Archive for December, 2010
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010So after having the same eco-experience two days in a row, and being surprised both times, I realized this needed to be talked about: If something un-eco is happening in front of you, just ask if there’s a better option! In my case, it was meeting two different friends for coffee at two different coffeeshops [...]
Tiny Choices Nerd Party!
Monday, December 6th, 2010I was hanging out with some cool knitting friends this weekend, and one of them made a comment about fuel oil and sludge at the bottom of the tank and not wanting to screw up her furnace, and I TOTALLY geeked out on her and told her all about it. And then when I was [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Make a Movie Night!
Saturday, December 4th, 2010If you’re strapped for something to do, how about making a movie night? Do it the Tiny Choices way – get something from the library, or gather some friends to watch a Ted Talk and then have a little discussion. If you have netflix, you can find lots of streaming material to check out. It’s [...]
Happy Eco-News Friday!
Friday, December 3rd, 2010Did you get a chance to watch the TEDx Great Pacific Garbage Patch livestream? It took place on November 6th, but never fear: you can still catch it on-line. Special note: Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish is one of the speakers! Via GreenLAGirl, check out this really interesting map showing locations of nearby factory [...]
Lead In Reusable Bags: Prob or Not?
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010So it seems that some types of reusable shopping bags contain small amounts of lead, and there’s debate now on whether these bags are causing more harm than good on the eco-scale. To be clear, the bags in debate are the thicker woven-type plastic bags, of the type found at Trader Joe’s and the like– [...]
Review: Brondell Simple Flush
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010I was visiting with my friends Aurora and Jesse in Pittsburgh, and they showed me something that I thought was really neat: the Brondell Simple Flush, a toilet converter kit to change your regular ol’ toilet to a super-duper dual flush model! Now, what really sold me to just pick up and order this kit [...]
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