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| jenbove |
Posted - Feb 20 2008 : 1:20:17 PM
Your mother probably warned you not to leave the house without clean underwear, but are your whites green enough to pass muster with Mother Nature?
These days "clean and green" applies to more than solar power plants -- it's also how we all should do our laundry.
Take The Sierra Club's simple quiz and they'll sort you into the right pile.
http://www.sierraclub.org/howgreen/laundry/
Jen
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| gardencottage |
Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 10:32:35 PM
I got an 89 and if my washer and dryer weren't 20 years old I would have done better!
Wonder if I tell my hubby about this if he'll get me a new washer and dryer? LOL...
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| Carrie W |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 1:30:12 PM
I got a 92, mostly because we just bought a new washer out of necessity and because I never use the dryer. I wear stuff until it's dirty and have taught the kids the same thing. Clothes last longer that way. I also use only cold water except that white towels get hot water.
Neat little quiz...encourages me to keep looking for ways to change. Bonus is that the electric bill has dropped dramatically since the new washer and not using the dryer. Wow, love that savings!!!
carrie m
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| windypines |
Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 10:43:09 AM
I got a 98 !!! I got 8 out of 10 on how often cloths get washed. I said it depends on what it is. Once my barn clothes can almost stand alone, then they get washed! Ha
Michele |
| Jana |
Posted - Apr 08 2008 : 5:07:37 PM
LOL I'm not even going to take the quiz. I KNOW I'm not that green when it comes to laundry. I live with chronic pain and I don't care who thinks what about how I do my laundry. Pain free is for me.
Jana |
| Farm Girl 2 |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 08:02:33 AM
I have scored a 100- haha I have the new washer thank goodness and I do all the other things right but the only thing that I felt that I did not have a perfect answer for is about line or solar drying ---I very very rarly have to dry something in the dryer only due to bad weather and not enough inside places to hang all the laundry on a particular day.
I am a laundry junkie. I love to do laundry. I make my own laundry soap and I often use a wringer (Opps maybe not so energy efficient huh) Because my big bulldozer man gets sooooooooooo dirty and grimy. I usually have to put them in the wringer to beat his jeans for a long time with lye soap. I would be so happy taking my clothes in a pretty woven basket down to the creek and beating them with a rock and then come back to my garden and draping them over my lavender in the sun to air dry. Now that's just dreaming!!!
Oh happy laundry day Monday,
Becky
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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Apr 06 2008 : 10:13:06 PM
87 out of 100, baby! I haven't gotten a score like that since grade school! Yipee!
"There is a Happy Dale far, far away. . ." -Arsenic and Old Lace |
| marmieto12 |
Posted - Apr 06 2008 : 5:07:42 PM
Your score: 86 out of 100 points.
I like most of you will do better when I can hang outside more.
I manage to hang 2 out of 6 loads a day indoors. Yes I truly wash at least that much..10 kiddos, diapers and some cotton "pull ups" make the washer humming most of the day.
I too believe they should have extra points for the soaps we use!
Laura;Dreaming of big girl farm...
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Mar 28 2008 : 11:42:12 AM
I scored 95 out of 100! Woo Hoo!!! Unfortunately, my clothesrack isn't big enough for all our clothes, so I can't utilize it all the time, and I use cold most of the time, but not for dog towels/bed etc. Cold just doesn't get their stank out ;)
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| kissmekate |
Posted - Mar 28 2008 : 11:34:44 AM
That is a great law, I wish more cities/States would do that kind of stuff!!!!
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
| JenniferJuniper |
Posted - Mar 28 2008 : 07:21:38 AM
I got an 89, which surprised me. Like Brenda I cannot string a clothesline up but do use my 3 wooden drying racks whenever possible.
Since it is very expensive to heat the water, I'll run a cold load but pour in a teakettle of boiling water for cleaning rags and such.
Fun fact: Florida enacted a law outlawing the banning of clotheslines, citing it as an energy conservation effort. You can string your drawers up on a line around your multimillion dollar McMansion and the city/home owners associations can't do squat. We need more laws like that! |
| shepherdwagen |
Posted - Mar 16 2008 : 11:02:11 PM
I got a 77. I bought a used washer, as I could not afford to buy a new one. I don't air dry--yet! I'm on the lookout for a clothesline, or even a wooden clothes dryer.
