Project Laundry List, one of our favorite environmental non-profits in New Hampshire, recently held a “A Touch of Color” clothesline competition in Concord. This was the first year of the annual competition and 14 businesses participated, including our Goodwill store in Concord!
The purpose of the competition is to install creative window displays with clotheslines, educating the local community of the many “green” benefits of clothesline drying. We have written about clothesline drying in past blog posts, but here are some more facts we learned:
1. Dryers use 6-10% of total residential energy use.
2. Americans use more energy on drying their laundry than Africans uses on all their consumption needs.
3. Some communities prohibit clotheslines, ostensibly, for aesthetic reasons.
4. Hang drying your laundry is better on your wallet and on the environment
5. For many people, hanging out clothes is a therapeutic activity.
6. There are numerous different sizes and styles of drying rack/lines available for individual needs and accommodations.
7. April 19 is National Hanging Out Day, a day of recognition and celebration for hang drying.
8. Alex Lee, Executive Director of Project Laundry List lives in Concord, NH
We look forward to participating in the competition again next year! Enjoy the pictures below!
That’s cool. I like it, keep it up.
I am waiting for your next post.
What a cool competition! I wish we had something like that down here. We have a few problems with communities banning hanging laundry out. It really is a joke! I have worked my way around this though by using a folding frame line from breeze dryer that I can use around the side of my house, away from the eyes of pesky neighbors. I can just fold it away when I am not using, as well , which is great. It is the perfect solution. Have a look at the different options breeze dryer has here just click it once at here : http://www.breezedryer.com