Archive for October, 2008
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Friday, October 31st, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)?
Betsy Greer, 33, Carrboro, North Carolina, http://www.craftivism.com. [[Ed. note: watch for Betsy’s new book Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social, and Political Change Stitch by Stitch, out on November 11th. Tiny Choices will be reviewing it shortly.]]
How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)?
I […]
Eco-Vegan Indian Korean Wedding in the Catskills: Part II - Party!
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Friend of Tiny Choices Sangu Iyer was recently married and decided to do things greenly. We asked her to write a post about the choices she and Wan made for their wedding. We’ve split the post into Planning! and Party!, look for Part 1 yesterday!
Congratulations, Sangu and Wan!
Food: We’re vegan and we love good […]
Eco-Vegan Indian Korean Wedding in the Catskills: Part I - Planning!
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Friend of Tiny Choices Sangu Iyer was recently married and decided to do things greenly. We asked her to write a post about the choices she and Wan made for their wedding. We’ve split the post into Planning! and Party!, look for Part 2 tomorrow!
Congratulations, Sangu and Wan!
Our Eco-Vegan Indian Korean Wedding in the Catskills
When […]
Bottled NYC Tap Water For Sale
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Wow. Just, wow. Today I surfed across Tap’dNY, a local company which bottles and sells NYC tap water:
From their homepage: “Tap’dNY is a New York City bottled water company with a local twist and knack for honesty. We don’t travel the world from Fiji to France seeking water or offer the usual bottled water […]
October Tiny Challenge - Check In!
Monday, October 27th, 2008Hey! it’s been a while since we announced our October Tiny Challenge - to do a green good deed! and it’s time to check in. Also, there is just ONE MORE WEEK left in October, so if you’re the procrastinating type, here is your gentle reminder to do something!
Personally, I feel like I haven’t done […]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup
Sunday, October 26th, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:
Monday: Karina decides to tackle two problems at once: election day waste, and cold-weather gas mileage.
Tuesday: Jenn posts about the pint-sized eco-police.
Wednesday: Karina offers some treat options for that tricky-to-green Halloween.
Thursday: Jenn graciously […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Get Organized!
Saturday, October 25th, 2008As the seasons start to change and we take the opportunity to nestle into our homes and get comfortable, how about using this time to get organized as well? While you’re cleaning up, go ahead and figure out what you have around the home so you can use it. For example: if you have a […]
Happy Birthday to Jenn!
Friday, October 24th, 2008Today is Jenn’s birthday! I will never be able to trump her amazingly coordinated birthday wishes to me earlier in the year, so all I can do is wish her piles and piles of delicious vegan cupcakes. Happy birthday dear! it is YOU who is the best co-blogger ever!
[[delicious photo from flickr user maureen_sill via […]
Tiny Choices Survey: Kim!
Friday, October 24th, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)?How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)?
Kimba, 40, San Diego, www.kimbaland.com. My husband and I rent a small house at the beach. We have a happy household of two.
Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain.
My husband’s job requires that we move frequently, so […]
Green Gratitude
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008I’m really digging how autumn is a time of snuggling inward, of regrouping after what always seem to be crazy non-stop summers, of slowing down and coming back to a quieter place. Plus, crunchy leaves and long, warm scarves are just pure joy. I’ve also been feeling more gratitude and thankfulness lately, towards many things […]
Trick or Treat!
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008I rarely get trick-or-treaters, and I’ve been known to kind of hide out at home in the past, but I do think of what kind of candy to buy for those costumed kids. You know. If I were to actually hand out candy. Now that it’s practically Halloween, and we probably have *just* enough […]
Mini Eco-Police With Big Opinions
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008The title of this article alone makes me laugh: “Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy.” Then there’s the awesome photo, in which a 12-year old girl has apparently strung a clothesline across her bedroom in order to hang her clothes to dry (rock on!). And then, the opening paragraph:
“Sometimes, Jennifer Ross feels she […]
Reusing election debris
Monday, October 20th, 2008There’s still a whole 15 more days until the election here in the US, but a friend of mine commented recently on how she hates to see the election signs out on everyone’s lawn because they are just going to be tossed when everyone cleans up on November 5th. I was thinking about this, and […]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:
Monday: Karina weighs in on weighing the convenience of making tiny choices.
Tuesday: Jenn saves the date for an eco-eatery calender. And we tip you off on a comprehensive list of ways to green […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Don’t Preheat Your Oven!
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Leaves are changing around Tiny Choices Headquarters, and as the weather gets cooler it’s much easier to start baking without heating yourself out of the kitchen. But when you’re baking, how about this revolutionary (and maybe heretical!) idea: don’t preheat your oven. It turns out that for most tasks, preheating the oven doesn’t really save […]
Tiny Choices Survey: Mike!
Friday, October 17th, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)?
Mike, 40, Montgomery NY, http://wingnux.com
How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)?
In a half renovated 1890 Farm House, my 2 children stay here about half the time too.
Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain.
A combination. It was necessary to live close to the kids, […]
Going… Vegan???
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Now that I’ve been told about Kind Green Planet for the third time by a third friend, I figure it’s time to write about this new-to-me site.
From their Mission & M.O. statement, it sounds like they’re big on the concept of Tiny Choices: “Kind Green Planet is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating people about […]
Blog Action Day: Poverty (and Environmentalism)
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008It’s blog action day again! This year the topic is poverty, and believe it or not, poverty and environmentalism and our abilities to make Tiny Choices are all inextricably connected. Now, I have to confess that the topic of global poverty is just too big for me to handle right now. So I’m going to […]
Greening “That time of the month”
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008We’ve gotten a few questions about alternative menstrual products, but while many of you may feel like there’s no boundaries here at Tiny Choices, Jenn and Karina are alarmed to find out that this is, in fact, a boundary. If you get either one of them in person they’ll be happy to rattle on about […]
Eco-Eatery Serves Up A “Green Girls” Calendar
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008I’m lucky enough to live within biking distance of Habana Outpost, NYCs first eco-eatery and an all around awesome community hotspot. Besides being a fun place to have a drink and amazing corn on the cob, they’re about as green as a restaurant can be. Check out this map of their environmental initiatives and a […]
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