Archive for July, 2008
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008After kicking my pot-per-day coffee habit about 5 years ago, I promptly developed an enormous tea habit. But I’m cool with it, as I’ve found myself to be much nicer and less edgy on tea-caffeine — and seeing as how everyone in this crazy city is on some type of mood-altering drug, tea seems to [...]
Lush switches from Plastic to Paper
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Jenn mentioned a while back that Lush had enthusiastically switched from plastic based tape to paper based tape. I have a new Lush rumor! I was in the shop last week with a friend and I carried the massage bar I was buying to the counter and asked them to wrap it in paper, rather [...]
Party Details!
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Come join us on Thursday at Broadway East for our first birthday party! We’ll be in the bar area, sipping beverages and noshing on apps (dinner will also be available, if you’d like). Bring friends, bring climate change skeptics, bring a homeless polar bear, bring your (compostable) party hat! When: Thursday, July 31st at 7pm [...]
How To Recycle Everything
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008I wanted to point ya’ll towards an incredibly comprehensive article my friend Valerie wrote, which I’m retitling: “How To Recycle Everything” because that’s exactly what it is. She researched the heck out of this thing and it’s a handy resource to have around– so be sure to bookmark the page for future reference. My 5 [...]
Poll: August Tiny Challenge!
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Our April Tiny Challenge was so much fun that we’d love to do it all over again during the dog days of August. The Tiny Challenge is all about YOU participating, so tell us what you’d like to Challenge about (and please use the “other” box if none of our proposed options interest you). Our [...]
EcoTouch Waterless Car Wash
Monday, July 28th, 2008I have a dirty dirty car. Here is my problem: I’m lazy. and I’m great at making excuses. Like: My car has wheel skirts (or, if you’re in Australia: SPATS), and before I can go through an automatic car wash I have to get out a screw driver and remove them. So I have to [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina suds up a few different kinds of shampoos Tuesday: Special Correspondent Amy reports back on the increase of plastics used in Senegal Wednesday: Karina wonders if Left-Hand Turns are really that bad. Thursday: [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Push it Back!
Saturday, July 26th, 2008We’ve all got those things that we know we should quit doing because they’re not the best for the environment, but for some reason we just can’t stop. Maybe we’re just not ready to. Maybe it’ll be too difficult for us to give up right now, and we don’t have the strength to power through [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Nicole!
Friday, July 25th, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Nicole, 27, St. Joseph MI, www.rimestimes.net. How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? I live in a house with my husband, daughter, and rabbit. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. A little of both. There are not many apartment/condo choices within [...]
My Ghanese Grass Scrubbies
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Always with an eye on the tiny choices, when guest-poster Amy returned from Ghana she brought me back an amazing eco-gift— natural grass dish scrubbies! (Ya’ll know how I like my green dish scrubbies…) I loved them from the get-go. They’re loosely woven rounds of a native grass, most likely grown wildly and without pesticide [...]
Happy Birthday, Tiny Choices!
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Also don’t forget! Our birthday party will be next week, July 31, in NYC!Can you come?
Left Hand Turns: Yay or Nay?
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008By now everyone on the internets probably knows that I live in New Jersey. Did you know, though, that in most of New Jersey you can’t make a left-hand turn? That’s right, no left-hand turns and we can’t pump our own gas. It’s a crazy crazy state I live in. I have gotten in a [...]
Senegal: From Natural to Plastic in Three Years
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Special correspondent Amy, on the recent eco-changes in her beloved Senegal: One thing I’d always loved about living in Senegal was how easy it was to create almost no garbage. I would buy eggs at the boutique — however many I wanted — and they’d be gingerly wrapped in a piece of newspaper. (Usually the [...]
Survey of Shampoos
Monday, July 21st, 2008OK, Tiny Choosers – I’ve been doing an informal survey of shampoos over the last few weeks and I’m ready to report back to you with my findings. I am pretty adventurous with my hair. It’s just hair, after all! I did write about my baking soda/vinegar hair care regime here, and how even though [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina discusses efficient ways to cool, with and without an AC Tuesday: Jenn continues the trend with Fans vs AC Wednesday: Karina introduces us to Picken’s Plan for decreased oil consumption. Thursday: Guest blogger [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Green Host Your Website!
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Got a blog? Website? Online store? Make a tiny choice by switching it over to a green hosting company! There are many options to choose from– just do a web search and you’ll find lots of companies who have gone green. Some hosts are totally solar or wind powered, others buy carbon offsets or renewable [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Marissa!
Friday, July 18th, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)?How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? Marissa, 29, Boise, ID, www.returnofidealism.blogspot.com. I live in a 3 bedroom house with my husband and 2 (soon to be 3) kids. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. A little of both. We could certainly [...]
Green Bridal Shower
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Special Green Wedding Correspondent, Christie, with her first Tiny Choices Guest Post! So, a few months ago my bridesmaids (or “my girls” as I like to call them) hosted a bridal shower for me. Knowing my love of all things green, they did a fantastic job of incorporating some great tiny choices into the party. [...]
Picken’s Plan
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Have y’all heard of T. Boone Pickens? I hadn’t, but someone pointed out to me that there was this Texas Oil Man all over the television today making some good points about our oil reserves and how we have to stop importing so much foreign oil. The commercial is here, if you haven’t seen it. [...]
Summertime Death Match: Fans vs. Air Conditioning
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008By now ya’ll have read that my cohort Karina lives without an air conditioner– but don’t you even try to pry mine out of my sticky, sweaty hands… It’s not like I’m living in a lux place with central a/c–I’ve only got one window unit in my bedroom, and I limit my usage to those [...]
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