Archive for January, 2010
« Previous EntriesEasy Peasy Tip: Replace
Saturday, January 30th, 2010You know, for all the talk we do around here about the 4 R’s (Repurpose, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), sometimes it’s just plain time for the 5th R: Replace. If you get to this stage, we know you’ve already thought about ways to fix up what you’ve got or pondered on how to make it workable- [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Rebecca!
Friday, January 29th, 2010Vital statistics (name, age, location)? Rebecca, 23, Monterey, CA How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? Are your housing decisions dictated by choice or necessity? Please explain. We live in military housing - a 3bd 1.5ba duplex that is just about the right size for us. We’d prefer a fenced yard so we could [...]
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 [...]
Measuring what you Conserve
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Around my house these days, we’re talking near-term attic insulation and taking full advantage of the tax credits that expire this year by installing a new furnace and hot water heater in the fall. So sure, I did move in just under a year ago - but we were so busy, you know, really seriously [...]
Car-Free By Choices
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010I read today- and it’s killing me, but I can’t remember where I read this- that, by being a New Yorker who chooses to live without owning a car, I avoid spending about $13,000 per year on the vehicle. That approximate figure included car maintainance, gas, tolls, and other standard car-related fees. What that figure [...]
Cooking at Home: Pasta!
Monday, January 25th, 2010We had a dinner party this weekend, and I kind of went crazy with the menu. To start with, I decided we would make Fresh! Homemade! Pasta! As if we didn’t have to make side dishes, clean the whole house, or be gracious hosts as our guests arrived. But fresh pasta is so yummy, and [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Keep Perspective
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010It’s so easy to get overwhelmed by the negative environmental stories we hear, that sometimes we can forget how ok other things really are. So while we don’t advocate glossing over the bad stuff, we most certainly do advocate keeping a positive and lighthearted perspective. It’s not all doom and gloom out there- so take [...]
Friday Content - We Need Your Help!
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Hey Tiny Choosers! We’d like to take this soapbox platform we’ve got here to ask for a little help for our Friday content. We would really like to have a more interactive feature on Fridays - Mondays through Thursdays are, in general Karina and Jenn mouthing off about whatever they feel most excited about in [...]
DIY Hot Pockets
Thursday, January 21st, 2010As I’m constantly searching for ways to make it realistic for me to cook more meals at home, and bring more meals for my lunch at work, I LOLd when I read about homemade DIY hotpockets! But of course! This is a foodstuff I’d not yet considered… I lived on Hotpockets when I was in [...]
Green Disputes in Relationships
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Did you all see the NYTimes article last week titled “Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes?” It was a little worrysome. Apparently, environmentalism is upsetting relationships! Yikes! While no study has documented how frequent these clashes have become, therapists agree that the green issue can quickly become poisonous because it is so morally charged. Friends [...]
Bike Lane Upgrades
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010The weather has been wonderfully mild here in NYC these past few days, and while I know we’re still smack-dab in the middle of winter, it’s nice to have a breather from the bitter winter temps we’d been experiencing. It was cold, yo! And lately, my thoughts have been turning back to bike riding. You [...]
Performance “Technical” Clothing
Monday, January 18th, 2010Lately I’ve been looking at performance “tech” clothing. Y’all know my love for icebreaker wool clothing - I love it! and I’ve got pants and leggings and underpants and sweaters and a throat warmer. But I’ve been talking to my partner a lot lately about winter hiking, and possibly winter camping, and it turns out that there’s a [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Wash your Reusable Bags!
Saturday, January 16th, 2010We all know that carrying around a reusable bag is one of the easiest ways to avoid unnecessary waste - but are you washing yours frequently enough? From Lifehacker: It goes without saying that fresh meat products should be wrapped separately in plastic bags for the trip home from the market, but that doesn’t mean [...]
Friday Do-Gooder: Remember Haiti
Friday, January 15th, 2010Haiti has long been beleaguered with issues of poverty, lack of clean drinking water, and horrible erosion and deforestation. If you have the resources please remember them this week in their time of need after the catastrophic earthquake (and so many related aftershocks) they’ve suffered. Some good places to start on-line: The American Red Cross: [...]
Rekn.it It!
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Rekn.it is the coolest and sweetest and cutest thing ever, begun by graphic designer Haik Avanian. It works like this: you print a shipping label from his website, and send Haik an old wool sweater. Then his mom transforms it into a new and useful object- this month, it’s scarves- and ships it on back [...]
Electric Cars
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010This week is the car show in Detroit, and have you heard about Electric Avenue? This year there are a whole bunch of electric cars out there in the works and in concept, and it’s really exciting! I’ve mentioned before my long-range car plan - I have a long long long commute, and my 4 [...]
Datebook 2010
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Following in my Tiny Choices tradition of reporting on my datebook choice for the new year (I know ya’ll have been waiting on the edges of your seats), I hereby present my easily-made decision: I bought a new version of the same datebook I chose last year! Why do I love it so much? It’s [...]
More Potty Talk: Generating Energy!
Monday, January 11th, 2010We have talked a good bit about toilets here at Tiny Choices - just do a search (over in our sidebar) for toilet and you’ll see. We even talk about why we talk about this stuff so much! So of course I knew I had to share with you these mini-turbine concepts that will generate [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Pick up a Vintage Calendar!
Saturday, January 9th, 2010It’s the new year, and time to think about new ways to keep track of our earthly hours and responsibilities. When you’re out thrifting or even strolling the discount aisle, consider this: Even though last year’s calendar won’t work for THIS year, thanks to the days and months rotating through each calendar year, you use [...]
Favorite Green Places: Transcendentist
Friday, January 8th, 2010Today’s Favorite Green Places contribution was submitted by friend-of-Tiny Choices Beth Terry (aka Fake Plastic Fish): —————- Believe it or not, one of my favorite green places is my dentist’s office: Transcendentist, the dental practice of Dr. Fred Pockrass in Berkeley, CA. It’s not just a dental office; it’s a spa. From the moment you [...]
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