Archive for August, 2010
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010I recently picked up a new obsession/hobby (it’s a fine line): surfing. Add this to my love of snowboarding and nordic skiing, and I’ve now got three board sports to participate in during two seasons of the year. Lucky me! All three of these pursuits have one main thing in common: it’s necessary to apply [...]
Recycling Aerosol Cans
Monday, August 30th, 2010I just got back from a beach vacation, and as a redhead with fair skinwhile I have a lot of things to say about sunblock in general, I will say this: it is much easier to keep the little kids protected from sunburn by using aerosol cans of sunblock spray instead of subjecting them to [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Use a Dish rag!
Saturday, August 28th, 2010Here’s an old fashioned tip – use a dish rag in the kitchen! Sponges are convenient and effective, but they’re also disposable and sometimes have lots of plastic involved. Even the eco-friendly sponges are still something that must be bought frequently. So how about moving back to a tried and true technology that our grandparents [...]
“Happy Eco-News” Fridays!
Friday, August 27th, 2010A green fitness building in a senior center! Karina just LOVES articles about living in small spaces… and we think this water bottle is right up Jenn’s alley! There’s a new water calculator out, you can check their footprint! Now this is just gross: photos of London sewer pipes that are clogged with fat!
Reusable Toilet Paper: Not So Crazy
Thursday, August 26th, 2010So, I know there are a few of our readers who have made the switch at home to reusable toilet paper– which, for the uninitiated (and probably squicked out), means keeping a supply of clean cloths next to the toilet, using them to wipe, then tossing them into a collection bin until laundry day. Before [...]
Tell Ellen: Plastic Bottles are P-yucky!
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Juli at plasticlessnyc let us know recently about her campaign to against Ellen and the rampant use of plastic bottles – of course we had to share the news with you! Apparently, Ellen has started to shill for vitamin water zero during her show – and while I might have cynically written it off as [...]
‘Do Good’ For Your Kid’s School And The Planet
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Tiny Choices is happy to present a guest post by Terra Wellington: Teachers and administrators LOVE parent volunteers. Every year when my kids go back to school there seems to be an even longer list of volunteer opportunities. Most schools are time and cash crunched, so if I can help out then that’s great. Everyone [...]
Totally Cute: Eco Agents!
Monday, August 23rd, 2010This is, apparently, last years news – but I stumbled upon these ADORABLE and HILARIOUS commercials about the ECO AGENTS. Take a look! Think this would work with most SUV purchasers? And it seems so exotic to take a shopping trip to Paris! But this one is my hands down favorite. We have talked a [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Ditch the Electronics
Saturday, August 21st, 2010With so many things going on in our every day lives, sometimes it’s hard to follow the adage: “Be Here, Be Now.” We have a lot of distractors in our lives! our to-do lists, the act of rushing to our next appointment – all of these things can make us more distracted and enjoy our [...]
“Happy Eco-News” Fridays! Transportation Edition!
Friday, August 20th, 2010Here’s a neat story about a woman who has given up her personal auto for a month in an experiment to use the local bus system. (and her personal blog.) Look at this cool 1972 VW Beetle that has been converted to be an electric vehicle! (Gives all eco-gearheads hope for the future! and it’s [...]
Bikey Bike Links
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Private Parking Lots Forced To Offer Space For Bikes In Buenos Aires: “The obligation for all private parking lots to offer 8 bike spots for every 50 vehicle spots they have, at a rate that can never be higher than 10% of the car fare.” Bendable Bike Wraps Around Post Take the Clif 2 Mile [...]
Choosing Tiny Impact Shoes
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what kinds of expensive clothes I’m spending my money on. For example – I’m totally fine spending lots of money on wool, because it’s good to wear and effective, and also life-cycle trackable and responsibly produced. But while I’ve told people that most of my disposable income I [...]
Reusing Your Glass
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010I was out with friends last night at an under-the-radar club in my neighborhood, and we were all enjoying the prohibition-era drinks the venue was serving. As we were finishing our beverages, one of my friends walked over to the bar to order a second round. She then walked back over to our group and [...]
Wool for the Win!
Monday, August 16th, 2010It is no surprise to many of you to hear that I love wool. it’s true! after Jenn and I expounded on our love for the icebreaker clothing, I’ve been watching the season-end sales and scooping up tank tops and underpants and leggings whenever I could. By now I’ve got a good set of indispensables, [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Scrutinize One Thing
Saturday, August 14th, 2010It’s easy to reach that point where you feel like there’s not much else you can do in the realm of individual environmental tiny choices. Just ask Jenn and Karina, who, surprisingly, often find it hard to come up with an Easy Peasy Tip after generating them weekly for three years! Really, though, focusing on [...]
“Happy Eco-News” Fridays!
Friday, August 13th, 2010Bizarre Deep-Sea Reef Creatures Discovered US Navy to test renewable algae jet fuel London Opens Bike “Superhighways” Understanding Google’s Big Wind Energy Deal The International Tree-Climbing Championships Coming soon to UK: Heating gas from brewery waste ‘Chia Wall’ To Muffle Highway Sound
Eco-Restaurant Review: Otarian
Thursday, August 12th, 2010There are some wonderful perks to being a green blogger, and I recently reaped some fabulous rewards when I was asked to participate in an informal taste-testing of the menu at Otarian, a new “low-carbon” restaurant chain with two locations in NYC and one opening soon in London. The food was fantastic– truly delicious! What [...]
Exhibit: National Agriculture Library Food Posters
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010You may have noticed that I love two things especially much: canning food, and war propaganda. So you can imagine my joy when I came across a new exhibit featuring food-related propaganda posters from WWI through WWII! It’s at the National Agriculture Library in Beltsville MD through August 30. I flipped through the on-line resource [...]
Tossing Water
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010I didn’t think I was a big waster of water until this week, when I’ve had reason to question that assumption… I thought I was generally conscious of conserving water: I installed an aerator on the faucets in my bathroom and kitchen, which reduces the flow and thereby saves water; my shower has an awesome [...]
Guest Post: Going Green at the Newport Folk Festival
Monday, August 9th, 2010I’m excited to welcome friend-of-tiny-choices and Poetess Miranda here today to share with us a recent trip and associated eco-epiphanies. Thank you Miranda! I heart you! Upon moving to the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts, I’ve become involved in two really important things: 1.) going green and 2.) going to concerts and festivals. After having lived [...]
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