Archive for April, 2009
Next Entries »Easy Peasy Tip: ReGift!
Saturday, April 11th, 2009Well, why not? If you were given a gift which you’ll never use, passing it along to someone who will just makes good sense. Also, it’s sort of the middle R in the 3R Mantra, reduce, REUSE, recycle. First, you’ll avoid buying another item (and all the associated pollution that item would cause). Second, you’ll [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Martin!
Friday, April 10th, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? I’m Martin Higgins. I am 39.9 years old. I am a Canadian choosing to live abroad. I am presently in Tunisia. I blog about reducing plastic consumption at http://PlasticLess.com. Also Build Your Own Solar Panels. How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? I live with my [...]
DIY Produce Bags
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Wanted to point ya’ll towards our friend Linda’s great post over on Craft Stylish, on making your own reusable produce bags. Super useful, super easy! [Image by Linda Permann via CraftStylish.com]
Tiny Choices Giveaway: Amikole’s Chocolate Butter
Thursday, April 9th, 2009We’re so excited that our friends over at Local Labels have teamed up with us for a giveaway! Co-owners Loren Talbot and Jean Tanler tell us their story: Local Labels believes in supporting our neighbors by making the best of New York City within reach. The idea came to us while studying to become urban [...]
Go Green Big, Empire State Building!
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009I was driving home on Monday and heard a really exciting story on the radio! The Empire State Building is going green! and in a big way! From the NY Times: Owners of the New York City landmark announced on Monday that they will be beginning a renovation this summer expected to reduce the skyscraper’s [...]
iPhone Apps, Continued…
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009After posting recently about the Veggie iPhone app, I’ve been alerted to three other awesome apps: – Veggie Passport: “With Veggie Passport you can forget the tongue-twisting experience of communicating your vegetarian or vegan needs to waiters, dinner hosts, and friends while you’re overseas. Express your veggie lifestyle in 33 languages.” – Locavore: “A new [...]
Dual-Flush Toilets
Monday, April 6th, 2009I’ve mentioned my upcoming move – I’m really excited for a number of reasons, and one of which is that I am moving into a HOUSE. with TOILETS. that I can RETROFIT. That’s right, I’m really excited about toilets! We’ve talked about ways to reduce your toilet water consumption, from the simple (water displacement in [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, April 5th, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina investigates ways to green her upcoming move. Tuesday: Jenn investigates disposable dishes for an upcoming holiday dinner. Wednesday: Tiny Choices celebrates Energy Wasting Day! Thursday: Janet writes a guest post on the Obama’s [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Have a Spring Cleaners Party!
Saturday, April 4th, 2009It’s spring cleaning time, and we just LOVED this tip from Re-Nest! Have a Spring Cleaner Making Party! We’ve thrown out an idea of having a laundry detergent making party, but haven’t ever followed through. The thing is, so many recipes call for ingredients like washing soda or borax or citric acid or essential oils [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Sanjeevanee!
Friday, April 3rd, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Sanjeevanee Vidwans, 32 years old, Jersey City, NJ, not my website but my company’s — we are a full service real estate firm that works on green construction projects almost exclusively: www.rosecompanies.com How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? Two bedroom apartment with one roommate– my [...]
Guest Post: Obama’s Green Playground
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Tiny Choices is happy to present a guest post written by Janet Thaeler: The first family is turning the White House “green” with their attention to detail about energy and environmental conservation. They’ve recently focused on the White House grounds. You know about the organic vegetable garden. Now the Obamas have put in a new [...]
It’s Energy Wasting Day!
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009I have to confess to not feeling quite as inventive as Jenn did last year, but I would like to share with you a couple of important videos in honor of the august occasion! Be sure to check out the informative webpage for Energy Wasting Day which is – you guessed it! Today! Here’s the [...]
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