Archive for April, 2011
« Previous EntriesEasy Peasy Tip: Do something for Bike Month!
Saturday, April 30th, 2011Here in the U.S. of A., May is bike month! In honor of this month of advocacy, evaluate where you can work bicycling into your busy schedule. Make extra time to get where you’re going so you’ll have time to take your bicycle on short neighborhood trips, to the grocery store, or over to a [...]
Happy Eco-News Fridays
Friday, April 29th, 2011Beyonce Sings “Move Your Body” for Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Campaign (Video) QTvan: Camping Out in World’s Smallest Scooter Caravan Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old ‘third-gender’ caveman The Bicycle Power Calculator Exposes the Physics of Cycling Landshare Movement Reaches Australia The 14 most amazing waterfalls in the world Weekday Vegetarian: Aloo Kofta – Fried Potato Balls Bonobos [...]
Locavore Seltzer
Thursday, April 28th, 2011I’ve encountered the coolest thing at two different friends houses recently, which makes me think there might be a bit of a trend happening: the Soda Stream enables one to make fizzy water at home, eliminating the need for plastic soda bottles (and for schlepping those plastic soda bottles home from the store). The company [...]
Better Ways to Work
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011My company holds an informal challenge every year called “Better Way to Work Week,” which is an intiative to promote non-single-occupancy vehicle use in the offices. This year I’m taking a larger role in our office Green Team, so I’m working with a group of people to get the excitement up! We’re starting out by [...]
Greener Fires
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011Alright, it’s the wrong time of year in the Northern hemisphere for this topic, but I just read about this product for the first time and I think it’s awesome. This Paper Log Maker turns old newspaper and junk mail into compressed burnable bricks, which can be used as firestarters or as the main fuel [...]
Vespanomics
Monday, April 25th, 2011Even if gas hadn’t hit over four dollars per gallon in my neck of the woods recently (again), I’d still be fascinated with the Vespanomics website that I learned about through an article over at my favorite motorcycle magazine. It’s got some hard facts about US use of gasoline and our dependence on foreign oil, [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Choose an Earth Day Resolution!
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011Earth Day is a lot of things to a lot of people, but here at Tiny Choices it’s a good time to stop your regular business, thing about your life, and choose one thing that you can do differently over the next year. By the time Earth Day 2012 rolls around you’ll be a pro [...]
Happy Eco-News Fridays!
Friday, April 22nd, 2011Recycle your flip flops at Old Navy 10 Ways To Monitor Power In a Tiny Apartment (Slideshow) Haitians turn to human waste to combat cholera, deforestation Trash-Sorting Robot Could Reduce Waste Going to Landfill by 50% Life Expectancy Calculator (Jenn’s living till age 95!) Got a Tiny Home? Decorate With Fold-Out Furniture (Video) Yoga for [...]
Tiny Passover Choices
Thursday, April 21st, 2011In addition to daffodils and green shoots beginning to unfurl from tree limbs, springtime also means it’s Passover time again! This also means it’s matzoh time, which, if you love matzoh, is a good thing. If you don’t love matzoh, well, then it’s a long week ahead– and here are some tips to use up [...]
My Favorite (Green) Things about New York
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011Even though the voting has closed for the Greenest New Yorker contest, while I’m waiting to find out if I’m a finalist (they should let me know by the end of this week!) I thought it would be fun to highlight my favorite Green things about New York. (AKA, why I should be selected as [...]
Electronics Eco-Dilemmas
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011I’ve been traveling a lot lately, and I’ve also been doing some web development for friends– so that means that my laptop is being bumped around on buses and trains while I’m simultaneously saving more data to it. All of this moving and shaking equals a serious need for computer backup! So I’ve re-dedicated myself [...]
Dirty rain water
Monday, April 18th, 2011I was talking to a colleague at work the other day, and she mentioned that she’d visited a family member who works at one of the fancy green buildings in NYC – I asked how she’d liked the space, and my colleague said that it was of course ultra modern, but her family member didn’t [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Green Your Period
Saturday, April 16th, 2011From reusable pads to a menstrual cup to organic, non-chlorine bleached pads and tampons, there are lots of good options when it comes to greening your period. Next time you need to buy supplies, try a healthier (for you and the planet) form of menstrual supplies! What’s your period option of choice? [Image by SCA [...]
Happy Eco-News Fridays
Friday, April 15th, 201110 Fair Trade Coffee Companies Offering an Eco-Conscious Caffeine Jolt (Slideshow) Military Turns Diesel Exhaust into Water In-flight video captures Northern Lights Weekday Vegetarian: Artichoke, Kale and Ricotta Pie The sane person’s guide to bringing kids on public transit Facebook unveils energy efficiency secrets Make your own natural body lotion
Going Nearly Soap-Free
Thursday, April 14th, 2011Back in February I read a post about going soap-free over on the Green LA Girl blog, and at the time it was a totally new-to-me concept. In her post, Siel talked about a soap-free blog challenge that the eco-blogosphere was all abuzz over, and wrote that she was going to give it a [...]
Those old Consumerist Urges
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011As much as I pride myself in just not shopping much, you know, I’ve got some serious consumerist urges. I’ve been known in the recent past to order multiple pairs of shoes, try them all on and then return all of them. (*cough* Frequently.) I’ve joked that in the past, I spent all my money [...]
Your Vote Counts
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011A friend had a suggestion, and I think it’s both brilliant and ridiculous, so I thought I’d put it out to you, dear Tiny Choosers, to see what your vote is: instead of walking your dog outside in the mornings, put him on a treadmill and capture the energy to power your home.
Recyclable Ziplocs?
Monday, April 11th, 2011A couple of months ago I found an article about Ziploc bags, and how they will be recyclable – perhaps even to be collected at a local store near you! They’ve partnered with RecycleBank, which is an interesting points-based program wherein you buy specially marked boxes of a product, pledge to recycle the packaging, and [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Watch the Fishing Line!
Saturday, April 9th, 2011If you’re a fisher, or if you know someone who is, take a little time and revisit your fishing line choices. Monofilament fishing line (the regular stuff everyone uses) is an environmental problem that many people don’t think about. It’s made from plastic, is difficult to recycle, and can easily get away from you and [...]
Help Karina be Greenest New Yorker!
Friday, April 8th, 2011Guess what, Tiny Choosers? Karina is a semi-finalist in the I Love NY “Greenest New Yorker” Contest! Go check it out! The Greenest New Yorker is someone who is dedicated to living a sustainable lifestyle and who is passionate about spreading the green word. He/she is a natural ambassador who will carry the title with [...]
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