Archive for December, 2009
« Previous EntriesPlastic Take-Out Containers
Thursday, December 31st, 2009I’ve been feeling a lot of guilt lately about the massive amount of take-out containers I seem to accumulate in my home. Ya’ll know about my issues with cooking (though I do have the best of intentions), so it’s no surprise that I eat out and bring-home a lot of prepared foods. Some of these [...]
Update on insulation
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009I wrote a few months ago about the different insulation choices we’re considering for our drafty drafty old house, and I wanted to provide an update. Short and sweet: house still not insulated, very cold, heavy investments in performance winter wear have been made, please send blankets. Slightly longer version: my dad called and asked [...]
Trees! Trees! Trees!
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009So I walked out of my apartment the other morning and was blearily stumbling towards the subway when I stopped in my tracks, right in the middle of the sidewalk. There was a flatbed truck parked across the street from my home, and it was full of baby trees. I looked in the other direction [...]
Recycling Packing Materials
Monday, December 28th, 2009Post-consumptive-holidays we often have a lot of packing to recycle – this year at our house we were excited to find out that we only had a paper bag full of wrapping paper, and another box of smashed boxes to drop off at the recycling center. My partner asked if I wanted to take a [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Plan a Garden!
Saturday, December 26th, 2009It’s winter and chilly here in the northeast of the USofA, but that’s no reason that we can’t dream of warmer times. Go ahead and start to plan your garden – order some seed catalogs from heritage farms, look into how to rotate crops to maximize small spaces, and think about drip irrigation. Start to [...]
Merry Green Christmas, Ya’ll!
Friday, December 25th, 2009The Cup Conundrum
Thursday, December 24th, 2009By know, ya’ll know how much we love talking about reusable beverage containers here at Team TC. Honestly, what self-identified greenie doesn’t harbor a secret passion for discussing the nuanced benefits vs. drawbacks of each type of drinking vessel? Or is that just us? So, here’s the Cup Post of the Day: Today I [...]
Oranges in Christmas Stockings
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009Hey, do y’all remember the old tradition of getting an orange in the toe of your Christmas stocking? Now, I don’t want to date myself, and maybe I’m old fashioned (or my parents are?) but when I was a kid we would always get an orange – but more likely a tangerine – in the [...]
Holidaze
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Well, it’s T-minus four days to– pretty much whatever your religious association or non-association– The Biggest Day of the Year. Everyone’s shopping, stressing, eating, and planning themselves into a tizzy, myself included. Despite asking ya’ll for DIY craft ideas for my nieces and nephews, I’ve yet to hit upon something I think they’d really like [...]
Tiny Choosing Bedsheets
Monday, December 21st, 2009I have to confess to some non-green-tiny-choosing, with regards to the new luxuriously warm and soft flannel sheets I just bought. And I bought sheets not just for me, but also for the two boys that live here part time! In my defense, it had been a long cold November with my partner and I [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Give It Away
Saturday, December 19th, 2009If you’re not using it, pass it along to someone else! The “It” in question can be: Packaging materials you’ve saved but will never really use Scarves gramma gave you but you’ll never really use Books you keep meaning to read but never really will Extra travel mugs received as gifts from well-meaning loved ones [...]
Favorite Green Places: The Linkery
Friday, December 18th, 2009Tiny Choices reader Jen F. sent in her contribution to our Favorite Green Places series: ———— I love The Linkery restaurant in San Diego. They serve only sustainably raised meats and fish. They have an ethic about it where the whole animal should be used and respected so they often feature offal selections or cuts [...]
Join The Grassroots Movement
Thursday, December 17th, 2009This song and graphically-beautiful video by MC Yogi makes me happy and joyful and full of hope! Do you have any inspiring music/videos to share?
Winner! Citizen Pip Giveaway!
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Good news! The winner of the Citizen Pip Giveaway, as chosen very carefully by the Random Number Generator at Random.org, is martha in mobile! congratulations! She wrote: Please enter me! My child’s lunch kit is cobbled together from bits and pieces. She already gets grief for using cloth napkins and bringing home her utensils for [...]
One Veg*n + One Omnivore = …
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Recipe: take one happy veggie/veganish, and add one joyful omnivore. Combine them together in a warmed kitchen and… what happens? I don’t need a partner to share my exact beliefs, nor should I be expected to share theirs. What I do consider a basic necessity is a shared level of understanding and compassion for the [...]
The Great Christmas Tree Debate – Revisited
Monday, December 14th, 2009It’s well into the Christmas season around here, and most of you who celebrate have probably already put your trees up. I wanted to revisit the big FAKE VS REAL TREE debate briefly – we got a question from one of you lovely readers about which is better, plus I’ve been seeing other people kind [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Consolidate!
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Combining things generally makes for less waste, so: Cook 2 cups of rice instead of one, and you’ll have leftovers for the week, while using the same amount of energy Double your soup recipe, and you’ll have lots for the freezer while increasing your cooking time and energy only slightly Wash only full loads of [...]
All-Star Interviews: Toby from TheBetaCup.com
Friday, December 11th, 2009Karina posted about TheBetaCup.com earlier, and Toby agreed to answer a few questions for us for more background! How did you get the idea for betacup? It’s a fairly dramatic turn from standard reusable cup pushing, can you elaborate a little more on its conception? In early 2009, I was chatting with a close friend [...]
Tea Tree Oil
Thursday, December 10th, 2009I just realized that I’ve never waxed poetic about my love for Tea Tree Oil. It’s amazing stuff! I first learned about it back in my hippy days, when I was living in a camper van and had everything we needed contained within that small space. Tea Tree is fantastic because it’s so incredibly multipurpose– [...]
Review and Giveaway! Citizenpip Lunch Kits!
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009We were contacted by Christina of Citizenpip with a kind offer to provide a lunch kit for review, and to provide a second one for giveaway! Thanks Christina! So first let me get to the review – this lunch set is SO CUTE. like, really seriously cute. I love it. (Full disclaimer: I think about [...]
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