Archive for January, 2012
Our New Furnace
Monday, January 30th, 2012We have finally gotten a new furnace installed! For the record, this is a photograph of our old furnace. Scary, right? We’ve been meaning to do this for AGES. We were heating our house with fuel oil, which was expensive and dirty, plus, it’s super smelly and actually exactly the same thing as diesel fuel, [...]
Repurpose! Jars Edition!
Friday, January 27th, 2012Let’s take a quick internet tour of some interesting repurpose projects. Maybe y’all will find some weekend project inspiration! We love JARS. glass jars! they’re hefty and heavy, sure, but they are super durable and you can be positive that the jar itself (though perhaps not the cap) is chemical-free. How can we keep showing [...]
New Shower Curtains!
Monday, January 23rd, 2012It’s no secret that for several years I have struggled with unsightly shower curtains. In my last apartment the curtain was in tatters by the time I moved away but I didn’t want to buy a new one! The house I live in now requires two shower curtains - one to protect the unfinished window [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Remake It
Saturday, January 21st, 2012Sometimes by changing something small, we can get a second life out of things we already own: Love the pendant but hate the necklace? Buy new cord and restring it… Love the yarn but hate the sweater? Unravel it, find a pattern you love, and knit up something new… Perfectly good greens and beans but [...]
Repurpose! Pallet edition.
Friday, January 20th, 2012Instead of happy econews, let’s take a quick internet tour of some interesting repurpose projects. Maybe y’all will find some weekend project inspiration! I love wooden pallets. It turns out they’re good for all kinds of things: Hang them vertically for shallow shelving [here and here] Stack them for wide and deep shelving - perfect [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Try a teleconference!
Saturday, January 14th, 2012These days it can be really hard to collaborate with other people. We all live far away we have busy lives, and lordy, what a lot of gas to drive between places. So if you have to go to a meeting, try collaborating with a teleconference! If you ‘ve got a good group of people, [...]
Happy Eco-News Fridays!
Friday, January 13th, 2012Glowing Artichoke Lamps, Made From Recycled Book Pages Can We All Join Grandmother Heidemarie Schwermer in Living Without Money? Recipe: Kale chips Thrifting 101: How to find great furniture Thrifting 101: How to find the best clothes Built on Stilts: Tom Kundig’s Sol Duc Cabin Semi-Veganism is Nonsense (But It’s Still a Good Idea) Weekday [...]
Palisades Park Commission
Monday, January 9th, 2012We’ve been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather with some nice weekend hikes lately - we’ve been finding spots of nature and taking advantage of it wherever we can!. This weekend, we went for a ramble through the Palisades Park - and stumbled upon some ruins called “Millionaires Row” which really piqued our interest. One of [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Make some Soup!
Saturday, January 7th, 2012During the long cold days of winter, there’s nothing better than a bowl of soup. And soup is one of the most perfect foods - better than pickles or cabbage, even! Because it is not only warm and filling, but it can be super affordable to make, and also can use up lots of leftovers [...]
Happy Eco-News Fridays!
Friday, January 6th, 2012Mike Tyson inspires Alan Cumming to go vegan 14 Best DIY Gadget Projects of 2011 This weekend, NYC celebrates the magic of mulching Why you should run outdoors this winter - and how to enjoy it Bike Share Bikes Around the World Real Life Flintstones House Lures Tourists in Portugal DIY Solar Powered Cockroach Toy [...]
Mexican Water Bottle Gourds
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012It’s been awhile since we’ve had a water bottle post here at Tiny Choices, but some of you may remember that we used to write them fairly often- trying to avoid disposable plastic water bottles meant there was some thought going in to which option worked best for our lifestyles. Well, I was recently told [...]
Tractor Trailer Aerodynamics
Monday, January 2nd, 2012I drove to Ohio and back again this weekend with my partner and the little dudes to ring in the New Year at Aunt Kate with my partner’s aunts and uncles - and on the way, cruising on Rt 80, there were a few tractor trailers with lots of modifications. I’ve seen many of them [...]