with my hot drinks as well. How cool, as well as saving our precious environment and kitchen drawer space.

  21. George on April 23rd, 2009 at 9:50 am:

    I love my straws, and try to reuse them but still go through 4-6 a week. I never use a disposable glass, why should i use a disposable straw? Thanks!

  22. Linda Allan on April 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 am:

    awesome idea

  23. Jessica on April 23rd, 2009 at 1:05 pm:

    I use straws for any sweet drink since I get cavities easily. These would be perfect to keep me from using up a zillion plastic ones!

  24. Nancy Dailey on April 23rd, 2009 at 3:55 pm:

    What a great idea! Sure beats throwing away all those non-break-downable-plastic ones!!

  25. Charlene Kuehn on April 23rd, 2009 at 5:59 pm:

    I just saw the stainless steel straws on Oprah’s program on Earth Day!! I KNOW the plastic is bad for the environment but I hadn’t THOUGHT there were options!

    Thanks much!!

  26. Lydia on April 23rd, 2009 at 9:35 pm:

    Using glass straws for warm/cold drink won’t stain teeth. And what a better choice for our Earth!

  27. Paula on April 24th, 2009 at 9:42 am:

    I love this idea!! Let’s all do what we can to save the earth for our children and for ourselves!!

  28. Christie on April 24th, 2009 at 10:31 am:

    I want to try these!

  29. Teresa D on April 24th, 2009 at 8:32 pm:

    I saw the stainless steel ones on Oprah. I like the whole thing with the glass ones. The straw, the brush, the super cute cozies.

  30. Emilie on April 24th, 2009 at 9:34 pm:

    I like the idea of the glass straws more than stainless steel. They are clear so you can visbly tell whether they are clean or not and I am just a little hesitant to stick a metal in my mouth in fear of reaction with my fillings.

  31. Teresa B on May 4th, 2009 at 11:38 pm:

    I have been using the Acrylic straws now for over 2 years. Broke my last one!! Would love to try the glass straw.

  32. Heather B on March 25th, 2010 at 5:29 am:

    I think it is a great idea!! My girls also take straw after straw for the smallest amount of liquid. i stopped purchasing them a while back and they do ask for them, but i refuse; espeically the ones that are individually wrapped!!! Glass straws seem like a great alternative.

  33. jennifer kuenzle on April 13th, 2010 at 8:15 pm:

    those sound so awesome! I drink two our three fast food sodas with a straw each day!

  34. diolix gonzalez on April 18th, 2010 at 12:14 am:

    These look awsome and my kids go through straws like crazy…(i love straws myself) I would love to try these!!! :)

  35. Sarah on April 20th, 2010 at 12:35 pm:

    This is genius!

  36. Dawn on April 21st, 2010 at 4:54 pm:

    These are a great idea! Very green :)

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