The wording was a little too tongue in cheek--I would have preferred something a little more straightforward, or at least more choices.
"I've childproofed my house, but they keep getting in." |
| Alee |
Posted - Mar 11 2008 : 08:06:38 AM
Sharon- that is too funny!
Alee
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| sleepless reader |
Posted - Mar 11 2008 : 07:45:59 AM
I got 91 out of the 100. I didn't really care for the wording on some of the questions, like the one about sorting. That one must have been written by my son, who thinks it's OK to wash all his whites and jeans together, then wonders why his socks never look clean....
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
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| Annika |
Posted - Mar 08 2008 : 2:32:07 PM
I got 83 points...go me!
Annika
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| sonflowergurl |
Posted - Mar 08 2008 : 1:57:06 PM
92 out of 100...I'm surprised, I thought for sure mine would be low or something! Not too bad!
Katee
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 10:00:18 AM
I got a 71, which is surprising as we have lived in an apartment for the last 3 years. I can't wait to have a house where I can have a clothesline outside.
I don't dryclean either and I have to have some sturdy, work washable clothing. I do use hot water on my son's stuff from school, since they just had a bought with lice and some sort of funky virus. But that is just one load a week and I put in all my white with his stuff, so I kill two birds...er...bugs...with one stone.
Cheers,
Heather
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| bohemiangel |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 09:42:43 AM
I got a 63 because as with any "test" I interpret wrong haha I put right foot left foot sorting.....I would've been higher.
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| La Patite Ferme |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 10:39:59 PM
This was fun and I scored much higher than I thought I would - 91.
Some of the questions were hard to answer because some of the choices weren't anything I do. Like dry cleaning - haven't used them in years.
But, do need to use my clothes line more especially in the colder months. |
| Rebekka Mae |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 9:23:33 PM
I got an 86 and once hubby makes me my laundry line (or hangs with the kids so I can) this spring I will be doing even better;)
Brenda, I am so glad that I don't have to clean hubby's uniforms (he is a firefighter EMT)-he does his laundry at work and so the germs stay there as much as possible.
Warmly, Rebekka
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Virginia Woolf |
| Alee |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 9:10:05 PM
I also think we should get bonus points for never using hot water if that is an option. Brenda- that must be a bit of a scare to know he is out there handling viruses and such. Your husband is a hero. My dad as a paramedic for 18 years and they give so much of their lives to help others. I respect them so much.
Alee
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 7:53:29 PM
I got 83 out of 100...dang my old washer. Having a new one would have helped my score!
Jenny in Utah
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| Past Blessings |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 7:39:49 PM
I only got a 73. My washer is about 7 or 8 years old, so I don't know about the "star" rating on it and I can't just run out and buy another. The other thing that killed me was that I only "occasionally" air dry things. Clothes Lines are not allowed in our neighborhood (silly covenants) and inside I just don't have the space to spread them out. I do dry some sweaters and dresses by air and in the summer I do put a lot of things out on the deck rails to dry . . . yah, like that doesn't break covenants! LOL! I also have to use hot water on Ron's uniforms. He is a paramedic and sanitation is still something I can not glaze over. When you have someone dealing with a lot of blood and the risks of HIV, etc. it is not something you compromise on. I do make my own detergent and use vinegar as a softener. That should have been included! When it comes to cleaning products, I'm about as green as they come.
Brenda
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| cajungal |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 04:50:09 AM
I can't believe that I got an 89. I thought I was going to do worse. I feel pretty encouraged and will go do some laundry right now!
Blessings
Catherine
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| GaiasRose |
Posted - Feb 20 2008 : 7:19:26 PM
Your score: 92 out of 100 points.
A Clean, Green Machine 80-100 points:
Not only does your laundry sparkle, so does your eco rep. You understand that being green involves lots of little things that add up to big changes.
I think if points are given for making your own laundry powder I just may get 100!! lol!
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| Alee |
Posted - Feb 20 2008 : 4:39:29 PM
That is what thought too, Heather! LOL
Alee
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