Comments on: A Lesson About Greenwashing and Laundry http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/ Carfree advocate. Web publisher. Coffee fan. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Greenwash Alert - The Greenwash Ball « Mythical Green ~ Greenwash Report http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/#comment-629 Greenwash Alert - The Greenwash Ball « Mythical Green ~ Greenwash Report Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:43:38 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/?p=182#comment-629 [...] January 9, 2009 · No Comments Is the Greenwash Ball a detergent saver, or a greenwash hoax? Check out an (unscientific) analyis here. [...] [...] January 9, 2009 · No Comments Is the Greenwash Ball a detergent saver, or a greenwash hoax? Check out an (unscientific) analyis here. [...]

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]]> By: Chriswaterguy http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/#comment-630 Chriswaterguy Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:53:22 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/?p=182#comment-630 Actually, your post got me thinking about how solar hot water could reduce environmental impact more than I'd realized, as it won't need nearly as much detergent as cold water. Of course, warm water is better for more delicate clothes, or colored cotton clothes. Actually, your post got me thinking about how solar hot water could reduce environmental impact more than I'd realized, as it won't need nearly as much detergent as cold water. Of course, warm water is better for more delicate clothes, or colored cotton clothes.

]]> By: Chriswaterguy http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/#comment-619 Chriswaterguy Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:53:00 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/?p=182#comment-619 Actually, your post got me thinking about how solar hot water could reduce environmental impact more than I'd realized, as it won't need nearly as much detergent as cold water. Of course, warm water is better for more delicate clothes, or colored cotton clothes. Actually, your post got me thinking about how solar hot water could reduce environmental impact more than I’d realized, as it won’t need nearly as much detergent as cold water. Of course, warm water is better for more delicate clothes, or colored cotton clothes.

]]> By: Chriswaterguy http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/#comment-627 Chriswaterguy Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:53:22 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/?p=182#comment-627 Actually, your post got me thinking about how solar hot water could reduce environmental impact more than I'd realized, as it won't need nearly as much detergent as cold water. Of course, warm water is better for more delicate clothes, or colored cotton clothes. Actually, your post got me thinking about how solar hot water could reduce environmental impact more than I'd realized, as it won't need nearly as much detergent as cold water. Of course, warm water is better for more delicate clothes, or colored cotton clothes.

]]> By: Chris Baskind http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/#comment-626 Chris Baskind Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:37:56 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/?p=182#comment-626 Hey, the Appropedia write-up looks great. I'm with you: I generally wash on cold. But most people opts for warm, so I ran my informal test with that in mnd. Hey, the Appropedia write-up looks great. I'm with you: I generally wash on cold. But most people opts for warm, so I ran my informal test with that in mnd.

]]> By: Chriswaterguy http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/#comment-618 Chriswaterguy Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:31:00 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/?p=182#comment-618 Impressive review. Green thinking needs to be intelligent, critical thinking. I started a wiki page on Appropedia.org: <a href="http://www.appropedia.org/Washing_and_drying_clothes" rel="nofollow">Washing and drying clothes</a>. That mentions the idea of sometimes using just water. I normally use cold water to wash, and use just enough to get stuff clean without the chemical perfume smell. Of course, if you've got solar hot water, then you can have a warm wash and be green, but then it's a matter of how that suits your clothes - I suspect that many types of clothes will last longer with cold washing, but not 100% sure of that. Impressive review. Green thinking needs to be intelligent, critical thinking.

I started a wiki page on Appropedia.org: Washing and drying clothes. That mentions the idea of sometimes using just water.

I normally use cold water to wash, and use just enough to get stuff clean without the chemical perfume smell. Of course, if you’ve got solar hot water, then you can have a warm wash and be green, but then it’s a matter of how that suits your clothes – I suspect that many types of clothes will last longer with cold washing, but not 100% sure of that.

]]> By: Chriswaterguy http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/#comment-625 Chriswaterguy Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:31:33 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/?p=182#comment-625 Impressive review. Green thinking needs to be intelligent, critical thinking. <br><br>I started a wiki page on Appropedia.org: <a href="http://www.appropedia.org/Washing_and_drying_clothes" rel="nofollow">Washing and drying clothes</a>. That mentions the idea of sometimes using just water. <br><br>I normally use cold water to wash, and use just enough to get stuff clean without the chemical perfume smell. Of course, if you've got solar hot water, then you can have a warm wash and be green, but then it's a matter of how that suits your clothes - I suspect that many types of clothes will last longer with cold washing, but not 100% sure of that. Impressive review. Green thinking needs to be intelligent, critical thinking.

I started a wiki page on Appropedia.org: Washing and drying clothes. That mentions the idea of sometimes using just water.

I normally use cold water to wash, and use just enough to get stuff clean without the chemical perfume smell. Of course, if you've got solar hot water, then you can have a warm wash and be green, but then it's a matter of how that suits your clothes – I suspect that many types of clothes will last longer with cold washing, but not 100% sure of that.

]]> By: Fake Plastic Fish http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/#comment-617 Fake Plastic Fish Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:41:00 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/?p=182#comment-617 Thank you for such a thorough, thoughtful, and skeptical review. So many green bloggers these days just accept whatever marketing companies tell them without question and regurgitate the results on their sites. I really, really appreciated reading this, and it was fun. Kinda like a mystery! Thank you for such a thorough, thoughtful, and skeptical review. So many green bloggers these days just accept whatever marketing companies tell them without question and regurgitate the results on their sites. I really, really appreciated reading this, and it was fun. Kinda like a mystery!

]]> By: Fake Plastic Fish http://chrisbaskind.com/a-lesson-about-greenwashing-and-laundry/#comment-624 Fake Plastic Fish Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:41:03 +0000 http://chrisbaskind.com/?p=182#comment-624 Thank you for such a thorough, thoughtful, and skeptical review. So many green bloggers these days just accept whatever marketing companies tell them without question and regurgitate the results on their sites. I really, really appreciated reading this, and it was fun. Kinda like a mystery! Thank you for such a thorough, thoughtful, and skeptical review. So many green bloggers these days just accept whatever marketing companies tell them without question and regurgitate the results on their sites. I really, really appreciated reading this, and it was fun. Kinda like a mystery!

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