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Thursday, March 11th, 2010I was making myself a cup of SleepyTime tea the other night, when this statistic printed on the box caught my eye:
“Because these natural fiber tea bags don’t need strings, tags, staples or individual wrappers, we’re able to save more than 3.5 million pounds of waste from entering landfills every year”
That’s an impressive number of […]
Compostable Cutlery
Thursday, March 4th, 2010I’ve wanted to love “compostable cutlery,” I really have. Every time I see slightly differently-textured disposable cutlery at a to-go shop, it’s exciting for the first few moments… until my doubts kick in. Does this stuff really compost? If so, will it compost in a home compost pile, or does it require an industrial composting […]
Green-Lympics
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Hey, y’all, it’s Olympics time! Now, I have to confess that I, ahem, haven’t been watching the Olympics. And that’s kind of a bummer, because 1. I love Canada, and I’m excited they are hosting, and 2. I really love the Olympics. They’re fun, I love the back-stories, I love the athleticism, I love seeing people […]
Construction Materials Reuse
Thursday, February 18th, 2010As I sit here contemplating the baggy pants on the American half-pipe snowboarding crew, I’m also so excited to write this post and tell you about the coolest construction project I’ve heard about in ages: building a new house while reusing all the materials from the old house. I mean, all the materials: 100% of […]
Easy Peasy Tip: Buy Smaller Amounts
Saturday, February 13th, 2010When food shopping, if you limit your purchase amounts to only what you’ll need in the near future, there will be less chance of food spoilage and resulting waste. If you only buy the number of tomatoes you’ll need in the next few days, or a small carton of milk, then less of your food […]
Truly Impressive Electronics Recycling Program!
Thursday, February 11th, 2010So apparently Best Buy has a fantastic e-waste recycling program– did you know? I didn’t!
From their site: “We’ll take just about anything electronic, including TVs, DVD players, computer monitors, cell phones and more. You can bring in up to two items a day, per household, and most things are absolutely free. However, there is a […]
Water Bottles & Profitability
Thursday, January 28th, 2010I was walking past a colleague’s desk today when I noticed a pretty blue Klean Kanteen water bottle
on her desk. Of couse I was psyched! and I complimented her on it. She laughed and was happy I’d noticed– not surprisingly, we’d talked previously about bottled water and water bottles and reusable bottles and all of […]
Plastic Take-Out Containers
Thursday, December 31st, 2009I’ve been feeling a lot of guilt lately about the massive amount of take-out containers I seem to accumulate in my home. Ya’ll know about my issues with cooking (though I do have the best of intentions), so it’s no surprise that I eat out and bring-home a lot of prepared foods. Some of these […]
Recycling Packing Materials
Monday, December 28th, 2009Post-consumptive-holidays we often have a lot of packing to recycle - this year at our house we were excited to find out that we only had a paper bag full of wrapping paper, and another box of smashed boxes to drop off at the recycling center. My partner asked if I wanted to take a […]
The Cup Conundrum
Thursday, December 24th, 2009By know, ya’ll know how much we love talking about reusable beverage containers here at Team TC. Honestly, what self-identified greenie doesn’t harbor a secret passion for discussing the nuanced benefits vs. drawbacks of each type of drinking vessel? Or is that just us?
So, here’s the Cup Post of the Day: Today I was […]
All-Star Interviews: Toby from TheBetaCup.com
Friday, December 11th, 2009Karina posted about TheBetaCup.com earlier, and Toby agreed to answer a few questions for us for more background!
How did you get the idea for betacup? It’s a fairly dramatic turn from standard reusable cup pushing, can you elaborate a little more on its conception?
In early 2009, I was chatting with a close friend about […]
Review and Giveaway! Citizenpip Lunch Kits!
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009We were contacted by Christina of Citizenpip with a kind offer to provide a lunch kit for review, and to provide a second one for giveaway! Thanks Christina!
So first let me get to the review - this lunch set is SO CUTE. like, really seriously cute. I love it. (Full disclaimer: I think about packing […]
Review: O’Bon Paper and Pencils
Monday, December 7th, 2009I first read about O’Bon paper and pencils over at The Greenists, and I was excited to request some materials to do my own review. First, O’Bon was exceedingly generous - they sent a notebook of exactly the right size I use every day to keep notes at my day job, a box of pencils, […]
Betacup for a Better Cup
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Reusable cups are something that we talk about a lot at Tiny Choices, probably because it’s one of the best examples of a personal Tiny Choice that we can implement to make a difference. (Like, a lot. A whole lot. lots and lots and lots and lots.) The issue of disposable cups can be a […]
The Big Pacific Plastic Patch
Monday, November 30th, 2009If you’ve been reading Tiny Choices for a fair amount of time, you may have noticed that Jenn and I have different reasons for doing the same stuff. Reducing plastics in our lives is one of those issues - we have different reasons for wanting to reduce the amount of plastic that moves through our […]
Don’t Miss It!
Friday, November 13th, 2009Here’s a couple of news items for your Friday perusal!
The Greenists report that Home Depot has got a great incentive to recycle your traditional incandescent holiday light strands and replace them with LED strands. Apparently (to quote The Greenists) “From now through Sunday, if you take up to five new or used strands of incandescent […]
Fancy Eco-Wrapping
Monday, November 9th, 2009It’s still pretty early for this discussion, but with all things green, if you want to tread lightly during the holiday season you need to start a little earlier than you would otherwise.
So - how about getting started by collecting the materials you’ll need for gorgeous eco-friendly packaging of your gorgeous gifts? After all, we […]
My New Flame: A Vintage Zippo Lighter
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Ya’ll are the first to share in my excitement: I just won a vintage Zippo lighter on eBay!
It’s kind of a funny thing for me to be excited about, seeing as how I don’t smoke…
But I do have things in my home which occasionally need to be lit: candles, incense, the stovetop when the pilot […]
Reusable Cup Cozies
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009I visited friends in Philly this past weekend, and we went out for breakfast on Sunday morning at a B2, a cute little neighborhood coffeeshop. I really appreciated that they offer vegan versions of most items on their menu– smoothies can be had with soy yogurt, bagels can be eaten with tofu cream cheese, and […]
Choosing Box Wine
Monday, October 19th, 2009Lately, and I admit to feeling funny about writing this post - but lately, I’ve been choosing box wine. OK, so it’s a silly thing to say! but you know, it turns out there are kind of significant environmental benefits. As much as I love wandering around the wine store choosing bottles based purely on […]
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