Archive for July, 2009
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Friday, July 31st, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Hayley Lau, 23. From Melbourne, Australia. http://heidiandseek.etsy.com http://heidiandseek.blogspot.com How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? I live in a first floor unit with my partner and little girl. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Well, we chose the area because it’s [...]
Bike Mishaps and Pee
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Betcha’ve never seen those words in a single headline before… we’re nothing if not original over here at TC HQ. Let’s start at the beginning: Bike Mishaps; or, Jenn Got Doored: v. to crash into and/or over a driver’s side door(of a vehicle) while riding your bike. A painful biking experience where two conflicting world-views [...]
Smart Smart Critters!
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009There’s been a few stories out there lately that have reminded me of how smart and adaptable animals are - including the human animal! but these are some of my favorite. They may not exactly fit into the Tiny Choosin’ subject matter that Jenn and I usually talk about, but I find them to be [...]
Greening Golf; or, Justin Timberlake Saves the World
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Over beers recently, an acquaintance told me about his love of golf. This subject was on my mind lately, as another friend has recently taken up the game and found, to her delight, that she’s a natural ace. Both of these folks expressed that one of the things they really enjoy is being outside in [...]
Summer Swimming Pool Blahs
Monday, July 27th, 2009It’s about mid-summer here in the northeast USA, though after our extremely rainy June it sounds like the summer has just started. And for our friends in the southern hemisphere, it is probably about time to start thinking about summer. I was at a lovely party this weekend with a swimming pool, and I remembered [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, July 26th, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina finds that others are on the environmental ice cream wagon! Tuesday: Jenn shares the joy of dumpster diving for fun and profit! Wednesday: Karina remarks on the need for better ways to tourist [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Tip: Reuse old gift cards!
Saturday, July 25th, 2009Today’s Easy Peasy Tip comes from Tiny Choices reader Janice: Reuse old gift cards, membership cards, etc by using them as scrapers for gunky messes when cleaning. I use them washing dishes, or if something is really stuck on my floor when mopping. Today, it was the only way to get that mysterious sticky substance [...]
Tiny Choices Survey… ?
Friday, July 24th, 2009Tiny Choosers! We are out of surveys! So in the spirit of waiting for more surveys to be sent in (hey, how about sending one in? or ask a friend to do it?), and/or a big Tiny Choices powwow to decide what else to fill our Fridays with, how about we enjoy the four [...]
Replacement Parts, Redux!
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009I’ve raved before about a bicycle-accessories company (Planet Bike) which provides not only excellent customer service, but replacement parts for the gear they sell. This kind of policy is so super, and so super-green, because it enables one to keep on using the items they’ve already purchased even if a screw is lost or a [...]
Touristing without a Car
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009On my way home from work last night I heard on the local public radio station WAMC a story about Ulster County NY, and how they’re trying to get more tourists up from NYC to spend time in the lovely eastern Catskills and mid-Hudson valley. They’re going to ditch the traditional printed advertisements that blanket [...]
Dumpster Diving
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Back in the day (that would be around 1995 or so), I travelled around the States for about a year and a half, and met lots of folks who were dumpster divers. As Wikipedia explains, “Dumpster diving is the practice of sifting through commercial or residential trash to find items that have been discarded by [...]
Environmental Ice Cream - Redux!
Monday, July 20th, 2009Y’all, guess what. This weekend I went for ice cream and it appears that the ice cream Tiny Choices we’ve espoused since the very beginning are catching on! To wit: waaaay back in 2007 we noted that the most environmental way to eat ice cream is in a cone, not a cup. We’ve been enjoying [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, July 19th, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience!Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina tells us about anti-water bottle activity in Venice, Italy! Tuesday: Jenn rants about the U.S. switch to digital TV broadcasting and its associated e-waste. Wednesday: Karina ponders various options for packing lunch. Thursday: Jenn [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Learn to love CABBAGE!
Saturday, July 18th, 2009Perhaps you’re familiar with cabbage. Perhaps you want to love it, but you just can’t find the right kind of recipe which will make you love cabbage. Perhaps, actually, you find yourself in the position of receiving exactly one whole cabbage every week in your CSA share each week, but only finding recipes that use [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Holly!
Friday, July 17th, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Holly Cottingham, 20, Brisbane Australia, www.hjimagery.com How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? In a house near the city with my boyfriend Justin and 5 other friends. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. A little bit of both really. It was [...]
Winner: “The Mom’s Guide to Growing Your Family Green”
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Thanks for everyone who entered our book giveaway- the winner is Jason! Congratulations!
DIY All-Purpose Cleaner?
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Team Tiny Choices is a big fan of DIY cleaning solutions: I scrub my tub with straight-up baking soda, and I clean my windows with vinegar + water + a dash of dish soap. Karina’s made DIY dishwashing soap. And we also advocate elbow grease, DIY dish scrubbies, soap + water, natural drain cleaning, and [...]
Packing Lunches
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Now that we’re deep into CSA season at Casa Karina, I have been struggling to make sure that my lunch is packed every single day. It’s an important step in making sure that we stay on top of our CSA share! In order to pack a waste-free lunch, I generally pack my lunch in a [...]
American TV Goes Digital: Cue The E-Waste
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009As ya’ll probably know, TV broadcasting in the U.S. recently switched to digital technology. This went largely unnoticed for cable subscribers, but for anyone who doesn’t pay for that service it meant that all stations went dark unless one of three things happened: Start paying for cable Upgrade (most likely perfectly fine) TV to a [...]
Venice Bags the Bottle
Monday, July 13th, 2009I recently came across this month-old NYTimes article about the beautiful and watery city of Venice Italy - it has a great hook: In this hot and noble city, discarded water bottles float by gondolas on the edges of the canals and spill out of trash cans on the majestic Piazza San Marco. Because Venice [...]
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