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Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina discusses efficient ways to cool, with and without an AC
Tuesday: Jenn continues the trend with Fans vs AC
Wednesday: Karina introduces us to Picken’s Plan for decreased oil consumption.
Thursday: Guest blogger Christine, on […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina reports that Marcal has repackaged and rebranded their recycled-content toilet paper
Tuesday: Jenn talks about some natural drain cleaning options
Wednesday: Karina discusses her love for, and the absurd energy use of, fancy Japanese […]

Update: Tiny Choices Birthday Bash!

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

As mentioned last week, we’re turning Oneteen Years Old. We’re throwing ourselves a birthday party. Ya’ll should come!
But we’re changing the date:
Date: Thursday, July 31st
Location: TBD in NYC
Save the date, and come party!
[Image by Matthew Routley via Creative Commons]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina gushes about the new sustainable waterfall art in NYC.
Tuesday: Jenn flashes on Home Depot’s new CFL recycling program.
Wednesday: Karina munches over the idea of green potato chips.
Thursday: Tiny Choices is having […]

BlogHer: Who’s in?

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Ya’ll might be surprised to learn that Team Tiny Choices does not survive on the revenue from this blog alone (shocking, I know!) As such, to keep myself fed, I work as the Blog Manager for a big ol’ website. And thanks to that job, I’m getting the amazing opportunity to attend the […]

Tiny Choices Turns One, Has Party, You’re Invited!

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Can you believe it’s been nearly a year since we started Tiny Choices? It’s been a fun ride, we’ll tell you what!
Along the way we’ve learned a whole lot about a whole lot of subjects, admitted to our green obsessions and eco-failures, and had amazing interactions with you, the Tiny Choosers who make this place […]

Sustainable Art Waterfalls in NYC

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Have you heard about the waterfalls that just opened in NYC? There are four of them - scaffolding constructed between 90 and 120 feet tall. They’re located at the base of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, on a pier in Brooklyn, and on Governors Island. They will probably come to mean many things to many […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina dishes on her favorite way to enjoy ice cream.
Tuesday: Jenn updates us on NYCs first new bikeshare program!
Wednesday: Karina waxes enthusiastic about thin film solar.
Thursday: Jenn flirts with green dating.
Friday: […]

Tiny Choices Survey: Elaine!

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)?
Elaine Haig-Widner, 37, Mountlake Terrace WA, www.knitbean.com
Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain.
My partner and I live in our own (small) home, purchased in 2002.
How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)?
We wanted to buy a house, but with housing prices in the greater […]

Greening Your Dating

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

If you’re single, green, and looking for a pardner, there are now some ways to make an eco-match easier!
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Our favorite LA green blogger Siel repoprted on Green Speed Dating: “For diehard environmentalists who only date people with low carbon footprints, there’s now Green Speed Dating”:
From the Green Speed Dating Meetup: “Single and interested in […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina educates us on the “Drive Smarter Challange”
Tuesday: Jenn updates us on her natural body care choices
Wednesday: Karina DIYs her dish soap
Thursday: Jenn discusses heading off climate change
Friday: Tiny Choices Survey: […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina is bubbly over her new seltzer maker.
Tuesday: Jenn searches for an eco-friendly face-happy SPF.
Wednesday: Karina proposes a new way to analyze gasoline use: miles per dollar!
Thursday: Jenn is in a sweat […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina preps us for the start of CSA season!
Tuesday: Jenn loves biking in skirts; and a quote from Dr. Seuss
Wednesday: Karina shocks and awes us with the official results from her May […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina remembers how she got started on that whole Environmental Thing, and y’all shared your stories too!
Tuesday: Jenn exposes how litterbugs should be treated!
Wednesday: Karina shakes things up with a new pepper […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina updates us on her May “Driving Slower” Experiment!
Tuesday: Jenn waxes on about the mysteries of dental floss.
Wednesday: Karina weighs the options on how to make her seltzer habit more sustainable.
Thursday: Jenn […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina is excited about Kroger’s design a bag competition!
Tuesday: We recap the April Tiny Challenge and everyone did great!
Wednesday: Karina shares her favorite roadside emergency service - Better World Club. 
Thursday: Special Guest Poster Roz […]

Design a Green Bag Contest

Monday, May 12th, 2008

We don’t have any Kroger’s grocery stores up here in the north, so I didn’t hear about this design-a-bag competition until recently. but have y’all? It is such a clever idea!
This is how it works: you have to register on-line at their webpage, but if you are a Kroger’s shopper and have a Shopper’s […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina has a new experiment, and it’s to try and drive the speed limit for better gas mileage. Also, don’t forget to tell us your April Tiny Challenge story for the wrap-up post!
Tuesday: Jenn […]

Is Vinegar made from petroleum?

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

We talk a lot about using vinegar as a cleaning product - in fact, the entire eco-cleaning and frugal community talk about it a lot, too. But a friend of mine tipped me off to a potential problem with vinegar - turns out that some vinegars may be made from petroleum.
When my friend told me […]

Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!
Last week on Tiny Choices:

Monday: Karina is totally totally excited about a new petition asking Clorox to start a Brita Filter recycling program in the USA. (go sign it!) And! we have a winner for the awesome new book […]

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