Here's today's challenge:
Dry your clothes on a clothes line instead of in an electric drier. Electric driers use up to 10% of residential electricity in the United States. The average household can save more than $100 a year by forgoing the electric clothes dryer and using a clothesline. A recent study by Cambridge University's Institute of Manufacturing found that 60% of the energy associated with a piece of clothing is spent in washing and drying it. Over its lifetime, a T- shirt can send up to 9 lbs. of carbon dioxide into the air. Read more. (If you must use a dryer, consider installing a diverter valve to the vent so that during winter, the hot air exhaust can be used to help heat and humidify the house)
Until tomorrow ...
WE'RE CHANGING THE WORLD ... ONE CHALLENGE AT A TIME!
And there is nothing like sheets line dried. The scent is amazing!
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Julie
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ReplyDeletePS I have been using locally made wool dryer balls in my dryer. No fabric softner necessary and they add loft, thus reducing the time the dryer has to run. I LOVE THEM!
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ReplyDeletea friend said, everyday is children's day, everyday is men's day. BUT everyday is a women's working day.