Archive for November, 2008
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008.ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} If you recall (and who could forget?), back in September the FDA released a study declaring that the small amounts of BPA which leach from polycarbonate containers and canned foods were perfectly safe. Well, now an advisory panel ruled that the FDA “made mistakes when determining that a [...]
Tiny Choices Book Review: Knitting for Good
Monday, November 10th, 2008I recently received an advance copy of a great new book that I am so excited to tell you all about: Knitting for Good, by Betsy Greer. Now, full disclosure: I’ve “known” Betsy online since the early 2000s, and also Jenn and I have a little Tiny Choices quote in the book. But without all [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Round Up
Sunday, November 9th, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina takes us hiking in the ‘Gunks Tuesday: Jenn reports on the long awaited Netflix Mac love affair; and, we’re part of the November Green Moms Carnival Wednesday: Karina’s knee socks go green! Thursday: [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Skip The Hair Dryer!
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Many hair dryers use approximately 2000 watts of power to hurricane-dry your hair! If you blow dry your hair for 5 minutes a day every day of the year, you’ll use 60.6 kWh per year, or 81.3 lbs of carbon dioxide. That’s the equivalent carbon emission for burning 4 gallons of gasoline! (For more information [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Dan E.!
Friday, November 7th, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Dan E. Tipton, Retired with gray hair, Rensselaer Cty, NY How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates) House, with my sweetie (and occasional rebound adult children), 2-1/2 dogs, and a cat. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Current housing choice was [...]
The Story Of The Bulk Dish Soap
Thursday, November 6th, 2008I recently ran out of dish soap, and since I’m nowhere near as cool as Karina I’ve no plans to whip up a batch. But, I did think about how perfectly reusable the empty plastic bottle is, and what a damn shame it is that we toss out/downcycle so many perfectly reusable empty plastic bottles. [...]
Sock Dreams and Dreamy Eco-Socks
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008We’ve documented our soft spot for ecologically-sound socks. And one of my favorite things to do as the seasons change is to fill up a shopping cart at Sock Dreams with lots and lots of socks. See, y’all don’t know me as a real life person, but I don’t wear pants very much. I much [...]
November Green Moms Carnival
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008Wow, check out the Gratitudinal Goodness of the Green Moms Carnival this month! Once again, we’re thrilled to be a part (reprezentin’ as Earth Mommas) of this fantastic group. And, thanks to Karen of Best Wellness Consultant for hosting this month– it’s quite a task to wrangle the writings of 25 bloggers!
Netflix Finally Shows Some Mac Love!
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008Back in January I wrote about my Netflix love, and how their “Watch Instantly” feature is just about the greenest way to watch a flick, since it eliminates all that mailing of red envelopes (and the red envelopes themselves, and the production of all those toxic discs). But “Watch Instantly” didn’t work on Macs… until [...]
Late fall hiking
Monday, November 3rd, 2008This weekend I went for a short hike with some friends - we went up to Sam’s Point in the Shawnangunk Mountain and walked up to see what we could see. This is an area that had roads built in the 1930s, was used as a tourist location after that (there are ICE CAVES!), and [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Round Up
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina holds the final October Tiny Challenge Check-In! Tuesday: Jenn writes about bottled NYC tap water for sale Wednesday: Part One of a guest post describing a fabulous eco-vegan Indian-Korean wedding in the Catskills! [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Drink Draft Beer!
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Ok, so this Easy Peasy Tip is a bit lighthearted– but think about it: by drinking a draught (or draft, or tap) beer, you’re eliminating: a glass bottle being produced and all the pollution which goes along with it; that same glass bottle having to be collected for recycling and then recycled (and all the [...]
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