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slate's green challenge, week 4

I thought this was week 3, but actually it was week 4! I must have missed a week while I was away.

In any case, this week they talk about saving energy with your clothes. The article talks about buying organic clothes and alternative fibers like flax and hemp, but the quiz is short and we're already doing almost everything on it -- give old clothes to Goodwill, buy used/vintage clothes, use an energy efficient washing machine, run the dryer on low heat. The only thing they suggest that we aren't doing is to use a clothesline instead of a dryer, and I'm not willing to do that. For one thing, line dried clothes always feel stiff and uncomfortable. For another, the clothesline that came with our house has become a hangout spot for birds, and I bet our clothes would end up with bird poop embellishments.

Now I guess I should go back and do the week I missed.

2 Comments

raynor said:

I started doing this quiz to copy you, but I've given up since they keep suggesting things I either already do or refuse to do (financially not feasible , usually). In the food quiz, they didn't have a clear choice for people who are already mostly vegetarian-- Do I pick "eliminate all beef" or "not change consumption" if I'm already not eating any beef?

Sarah said:

If I would you I'd check "eliminate all beef." On the week 4 challenge I said that I would promise to buy an energy efficient washing machine, because I already did.

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