Archive for April, 2010
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Friday, April 30th, 2010Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Courtney, 26, Eugene OR http://www.courtneylikestocook.com How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? Duplex Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Both. Right now my fiance and I are in a bit of a transition period because we both have new jobs about [...]
Why Aren’t We Burning Our Trash?
Thursday, April 29th, 2010I know that even just the title of this post is contentious… burning trash is never a good thing, right? (Cue visuals of a smoky trash heap in the backyard, fading to the giant smokestack of an incinerator plant…) So, it seems that sometimes burning trash is actually a useful thing, depending on how you [...]
Reuseit.Com Ambassador
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010A few weeks ago, I noticed a call for “Ambassadors” on one of my favorite on-line stores, and of course, even though the details were sketchy, I signed us up right away. I am not just blowing smoke here, I have been shopping at ReusableBags.com for over four years! I am so shocked – I [...]
Modern Versions of Working for What We Use
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010The truth of the matter is that most of us reading this blog post are not really working directly for what we use– we’re not planting and harvesting our food, we’re not weaving the cloth for our clothes, and we’re not feeding wood or coal into furnaces to heat and light our environments. The fact [...]
Influential Women of the Environment
Monday, April 26th, 2010This weekend I found a really interesting and well done list of women who changed the environmental movement forever produced for Earth Day by Ecopolitology. It’s really brilliant! Check out the women included: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Rachel Carson Lois Gibbs Jane Jacobs Jane Goodall Wangari Mathai Vandana Shiva Majora Carter Julia “Butterfly” Hill Betsy Greer [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Grow Where You Are Planted!
Saturday, April 24th, 2010It’s easy to grow a portion of your household food– whether it’s a small portion or a large one depends on the space you’ve got. If you only have access to a sunny windowsill or two, you can grow herbs in pretty pots. If you’ve also got a fire escape, add some tomato plants and [...]
Friday Content Dump!
Friday, April 23rd, 2010We’re out of our regular Friday content – go here for more information on how you can help! So I thought it would be neat to just share a bunch of links with you. See, Jenn and I use wordpress as our blogging software and it’s entirely possible to start a zillion posts and then [...]
Happy, You Know, Earth Day…
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Every day is earth day. We all know that, right? But still, today is April 22, which makes it the real & official Earth Day. In addition, today is the 40th anniversary of the beginning of this annual event– so, happy Earth Day to all of our fellow crazy treehuggers out there! I’m all in [...]
Recycled Paper Greetings
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010I had a birthday recently, and after everyone left the party I was surprised and pleased to see that one of the cards that my dear family gave to me was made from recycled paper! The back of the card says: “Comic Releaf: Recycled Paper Greetings. The funniest and greenest cards on Earth!” I looked [...]
Food Expiration Dates and Fuzzy Jam
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010As I was rummaging through my fridge, I found an unopened jar of organic jam nestled cozily in the back– with an expiration date of December 2009. Hmmm. This jar of jam, while organic and sweetened with only natural fruit sugars, has a very big footprint, as it’s a product of Italy. So even though [...]
Supporting Local Businesses
Monday, April 19th, 2010I found out recently about a neat campaign [via Newburgh Restoration] to support local and independently owned businesses called the 3/50 Project – the premise is simple: spend your money purposefully by choosing to spend $50 a month at three local businesses each month. Now, it’s easy to misread this as $50 per business each [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Sweep, Don’t Spray!
Saturday, April 17th, 2010If you need to do a bit of clean-up on your driveway, sidewalk, or in front of your shop– get out the broom and sweep! Instead of using a hose and untold gallons of fresh water to push debris slowly away, take a few minutes more and sweep it gone. You’ll get a little exercise [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Randi!
Friday, April 16th, 2010Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? I’m Randi, 27 yo stay at home mom from WI. I blog at: randijc.blogspot.com How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? I live with my little family of four, plus one dog and one occasional cat (he tends to wander the neighborhood..) in a single family [...]
Cold Brew Coffee, Continued
Thursday, April 15th, 2010Now that I’m drinking coffee again (hallelujah!), and now that the weather’s getting warmer, my thoughts turn to the cold brew coffee discussion we’ve previously had here at TC. What I like about this method is that it obviates the need for me to purchase another gadget– my current coffee brewer is a stovetop Italian [...]
Cutting Down Paper while Traveling
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010We write about staying green while traveling a lot – be it taking public transportation from the airport, bringing our reusable mugs, you have it! I’m away on day-job-business this week and I decided to give something a shot that I have been really skeptical about in the past – the paperless boarding pass. So [...]
NatureMill Indoor Composter Review
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Back in 2008, I wrote a blog post discussing four different ways to compost indoors, and mentioned the NatureMill indoor composter as my favorite dream method of composting. I then wrote another post wondering if the NatureMill was really all that, because I had read conflicting reports about the machines and was wondering if it [...]
Can Accessories Save The Day?
Monday, April 12th, 2010A while ago I wrote that I was going to for real get back on the sewing horse – it was SO long ago, actually, and I am sorry to say that even though I got an awesome and amazing new sewing machine in 2008 I haven’t been sewing much at all. Actually, at all. [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Cool It Off
Friday, April 9th, 2010Before putting your leftovers in the fridge, or a pitcher of hot coffee to become iced coffee, let it cool down to room temperature first. That way, the fridge won’t have to work harder in order to cool off the hot goods– and you’ll be saving some pennies and some energy use! [Image by Stacy [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Carrie De!
Friday, April 9th, 2010Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Carrie De 26 (Right? Ok, checked. I always answer this question wrong – seriously!) Jersey City, NJ I’m an environmental engineer. If I had to summarize, I’d say, “I clean groundwater.” How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? I’m in an apartment, with one roommate getting [...]
Make Your Own Junk Food
Thursday, April 8th, 2010I find that I feel healthiest when I eat lower on the food chain– the fewer ingredients, and the more simple they are, the more pep I get in my step. This is not to give the impression that I’m all crunchy all the time… I love my potato chips and chocolate just as much [...]
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