Project Laundry List

Project Laundry List Project Laundry List, founded in 1995, is making air-drying and cold-water washing laundry acceptabl Pearson.

The Early Days

In the Spring of 1996, our founder and former director, Alexander Lee, took this concept and, while attending Green Corps’ undergraduate Environmental Organizing Semester in Missoula, MT, wrote the first strategic plan for Project Laundry List under the instruction of C.B. Growing Up

Project Laundry List grew into a separate project, was incorporated and sought its nonprofit statu

s in 2000. Senator Dick McCormack of Vermont introduced the Right to Dry bill in Vermont in 1998. The first National Hanging Out Day was also held that year. The Roiling Green Movement

Project Laundry List has enjoyed unprecedented media attention as the central organizing force of the “right to dry” movement. Articles discussing this critical role have appeared eight times in the New York Times and its blogs, twice on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, in USA Today, The Boston Globe, Time, Reuters (most emailed on Yahoo! for several hours), the Associated Press, The Baltimore Sun, Home Power Magazine, and over a hundred other local and international newspapers and news agencies. Some major press hits:

+ Dividing Lines | People (Sept. 2010)
+ The Enemy Within- Backyard Clotheslines | The Colbert Report (May 2010)
+ The Circuit - Returns: The Clothesline Comeback | Home Power Magazine (Feb/Mar 2010)
+ Fighting for the Right to Dry | Time (January 12, 2010)
+ Letting It All Hang Out | ABA Journal (January 1, 2010)
+ A surprising sneak peek at the clothesline revolution | Grist (Nov. 12, 2009)
+ Re-Thinking Laundry in the 21st Century | NY Times (Oct. 25, 2009)


The Right to Air-Dry Laundry

In 2008 and 2009, passage of “right to dry” legislation in Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, and Vermont, together with legislative efforts on this front in Connecticut, Oregon, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Nebraska, and New Hampshire, were largely attributed to Project Laundry List’s ongoing efforts. Since the 1970s, Florida has had a solar rights law that protects most property-owners from the intrusions of community associations. Recent Partnerships

In 2009, Project Laundry List forged partnerships with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Seventh Generation and the Vermont Country Store. Project Laundry List also became an active member of The CLEAN, a national coalition of environmental organizations.

07/09/2026

The Hills Hoist generation may have had it right. Simple winter laundry tricks from older Australians are making a comeback as households look to save money.

04/27/2026

An Ann Arbor doctor reflects on how hanging laundry in his basement became a gateway to larger climate actions, challenging the idea that individual behavior doesn't matter.

04/25/2026

Every day is special for something … even folding your laundry. According to Chase’s Calendar of Events, National Folding Laundry Day is celebrated March 30 each year. Yes, we’re serious. […]

Happy National Hanging Out Day!
04/18/2026

Happy National Hanging Out Day!

Each year on April 19th, Project Laundry List works with hundreds of other organizations to sponsor National Hanging Out Day.

04/18/2026

A woman was left flabbergasted after her new neighbour complained that laundry hanging on her washing line was ruining her view and threatened to call the council

01/28/2026

The affixing of wires to the balcony or a removable clothesline does not constitute a right and may be prevented

We never claimed that municipalities ban clotheslines, beyond UAE, perhaps, but a huge percentage of Americans live in H...
01/26/2026

We never claimed that municipalities ban clotheslines, beyond UAE, perhaps, but a huge percentage of Americans live in HOAs and they often fine people for breaking their rules.

Numerous U.S. states have implemented right-to-dry laws to protect people who want to dry their clothes outside on clotheslines.

This Korean brand is willing to say the bad stuff out loud
09/19/2025

This Korean brand is willing to say the bad stuff out loud

Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics brand, has launched its Bespoke AI Washer Dryer, an innovation that integrates intelligent performance

07/05/2025

Stretched out in the sunshine, even the flimsiest things radiate inner light.

07/04/2025

The Project Laundry List URL is listed for sale.

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