Archive for September, 2009
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009I’ve reached a point with my trusty old travel mug where I may have used it up! The mug is a favorite of Team Tiny Choices - the Oxo Good Grips LiquiSeal Travel Mug which boasts a triple-gasket sealing system so when you click a button, it won’t leak. At all! toss it in your [...]
Trash Trails
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009I think this is the coolest research project ever: MIT researchers tagged trash from all over the country with electronic chips, to keep map where it goes after it’s picked for disposal. So, non-recyclable trash- we expect it to just end up in a landfill somewhere, end of story. And of course, we recycle as [...]
CFLs or LEDs?
Monday, September 28th, 2009I am admittedly very fascinated by the light bulb options out there. Partly it’s because I feel so invested! I was an early adopter of CFLs and even though the technology has improved like gangbusters since they were first introduced I am constantly reassuring people that no, they don’t flicker, yes, they are easy on [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Sort your Wardrobe!
Saturday, September 26th, 2009No matter what part of the globe you populate, the seasons are changing right about now. Team Tiny Choices is based in the northern hemisphere and it’s rapidly moving from summer to fall as they type! As you pack away your teeny tiny outfits and bring out the bulky sweaters (or vice versa!), take a [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Gabriel!
Friday, September 25th, 2009Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Gabriel Loh, 33, Seattle and Atlanta How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? House. My only roommates are the family! Sue and Violet. Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. Choice… not sure what you want explained. I can choose where to [...]
DIY Body Care
Thursday, September 24th, 2009I love this gallery of DIY beauty solutions over at Planet Green! It lists out lots of formulas I’d never heard of before, including one for dry shampoo (saves water & plastic waste), homemade shaving cream (note to self: great holiday gift), and beet lip gloss (though I assume this has a pretty short shelf [...]
DIY Hand Sanitizer
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Believe it or not, I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about hand sanitizer. To begin with, I work in an office with a bunch of people who are pretty careful about germs. In my last office, there were bottles of hand sanitizer everywhere! And this year not only do we have [...]
Cord Management Issues, Solved
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009You may remember my previous post on a really neat DIY solution to the messy cable & cord issues most of us modern-day connected folks face. Well, I implemented it with a slight modification- the addition of some leftover scraps of pretty paper to the inside- and I’m thrilled with the results! Before: After: This [...]
More Amazing NYC Bikingness!
Monday, September 21st, 2009Because of Team Tiny Choices proximity to the Big Apple (and because of Jenn’s participation in bike commuting there), we feel a little invested in it’s successes and failures. And here are a couple of successes that I really thought were interesting! For one, NYC this year has been issuing (and reissuing) bike maps of [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Healthycize!
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Sometimes we get into routines in our lives, and function on autopilot. Take some time to think about some of your patterns and you’ll find easy ways to healthy up your life: Change a few ingredients, and many recipes can become vegetarian or vegan. Even if you’re not a dedicated member of either of those [...]
L’Shana Tova! (or: Happy New Year!)
Friday, September 18th, 2009Half of Team Tiny Choices was raised Jewish, and thus we’re half-celebrating the New Year this weekend! Well, we’re full-on celebrating it really, the way we do best: by eating lots and lots of food. For the past few holidays I’ve brought the vegetarian “chopped liver”… but this year, what with my veganish way of [...]
Recycled Paper Poll
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Because we’re curious: <br /> <a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2001670/”>Do you use recycled-content paper goods in your home?</a><span style=”font-size:9px;”>(<a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com”>surveys</a>)</span><br />
Toxic Water
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009This weekend I read a truly horrible article about toxic water in the NYTimes. The thing that was truly horrible about it? that the water they’re talking about is here, in the U.S. To summarize the article, when things were really bad in the 1970s, the Clean Water Act was passed. And this gave the [...]
Going Gray Is A Green Choice
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Sometimes it’s gray, sometimes it’s white, sometimes it’s silver- but no matter what you call it, if it’s happening on your head you’ll definitely notice it. Reading my friend Holly’s post on the subject of gray hair made me realize I’ve never written about the subject- and as you can tell from the photo to [...]
Reusable Earplugs
Monday, September 14th, 2009I’ve mentioned before that I am a motorcycle enthusiast, and as such, I have been riding around quite a lot this summer. I’ve put on between 3,000 and 4,000 miles since I got my license in May! And as I mentioned before, I am a huge safety kid - I wear a full face helmet [...]
Tiny Choices Weekly Roundup!
Sunday, September 13th, 2009Wherein we summarize all the fun and information from the previous week for your convenience! Last week on Tiny Choices: Monday: Karina asks for advice on soap to stop the streaking in her dishwasher. Tuesday: Jenn asks if we’re ticked about Sigg’s BPA announcement. Wednesday: Karina’s having a cantastic jamnanza! Thursday: Jenn talks about eco-burials, [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Plan Your Holiday Gifts!
Saturday, September 12th, 2009We know, it seems so incredibly early in the season - but this is the perfect time to start to plan your holiday gifting! Consider the benefits of handmade gifts - either those you make yourself or purchase from a crafter. This article about supporting small crafters from The Small Object is a great read! [...]
Tiny Choices Survey (Updated!): Karina Tipton
Friday, September 11th, 2009[[This week Karina chose to revise her survey, because in the last two years she's made a couple of major lifestyle changes. If you've already submitted a survey but have changed your life or just your mind, please feel free to send us an update! Let us know it's an update so we can link [...]
Eco-Burials
Thursday, September 10th, 2009I’ve been skirting this post for a while now, wondering if it’s too morbid a topic… but, it’s certain we’ll all have to think about this eventually so perhaps I’m doing a public service! Or, maybe it’s just morbid… Once we kick the bucket, citizens of this fine country are most likely to be buried [...]
It’s a Cantastic Jamnanza!
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009I’ve been canning and preserving up a storm around here. Our CSA this year (which is a new-to-me farmer) is amazing, and the full share is easily 2x larger than the full shares I have been used to getting. As a result, there is a LOT of food to worry about. So I’ve been canning [...]
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