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Saturday, February 14th, 2009[Image by Antoine Hubert via Creative Commons]
Tiny Choices Survey: Holly!
Friday, February 13th, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Holly Lebowitz Rossi, 34, Arlington, Massachusetts, How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? I live with my husband on the first floor of a 2-family condo that was built in 1920. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. By choice. We’ve been [...]
Valentine’s Day Eco-Musings
Thursday, February 12th, 2009It’s that time of year again, when we’re either presented with overpriced red roses or railing against the corporate conspiracy behind the overpriced red roses. Or perhaps both. Either way, Valentine’s Day is an inescapable fixture of mid-winter and a good reason to eat lots of chocolate. Just make sure it’s fair-trade and slavery-free, ok? [...]
Home Energy Metering
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009Just about everyone gets an electric bill (unless you’re one of those lucky ones with electricity included in your rent – but then your landlord is getting your bill, so print out this post and send it in with your rent). Wouldn’t it be great if you were able to easily see how much energy [...]
Super Natural Recipe Search
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Quick heads-up about a new natural-ingredients recipe search engine. Heidi Swanson (of 101Cookbooks.com fame) has started Super Natural Recipe Search: a hand-picked (dare I say “curated”) database highlighting her favorite recipes, from her own collection and those of others. Should come in very handy for those times I know I want kale for dinner, and need [...]
Rice Cooker Meals
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Way back when I wrote the Tiny Choices Meal List, Shawnee commented that she’d been using her rice cooker to make one-pot meals. I found the concept fascinating and delightful! While I love homemade meals (for health and financial reasons) I’m just not home enough to cook– so keeping it quick and easy is key [...]
Speed Bumps as Energy Generators
Monday, February 9th, 2009I was carpooling home from an undergraduate alumni meeting last week with my old transportation professor and mentor (and author, public speaker, and good friend, by the way), and somehow I let it slip that I love roundabouts – now, for many transportation engineers I think this may be hearsay. Roundabouts are hard for many [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, February 8th, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina updates us on Tiny Choices made while traveling. Tuesday: Jenn shows us how to be super tough and bike in the winter! Also, don’t forget - we’re on Twitter! Wednesday: Karina warms us up with some reusable handwarmer [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Recycle Your Jeans!
Saturday, February 7th, 2009Sometimes we just fall out of love with our bluejeans. It happens! If you don’t wear them anymore but they still have life left, donate them to a thrift store or bring them to a clothing swap/Naked Lady Party. But if those jeans are totally kicked (ie holes in places where the sun don’t shine) [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Liz!
Friday, February 6th, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Liz; 28; Raleigh, NC; How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? I’m renting a townhouse with 2 roommates. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. By necessity. I’m in transition between grad school and med school and this was the best temporary [...]
Bike Valet Parking: Update
Thursday, February 5th, 2009I had no idea there’s been bike valet parking happening in my very own city, and around the country– spurred on by Julia’s comment, here are some links I’ve found about this fabulous concept: Bike valet at Obama’s inaguaration! Valet experiment at the Park Slope Food Coop (Brooklyn) Valet Bike Parking at the Brooklyn Flea [...]
Bike Valet Parking
Thursday, February 5th, 2009Since this seems to be Bike Week here at TC– first a post from the frigid Northeastern US, and now a post about temperate and balmy Southern Cali : Absolute genius! As Grist says, it is kind of an “only in California” thing, but—what an amazing way to encourage people to come to the Farmer’s [...]
Reusable Hand-warmers for Icy Hands
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009As a timely follow-on to Jenn’s post yesterday about biking in the winter, I thought I’d share some neat reusable hand-warmers. A couple of years ago we had a particularly cold winter and I thought that my brother and my mom, both of whom were working outside that winter, would appreciate a way to warm [...]
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009Did you know Tiny Choices is on Twitter? It’s true! We are!
Winter Bicycling is a Blast!
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009This is the first year I’ve kept on riding my bike after the weather turned downright cold, and I am making a public declaration: wintertime cycling is wonderous! I’ve not been super hardcore about it (if it’s raining, I’m outty), and I haven’t been commuting to work by bike– but I am still riding around [...]
On a Midnight Train to Georgia
Monday, February 2nd, 2009OK, not a train. And also not midnight. But Sunday morning I got up early and caught a plane down to visit some family down in Georgia. And there were a couple of things about the trip (already!) that were new-to-me tiny choices – The first thing is that when I pre-checked in on Continental [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, February 1st, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina regales us with tales of Inaguration Day Garbage! Tuesday Guest Post: Grow-Your-Own in the Churchyard! Wednesday: Karina dishes on the eco-choices PriceChopper supermarkets are making. Thursday: Jenn points us towards the Month ‘o [...]
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