SAN ANTONIO – If you think hanging the laundry outside to dry sounds like a throwback idea, there are plenty of modern reasons to consider going old-school. Perhaps the biggest reason you might want ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

My mom was an early environmentalist, and she didn't even know it. One of my fondest childhood memories involves my mother and the clothesline that stretched across our back yard. Twice a week, she'd ...

Some residents in the Baltimore region are being hung out to dry as restrictions limit the use of clotheslines. “I think condos and homeowners associations have to think of ways to help save energy in ...

The dryer has been a fundamental part of the American laundry routine for decades, so much so that the appliance has become synonymous with the US around the world. However, it may not be the best way ...

On a cold, windy, winter day in North Dakota, young James Moore watched his mother struggle to get the laundry hung on the clothesline outside of the family home in Devils Lake. Moore later said, “I ...