Archive for December, 2008
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina is thrilled to report that the NYC Subway actually *does* recycle! Tuesday Jenn talks about the gifts that keep on giving. Wednesday: Karina considers food, and how it’s changed over the last 50 [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Skip The Extras!
Saturday, December 13th, 2008TC reader Spurfer wrote in with a great Easy Peasy Tip: “When I get a soda fountain drink, I skip the lid and straw. Really, unless you’re leaving the restaurant with your drink (or a toddler is the drinker) why waste the extras? :) ” Great idea, Spurfer! We can take this even further by [...]
DIY Holidays Friday
Friday, December 12th, 2008It’s the holiday season, and I have fond memories of stringing popcorn on thread to hang outside for the birds to eat, or of shellacking pine cones with peanut butter and rolling them in seeds every year. Here’s a collection of some holiday ideas for you this year, just in case you need something to [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Becky!
Friday, December 12th, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Becky, 30, Brooklyn. How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? I rent a 1 ½ bedroom apartment with my spouse (and, soon, baby). Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Mostly by choice so far—we choose to rent instead of own right [...]
Holiday Giveaway: I Dream Bodywash & Shampoo!
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Our friends at BuyGreen.com have generously donated a bottle of “I Dream Body Wash & Shampoo” (retail price $18) in the “Original” scent– which I’ve been assured is delicious for either men or women– for a Tiny Choices giveaway contest! From the product page: “This handmade product uses the highest quality organic, wild or sustainably [...]
Considering Food
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008I’ve been thinking about food a lot. Mostly because I have a bunch of potatoes in my kitchen and they are slowly going bad one by one, in that disgusting nasty way that potatoes go bad – how they soften and fizzle and eventually explode slightly into the most stinky mess you will ever find. [...]
Giving Once, Giving Twice
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008I just returned home from a trip abroad, and have popped right in to true winter– bitter winds, flat-gray daylight, and bare tree branches. All this stark winterness is offset by the realization that the holiday season is nearly upon us, and I’ve been enjoying the smell of freshly-cut pine trees and the sight of [...]
NYC Subway Recycles
Monday, December 8th, 2008In the last couple of months I’ve noticed some big stickers on the garbage cans in the NYC subway system – pictured above – which say “Can it for Greener Planet… Subway Litter is Recycled after Collection” and it gave me significant pause. Like, I stopped and stared at the bins for a couple of [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, December 7th, 2008Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina is thankful for her non-shopping weekend activities. Tuesday Jenn uses what she’s got, and works it! Wednesday: Karina dreams of summer and Green RVing. Thursday: Jenn finds awesome Times Square Turbines! Friday: Tiny [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Log your Mileage!
Saturday, December 6th, 2008It’s often said that you can’t save what you don’t measure, so consider starting a driving log to keep in your car. Every time you fill up note the total miles you’ve driven on your prior tank and the amount of gas required to fill your tank (and now that it’s not quite as expensive [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Roxanne!
Friday, December 5th, 2008Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Roxanne, 42, SF Bay Area. http://cheetahvelour.typepad.com/cheetah_velour/ How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? I live in a rental house with my S.O. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Renting something in this area was definitely a choice. Living closer to work [...]
Times Square Turbines!
Thursday, December 4th, 2008This is the coolest thing! The Ricoh Corporation is erecting a new billboard in Times Square– but they’ve worked really hard to green it up! From the NY Times: “The first eco-friendly billboard is coming to Times Square, entirely powered by the sun and the wind — but there is one small catch. When there’s [...]
Summer Dreaming
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008I read an article this week in the NY Times about Green RVs, and it’s put me in mind of summer plans. Did y’all know I have a camper van? A very wonderful professor at my graduate school heard me talking with great enthusiasm about biodiesel, and he offered to give me his late Father-in-law’s [...]
Using What I’ve Got
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008In these uncertain economic times there’s much talk of belt-tightening (when Starbucks starts losing money, you know Americans are rethinking their disposable income), but it’s not all doom and gloom– the idea of using what we’ve already got can be a way to appreciate the beauty and usefulness of the things we do have, instead [...]
Thankful for Thanksgiving, but not for shopping.
Monday, December 1st, 2008I had a really wonderful thanksgiving weekend, with a well-deserved break from my officey-day-job. This weekend I had two thanksgivings with two lovely groups of people, and I feel exceptionally wealthy and, yes, thankful right now. I posted last Wednesday about Black Friday striking again, but this weekend I was immensely sorrowed to hear of [...]
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