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Seriously, I just got a crank powered clothes washer - the WonderWash. It's basically a big plastic bucket that you put dirty clothes + soap in and it has a handle to turn it. It also has a nozzle on the bottom to make draining it easy. It can wash about 1/3 of a typically load I would wash in a full sized machine washer, without using any electricity.
besides my cellphone case which is colored green I love to think that the best thing i ever had which is green is getting my house flexible solar panels. Living green. Isn't it included here? thanks!
Seriously, I just got a crank powered clothes washer - the WonderWash. It's basically a big plastic bucket that you put dirty clothes + soap in and it has a handle to turn it. It also has a nozzle on the bottom to make draining it easy. It can wash about 1/3 of a typically load I would wash in a full sized machine washer, without using any electricity.
Do you mean this:
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And it actually works? How many pairs of jeans can you do at a time?
This looks really awesome. I had never heard of anything like this - thank you! But I have two boys and a husband that wears big clothes... I think my arm might fall off washing all their clothes in this thing. Oh wait - they can wash their own clothes!! Hmmm.....
Remember that No Impact Man guy - he washed his clothes in the bathtub and hung them up to dry. Hmm... maybe the wonder wash thing isn't so cool, actually.
I was reading something today about solar panels. Some are wondering if they really are as "earth-friendly" as we would like them to be. The article was talking about the materials used, the waste produced in making the panels themselves, the shipping involved, and the fact that many people who install them also cut down trees so that they have less shade/more light. When they chop down the trees, this then makes the homes hotter in the summer (less shade) which requires the use of more energy to cool the homes down. Not to mention... you're chopping down trees. Less trees = less filtering of the air and less soaking up the rain which also means more potential for flooding and less habitat for insects and animals and bats and such. I love the idea of solar power and have been excited about its potential but I wonder if in 20 or 30 years we're going to discover that it comes with its own set of troubles as well?
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What is your favorite green product and how is it green? Thought this would be a fun question. Please answer in 2-3 sentences or less
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Composting and rain water harvesting. I throw out trash once every two week since I started composting and the rain water is perfect for my small pond in the yard and my square foot gardening; it doesn't kill the fish and yields better results than city H2O
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I love to think that the best thing i ever had which is green is getting my house flexible solar panels. Living green. Isn't it included here? thanks!
