世界節(jié)假日博覽 第75期:全國晾衣日

National Hanging Out Day is a day to think about the environment and what you can do to help it. It is on April 19th each year. It’s very simple. On this day, you make sure you hang your clothes out to dry on a clothes line. We can save a lot of money and energy by using the humble clothes line. We waste money and energy by using electric dryers, which also add to global warming. Using a clothes line can actually save the average household several hundred dollars a year. In America, electric clothes dryers account for up to ten per cent of people's electricity bills. The day was created by the Project Laundry List, which joins together with other organizations to educate communities about energy consumption.
全國晾衣日是讓人們關(guān)注環(huán)境，保護(hù)環(huán)境。每年的4月19日為全國晾衣日。活動非常簡單。在這天，晾衣架上要晾滿衣服。使用普通曬衣繩既可以省錢，又可見降低能耗。使用電動干衣機(jī)即費錢又耗能，還讓全球變暖雪上加霜。通過使用曬衣繩，平均每年可以節(jié)省數(shù)百美金。在美國，電動干衣機(jī)的電費占有額達(dá)到了10%。該節(jié)日是由“Project Laundry List”組織創(chuàng)立，并與其它組織合作，在社區(qū)傳播能耗知識。


Laundry List.org has other reasons for you to hang your clothes out to dry. It’s good for you. Standing in the fresh air, feeling the wind on your face and hearing the birds sing is therapeutic. It also makes your clothes smell fresher and last longer. Unfortunately, it’s difficult for some people to do this because some communities ban people from hanging their clothes out. Some people believe it makes the area look bad. To overcome this, many U.S. states have passed legislation that protects your “right to dry”. So April 19 is a celebration of the clothes line. If everyone in the USA swapped their dryer for a clothes line, homes would reduce their CO2 output by 3.3%. A single dryer in a U.S. home uses more energy a year than the average African uses.
“Project Laundry List”網(wǎng)站還列舉了許多晾衣的其它原因。對自身有益。呼吸新鮮空氣，感受風(fēng)吹過臉頰，聆聽鳥兒唱歌，晾衣能夠使人輕松愉快。衣服更加清爽，更耐穿。不幸的是，由于許多社區(qū)禁止這一做法，導(dǎo)致許多人無法在外晾衣。有些人認(rèn)為這么做影響市容。為了解決這一問題，許多美國大州通過法律，保護(hù)“晾衣權(quán)力”。4月19日為晾衣慶祝日。如果美國民眾都將干洗機(jī)換成了晾衣繩，那么二氧化碳排放量將減少3.3%。美國一戶一年的干衣機(jī)消耗量超過了非洲平均水平。