Archive for May, 2009
« Previous EntriesTiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, May 31st, 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 a tale of ecological beer!
Tuesday: Jenn drives and drives and thinks and thinks about driving…
Wednesday: Karina is a motorcycle enthusiast with an eco-conscience.
Thursday: Jenn shares the love on […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Vacation Locally
Saturday, May 30th, 2009What with the economy tanking, many folks are sticking closer to home for their vacations this year– but it’s also a green decision, too. Cut out the airline portion of a holiday and you’ve just eliminated the biggest polluter by far!
If you take a good look at a map, we’ll be there are lots of […]
Tiny Choices Survey… ?
Friday, May 29th, 2009Tiny Choosers! We are out of surveys! So in the spirit of waiting for more surveys to be sent in (hey, how about sending one in? or ask a friend to do it?), how about we enjoy the top three posts of all Tiny Choosin’ Time:
June 18, 2008: Homemade Liquid Dish Detergent
May 7, 2008: Is […]
Playing For Change
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Have ya’ll heard about the musical phenom Playing For Change? It’s all over the internets these days, and with good reason– it’s mindblowingly wonderous. The basic idea is that a small team of producers travelled around the world, recording local musicians playing the same songs that their brothers and sisters in other countries also recorded– […]
Motorcycling Enthusiast!
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009After reading Jenn’s post from yesterday, I am inspired to confess to you all my new hobby - and it’s not as harmless as the last one - it’s motorcycling! I took a Motorcycle Safety Foundation course and got my license a few weeks ago, and have been practicing on my partners “spare” bike (pictured!).
Now, […]
A Driving-Full Weekend
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009This long holiday weekend was full of an incredible amount of fun: hiking, fire towers, lighthouses, sand castles, lifeguard chairs, sandy feet, cold lakes, vegan ice cream, bike rides, brunch, and horseback riding on the beach… and it was all made possible by the wonder which is the modern automobile.
Certainly, much of this could have […]
Ecological Beer
Monday, May 25th, 2009I was at the grocery store on Sunday night when I noticed a new-to-me beer in the beer cooler. Now, let’s be straight here - I’m not a big beer drinker, so it’s not unusual that I’d find one that is new-to-me. However, when we investigated this beer further I noticed a little stamp in […]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, May 24th, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices:
Monday: Karina, freshly returned from a trip, waxes about beverage container recycling
Tuesday: Jenn commits to a 29-day giving challenge, and will check in at the end with a list of how it went
Wednesday: […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Work the Windows!
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009As we turn from spring to summer (quite suddenly this year in the northeast of the U.S.) remember to take advantage of the natural heating and cooling cycle of the outdoors. Open your windows at night to let the cool air in, and close them in the day to keep the hot air out. You’ll […]
Tiny Choices Survey: Mallory!
Friday, May 22nd, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)?
Mallory, 25, New Orleans, Louisiana, MissMalaprop.com
How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain.
My boyfriend David and I just moved into a newly remodeled eco-friendly apartment in April. It’s an older house that was originally a double shotgun, […]
DIY Lampshades
Thursday, May 21st, 2009I’ve got two lighting situations in my apartment which seriously need an upgrade, but am having trouble deciding between a few totally cool crafty ideas. My criteria is, as always, to use what I’ve got before purchasing anything new.
There are two ceiling fixtures in my long hallway, and which are currently both very simple/cheapo glass […]
Smashing Aluminum Cans. Or: Aluminum Cans: Smashing!
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009After all the really interesting comments about your hometown recycling programs, I wanted to share this really neat tool I came across on the North Carolina Ferry system - an aluminum can smasher! It makes perfect sense - on a ferry there isn’t much room to carry around lots of full sized cans, so why […]
29-Day Giving Challenge
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009As an inhabitant of a NYC-sized apartment, I’m constantly looking for ways to simplify and declutter my space. I’m no packrat, but I always have the feeling that things could be lighter and airier around me, and by freeing up my physical space my mental space would then have more room to bounce around and […]
Beverage Container Recycling
Monday, May 18th, 2009I just got back from a 10-day vacation and as always, I’m full of observations about what we encountered on our trip. This time I was motorcycling down to Bike Week in Myrtle Beach SC, and just like last time, I had my eyes peeled for recycling opportunities. However, unlike last time, I failed miserably […]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, May 17th, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices:
Monday: Karina points us towards a free and awesome way to bring light inside: DIY light pipes!
Tuesday: Jenn is determined to hop back on her bike and ride to work…
Wednesday: Karina tells us […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Buy Refurbished!
Saturday, May 16th, 2009There’s a middle ground between buying new and buying used: refurbished items, which are generally sold by their manufacturer, are gently-used goods which have been rehabbed and are then re-sold with a warranty. Buying them ensures that already produced goods will have a useful life, and that your dollars aren’t going to fund more pollution […]
Winner: The Body Shop Community Trade Basket!
Friday, May 15th, 2009Thanks to everyone who entered the Body Shop giveaway– the lucky winner is Tanya!
Tiny Choices Survey: Megan!
Friday, May 15th, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)?
Megan Dietz, 36, Brooklyn, NY/Pittsburgh, PA, http://www.thesunnyway.com
How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)?
In Brooklyn, I live by myself in a 1.5 bedroom apartment, the ground floor of a gorgeous old brownstone. In Pittsburgh, I stay with my boyfriend in his house.
Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain.
By […]
Veggie Pride Parade
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Come Sunday, I’ll be attending the second annual NYC Veggie Pride Parade, marching along with Penelo Pea Pod and Chris P. Carrot (who, by the way, were married at the parade last year. Not surprisingly [you know how veggies are] they’ve procreated, and there will be an official baby-veggie naming ceremony this year).
The parade starts […]
Cruising the World on a Plastic Boat
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009A few weeks ago I came across an article about a nice young fellow who’s been putting time and money into construction of a boat made of plastic water bottles. He plans to sail halfway around the world with it once it’s done! There’s lots of wonderful information at the National Geographic Adventure blog, including […]
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