Archive for January, 2008
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008Yay melly! The random number generator picked your number, so I’ll send you out the toothpaste as soon as I get your address. Thanks for commenting, everyone!
Things Which Look Like Other Things…
Thursday, January 31st, 2008There seems to be a whole movement going on now, with things which look like other things… (I really wanted to write “stuff that looks like other stuff” but Angry Chicken was smarter than me, earlier than me.) Anyway, I really love these reusable items which are modeled after disposables– they are at once familiar [...]
On Companies who “Sell-Out”
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008This article about Lush and their reluctance to sell-out (aka cash in?) made me think of Jenn! Not because she isn’t a sell-out (she isn’t!) but because of her love of their products and of their lack of packaging. But it also does ask some questions about companies and how it seems like the little [...]
Quote of the Day: William Ruckelshaus
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008“Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.” -William Ruckelshaus, first EPA Adminstrator, (’70-’73 and ’83-’85)
Netflix “Watch Instantly”
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008I’m a big fan of Netflix– I live in a neighborhood which lacks a decent video store (let alone one which caters to my documentary proclivity), so I truly appreciate my Netflix membership. Also, as someone who simply cannot return things on time, this has been a lifechanging service– no more $30 charges for a [...]
Free Water Conservation Kits!
Monday, January 28th, 2008Hey NYC residents! FREE WATER CONSERVATION KITS Currently, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) is making available free water saving kits to private homeowners and individual apartment tenants who live in New York City. These kits contain retrofit fixtures such as low-flow shower heads, faucet aerators, and different gravity tank toilet water-saving [...]
Update on biodegradable garbage bags
Monday, January 28th, 2008Last week we received an email from a reader about reusing plastic bags as garbage can liners. It reminded me that I never updated y’all about the experiment I’ve been doing with corn-based biodegradable plastic bags as my kitchen garbage bags! I mentioned the rationale on the Q&A on tossing trash when you’re bag free. [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina talks about casual carpooling, and why people may not choose it. Tuesday: Jenn tackles the question that seems to have no answer: water bottles! which are good and which are bad? and! breaking [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Install a Low Flow Showerhead!
Saturday, January 26th, 2008This is one of the easiest Easy Peasy Tips ever: go out and purchase a low-flow showerhead, screw it on, and immediately become a champion water conserver. Low-flow showerheads are available in many prices and styles, starting with a basic hardware store version for under $10 up to schmancy ones for lots more money. But [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Michelle
Friday, January 25th, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Michelle; 30; Oceanside, New York. How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Don’t want to answer this one because it’s on the internets. How do you travel (transit, car, etc)?Are your travel decisions dictated by [...]
Four Ways To Compost Indoors
Thursday, January 24th, 2008For those of us without access to backyard, frontyard, or even sideyard space in which to compost our food scraps, there are four ways in which we can participate in this wholesome and environmentally sound pastime from the comfort and safety of our own homes. You may ask, if we lack yards in which to [...]
What makes an expert?
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008I’ve been talking to friends about the content that we’ve been posting here at Tiny Choices, and I have a broad-and-general question for all y’all – do you think we’re experts? When Jenn and I started Tiny Choices we initially wanted to recognize, highlight, and discuss the tiny little decisions we had been making in [...]
The Tiny Choicing, it’s contagious
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008My environmental enthusiasm is contagious: a colleague left this on my chair at work: a close-up of the annotation: he’s totally right! should we tell Sherwin Williams that their logo, while charming, is not really the best environmental message? Full disclosure: I painted my entire apartment with Sherwin Williams paint a few years ago – [...]
Whole Foods Bans The Bag!!
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Breaking news!! Big news!!! “Whole Foods sacks plastic bags“!! Tuesday, Whole Foods (WFMI) will announce plans to stop offering disposable, plastic grocery bags in all 270 stores in the USA, Canada and United Kingdom by Earth Day — April 22. That means roughly 100 million plastic bags will be kept out of the environment between [...]
Water Bottles, Again…
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Update: Please read our “We Are Not Experts” disclaimer I’ve written before about the sad but true fact that pretty Nalgene bottles most likely leach Bisphenol-A (a hormone disruptor) into the liquids and foods you store inside them, and how even though this has yet to be proven absolutely, a certain Canadian giant outdoors store [...]
Casual Carpooling
Monday, January 21st, 2008I wrote last week about taking public transportation down to Philly, and Aleksandar Matjiaca commented on how frequently other countries carpool, and how American’s are generally leery of getting into a car with a stranger. Which is true! and it reminded me of something I read back in October – the diary of a virgin [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina discusses choosing public transportation. Tuesday: Jenn points us to an Ed Begley Jr (who we heart!) interview and shares an Al Gore quote. Wednesday: Karina asks for suggestions on actually and honestly natural [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Pick it up, Pack it out!
Saturday, January 19th, 2008The next time you’re out gadding about, if you see something on the ground that doesn’t belong there, take a moment and pick it up. Who cares if it’s another person’s garbage – if you’re in the city you’ll be close enough to a garbage can to make a deposit. Karina has been known to [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Judy
Friday, January 18th, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Judy, 48, Urbana, IL How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? House with two cats and two dogs. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Both. I rent from work (at a great deal) and live on a nature preserve. How do [...]
You’ve Been Warned
Thursday, January 17th, 2008[Warning Label Generator | Via NotMartha]
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