Archive for November, 2010
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Saturday, November 6th, 2010It’s cold and flu season somewhere (just like it’s 5 o’clock somewhere!) so if you notice people getting extra snivelly in your neck of the woods, remind yourself to wash your hands well. One way to do this is to hum the song “happy birthday” to yourself as you’re scrubbing. The length of the song [...]
“Happy Eco-News” Fridays!
Friday, November 5th, 2010Harnessing mushrooms to replace plastic [VIDEO] The world’s 10 oldest living trees (Photos) Street Yoga Breathes Hope into Portland’s Homeless Kids Polar Bear does Tai Chi for the climate Russian Woman Builds House of 5,000 Glass Bottles Banks Turning Away from Mountaintop Removal Bizarre sea slug is half plant, half animal
Awesome Composting Toilets
Thursday, November 4th, 2010It’s no secret that Team Tiny Choices loves to learn and talk about bodily functions– so you can imagine my delight when I visited some friends at their beach house, and cozily ensconced in the bathroom was a composting toilet. Compost + bodily functions = awesome! The model they have is a traditional composting toilet, [...]
Wood Ovens and Stoves
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010I admit that this time of year I spend a lot of time thinking about how to stay warm. Partly it’s because we ONLY JUST turned our heat on – November 1st and 54 degrees in the house, we flipped the switch. (Yay! made it through October this year!) And as punky as I sound [...]
Using What You’ve Got
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010I recently stayed in a friends guest cottage and was so tickled by the way she’d given new life to things she already owned, and to bits that many folks might consider “trash.” First, and most striking to me, was that she took broken pieces of mirror and made an arty mirror mosaic from the [...]
Loving Thermoses Lately
Monday, November 1st, 2010Thanks to the wonder of youth football, I’m spending a lot more time at the field in chilly chilly temperatures waiting for the youth to football around. Happily I have lots of lovely wool clothing, and I feel pretty well suited out in the performance winter wear department, so I’ve been pretty comfortable. It helps [...]
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