Archive for February, 2009
« Previous EntriesEasy Peasy Tip: It’s CSA Sign-up Time!
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Don’t forget - this is the time of year to find and sign-up for a CSA (community supported agriculture group)! For more information check out our post about it last year. Also, another post from when Karina was prepping like mad to welcome tons of fresh vegetables into her home. These days CSAs fill up [...]
March: Green Moms Carnival
Friday, February 27th, 2009Tiny Choices is proud to be hosting the March edition of the Green Moms Carnival, which we’re a part of by being “Earth Mommas”! The topic for March is: Green Spring Cleaning If you’d like to participate, please send a link to your relevant blog post by March 8th to: jenn AT tinychoices DOT com. [...]
Sustainability Lecture and Meet-up!
Friday, February 27th, 2009Next week come join Jenn and Karina at a lecture held at the Historic Cooper Union in NYC! It’s Free! And afterward, stop by the Grassroots Tavern at 20 Saint Marks Place for an informal meet-up. There will be Tiny Choosers and Cooper Union Alumni as well as other lecture attendees. NEARLY TRAPPED: DESIGN IN [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Lenny!
Friday, February 27th, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? lenny williams • i coordinate green-minded events, 38, NYC http://gardenpartynyc.com/wordpress/ How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? my sweet boyfriend & i share a studio apartment in manhattan. we are also exploring getting a puppy/dog to share our bed with. Are your housing decisions dictated by [...]
Ladybug Ladybug
Thursday, February 26th, 2009[Thanks to Edwin for the link!]
New Blog Alert: Fresh Living
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Wanted to point ya’ll towards a new blog I’m loving- it’s called Fresh Living and it’s written by two dear friends of mine, Holly Lebowitz Rossi and Valerie Reiss. The description: “Fresh Living is a natural health and holistic blog for people like you, who care about what you eat, how you feel, and how [...]
BPA-Free Bottles
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Today’s post comes to us from Ruth Suehle, a TinyChooser and friend who is pregnant with kiddo number 2. We’ve talked about BPA in bottles and Ruth has shared her recent research us! Thanks Ruth! One thing nearly all parents need is a bottle-or a lot of them. Even if you choose to stay at [...]
Winners: Organic Cotton Flannel Hankies!
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Thanks to everyone who entered our flannel hankie giveaway, courtesy of Milkweed Mercantile! Our two lucky winners are: Rachel K. and Brandy Congratulations! [Image by Milkweed Mercantile]
Stump Sprouts
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009I’ve been lucky enough to have a few wonderful wintery weekends lately, and I’d like to tell you about my visit to Stump Sprouts, a family-run cross country ski and retreat center in Northwestern Massachusetts. I carpooled up there with four friends, all of us cozily ensconced in one car. The vibe of the [...]
Swapping out Razors
Monday, February 23rd, 2009I hate to say it, but I’ve reached the end of life of my razor. I have a Gillette Sensor lady’s razor and I dare say I’ve had it since the early 1990s - it’s been with me through high school and college, for sure, and ever since then. It’s served me well, and more [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina breaks down the pros and cons of carbon offsets. Tuesday: Jenn is nuts about soap nuts. Also, enter the Tiny Choices giveaway! The drawing is on Tuesday! Wednesday: Karina is electrified by the [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Sprout!
Saturday, February 21st, 2009Whether you’ve got a backyard or windowsill garden or a black thumb, sprouting is a simple and satisfying way to have a bit of year-round fresh homegrown greenness (and from what I’ve heard, even preschoolers can do it, which gives me a shot at success! -Jenn) All you need is a jar, some cheesecloth, a [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Jennifer!
Friday, February 20th, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? Jennifer Mazzucco, 36, Danbury, CT www.reminders2bepresent.blogspot.com How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? House with Hubby. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Choice/hopes for necessity. We bought a house in suburbia with hopes [...]
I’m Just Sayin…
Thursday, February 19th, 2009I don’t need another canvas totebag, I really don’t. But if I did, I would totally buy this one. Because, well, it’s kind of true. Thanks to Alana for the link! [Image from ModCloth.com]
Standardized Phone Chargers
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Great news, on a subject we’ve all known is an issue without ever really thinking about it: 17 mobile phone companies have agreed to use a standard mini-USB charger for their phones by 2012! This means you’ll no longer end up with a kabillion phone chargers in that bottom drawer, since the one you used [...]
Solar Power to hit NJ - big time?
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009I found out this week about a push by PSE&G (my local power company) to install lots and lots of solar panels all over NJ with the net goal of generating enough electricity to remove 1.7 tons of CO2 or the equivalent of 310,000 cars from the hard NJ streets. This is huge! PSE&G has [...]
Tiny Choices Giveaway: Organic Cotton Flannel Hankies!
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009Hello Tiny Sneezers! We’re happy to announce another giveaway, courtesy of our friend Alline at Milkweed Mercantile: this time, we have two three-packs of ultrasoft organic cotton flannel hankies (all tied up with a compostable & pretty green bow) to send to two lucky winners! These hankies will make you want to have a wee [...]
Nuts About Soap Nuts
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009About two weeks ago I tweeted about soapnuts, asking if anyone had personal experience with using them. Owing to the magical powers of social media, Lisa from LaundryTree.com replied and offered to send me a trial batch of soap nut, which I readily and happily accepted. Soapnuts is the common name for the fruit from [...]
Carbon Offsets
Monday, February 16th, 2009My mom called me the other day and asked me why I hadn’t written a post yet about carbon offsets. Her local food coop has a newsletter, and they posted an article about offsets this month, and it got my mom to wondering and while I realized I’d mentioned offsets in a previous post, we [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina reports on exciting new technology which converts speed bumps into energy generators! Tuesday: Jenn discusses cooking complete meals in her rice cooker; also, a cool new natural recipe search engine. Wednesday: Karina presents [...]
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