Green Options » clotheslines http://greenoptions.com/tag/clotheslines Posts tagged 'clotheslines' Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Contest Proves Clotheslines Can be Cool http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/10/16/contest-proves-clotheslines-can-be-cool/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/10/16/contest-proves-clotheslines-can-be-cool/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:49:51 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/10/16/contest-proves-clotheslines-can-be-cool/ BrokenSphere at Wikimedia Commons under a GNU Free Documentation license.)Yes, drying laundry outdoors is becoming acceptable, even desirable, again. So it was only a matter of time before creative green types started looking for something more attractive than a commercially produced metal drying rack or plain old rope clothesline.

That’s why Groton, Massachusetts, resident Katharine Bell came up with the idea for a Clothesline Design Contest. The Groton Grange and Groton Local, a group that promotes sustainable living, ran with it, and the contest ended up 20 entries, including one from Australia.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/10/16/contest-proves-clotheslines-can-be-cool/feed/ Canada Says ‘Yes’ to Clotheslines http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/23/canada-says-yes-to-clotheslines/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/23/canada-says-yes-to-clotheslines/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:07:40 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/23/canada-says-yes-to-clotheslines/ An outdoor clothesline. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)What’s more unsightly: a backyard clothesline or a dangerously warming world driven to the tipping point by greenhouse gas emissions? Ontario officials have decided on their answer, which is why they’ll be banning local bans on outdoor clotheslines this summer.

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