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The Clothesline
Irene
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Let's All Hang Out
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Our Mission
Project Laundry List
uses words, images, and advocacy to educate people about how
simple lifestyle modifications, including air-drying one’s
clothes, reduce our dependence on environmentally and culturally
costly energy sources.
Executive Director
Alexander Lee
Board of Advisors
Helen Caldicott, M.D.
Sabra Field
Barbara James
Sen. Richard McCormack
Bill McKibben
David T. Suzuki, Ph.D.
Board of Directors
Bryan Wentzell, Chair
Tom Osmer,
Vice-Chair
James Thaxton, Secretary
Roger Tilton,
Treasurer
Alisa Barnard
Warren McCarthy
Evan Mulholland
David Shulock
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REQUIRED READING
The Property Cops
AlterNet (April 26, 2007).
The Power of Voluntary Actions Grist (Sept. 11, 2007).
Altar Call for True Believer
Orion (Sept./Oct. 2007)
California
Feuding
New York Times (Apr.
8, 2008)
CLOTHES CLIPS
Clothesline Rule Creates Flap
in The Boston Globe (March 13, 2008).
Drawing a Line on Outdoor Clothes Drying in the New York Times (Dec. 2, 2007).
Ontario hangs it up to dry, or not
in the Brock Press (November 30, 2007).
Seeking options to more nuke, coal plants in
Nashua Telegraph (Nov. 28, 2007).
The Right to Dry in Time
magazine (November 21, 2007).
New Hampshire Man Fights for Clothesline
Rights on NPR (November 13, 2007).
Clothesline: Solar Device or Eyesore? on
NHPR (Nov. 1, 2007).
Old clothesline is still hanging tough
in The Denver Post (Oct. 28, 2007).
USA: Schmutzige Wäsche,
Weltspiegel
(Oct. 7, 2007).
Bend clothesline clash claims global
attention on KTVZ (Sept. 25, 2007).
ENERGY-CANADA:
Wind vs. Water in Giant Dam Dispute on
Inter Press Service (Sept. 19, 2007).
The Right to Dry in the Wall Street Journal
(Sept. 18, 2007).
Rupert dam foes
dial up pressure on Hydro in The Gazette (Sept. 15, 2007)
Going 'Green' Isn't Always Pretty
on NPR (Sept. 13, 2007).
Unsustainable
Vanity in
Utne Reader (Aug. 30, 2007).
As an energy-saver, the clothesline makes a comeback in Christian Science Monitor
(August 24, 2007).
One Small Step: The Answer, My
Friend in Sierra
(Sept./Oct. 2007).
Hang It Up in Boston Globe
(June 17, 2007).
Don't Get Hung Up on
Restrictions, Know Before You Buy in Realty Times (May 28, 2007).
Ont. town mayor adds wrinkle to clothesline
debate
on CBC Toronto (May 25, 2007).
5 Questions About Air Drying
in the Concord Monitor (April 27, 2002).
Daryl Hannah: Where Do Your Eco-Jeans Come From? on ecorazzi.com (April 26, 2007).
In warming world, time to reconsider the
clothesline
in the Christian Science Monitor (April 26, 2007).
Right-to-dry
activists want to air their laundry in public in the Portland Oregonian (April 21, 2007).
Also distributed by the
Newhouse News Service and
reprinted in the
Seattle Times.
It's National Hanging Out Day
in the Truro Daily News (April 19, 2007).
Hanging Clothes 101 with
Martha Stewart (April 17, 2007).
To Fight Global Warming, Some Hang a
Clothesline by Kathleen A. Hughes in The New
York Times (Apr. 11, 2007) Also ran in the
San Francisco Chronicle; the
Ventura County Star;
Taipei Times (Taiwan);
Canada Free Press; and
Roanoke Times.
Dusty Horwitt,
The Right to Dry in Legal Affairs (Jan|Feb 2004)
"Washed Up" by
Kaitlin Gregg from
The Daily Grist (Dec. 5, 2002).
MORE NEWS....
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Laundry
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by Alexander Lee
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TOP REASONS TO HANG OUT YOUR
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Electric dryers use five to ten percent
of residential electricity in the United States!
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 Save money (more than $100/year
on electric bill for most
households).FN1
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Conserve energy and the environment.FN2
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Clothes and sheets smell better.FN3
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Clothes last longer. Where do you think lint
comes from?FN4
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It is physical activity
which you can do in or outside.FN5
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Sunlight bleaches and
disinfects
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Indoor racks can humidify
in dry winter weather
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Clothes dryer fires
account for about 15,600 structure fires, 15 deaths,
and 400 injuries annually. The yearly national fire
loss for clothes dryer fires in structures is
estimated at $99 million.FN6
"My
#1 reason for hanging clothes: time management.
When I dry clothes in the dryer (which I must do in
Illinois in the winter) I need to be there when the
dryer stops or everything comes out wrinkled, so I
can't walk away except for short periods. When
I line dry, I can walk away - go shopping, have fun,
garden, whatever - and the clothes will be fine no
matter how long they hang on the line after they're
dry."
-Marti Jernberg, Elgin, IL |
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FEATURED ARTISTS |
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Featured Image
If you purchase a 14" X 11" print of
this image at $90, the artist will donate $50 per
print to Project Laundry List.
If you are
interested in this offer, please write to
info@laundrylist.org. The buyer is responsible for
shipping & handling costs. This image is showing until
December 30.
FOR SALE
Laundered Hands
by Annalisa Parent
(Black & White Photograph, 2005)
Images © 2005 Parent Studios
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Carol Hinrichsen
Burlington, VT
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Illustrating the beauty and utility
of clotheslines is part of our mission.
These artists have generously allowed
us to show their work here.
You can see more of their work by
visiting the
Art Section of our website.
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Our Gallery...) |
Gretchen Markle
Victoria, BC
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Welcome! Many people visit our
website looking for products, like clothespins and green
laundry detergent. There is a lot on the market and
we have tried to make it easy for you to find things
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RIGHT TO
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STOP THE BAN! |
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Are you tired of not being able to hang out your clothes?
Are you or your neighbors prohibited from using the
clothesline? Would you like to save money and energy by
using a "solar dryer"?
"Right to
Dry" Legislative Initiatives
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"A strange brand of
American
prudery has made it impossible for some people to conserve
energy and money by using a clothesline."
-Helen
Caldicott, M.D.
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Clotheslines are banned or restricted by nearly all of California's
35,000 homeowners' associations. If you found this page,
you are perhaps a victim of such lunacy yourself.
Project Laundry List is committed
to putting an end to these rules and restrictions, because
line drying is good for your clothes and the environment.
What is more, whether you own or rent, you should have the
basic freedom to hang out!
NHOD Proclamation
from the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2004)
Community
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