Real Women Wear Real Drawers
Nundies. Nundies? Yeah, so here’s the idea…they call them “disposable underwear,” but in actuality they are black panty liners one would stick to the crotch of one’s pants in lieu of underwear…you know, because underwear is just so last year.
Let’s let that thought marinate…
Are Nundies the anti-green (Anties, if you will)? Hmmmmmm…On the one hand, these thing-a-ma-bobs are disposable, DAILY (I fear), and therefore are amassing in landfills and, assuming they aren’t biodegradable cuz they’re made of nylon & Lycra, glutting the landscape. On the other hand, we use a lot of water, electricity and soap washing our plain ol’ reusable underpants from this millennium. Yeah, I think I’m voting nemesis o’ green on this one using the disposable diaper defense. Thoughts?
My mother offers this compromise: Wash your pantaloons in the water you’ve used to wash your hands, saving the water to then quench your plants. Another suggestion from a friend notes that really, going commando is green. Unmentionable unmentionables.
I’ll admit I’m a soap and water washing, underpant-wearing girl. I like my skivvies the old fashioned way: on my butt, not taped to my Sevens.
You’ll notice I’ve completely ignored the bizarre, un-American notion of bypassing knickers completely and just wearing a freaking slab of sticky fluff as life choice, but that’s a topic for another day.
About this blog
Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
Wow, so much to learn! But initially the idea is a pretty simple one: Let's change the world through information, education and action.
Rox & Stacy are a lot like you: ecologically minded but sometimes just plain overwhelmed when charged with the task of making a far-reaching difference in the environment. They have jobs, families, homes, lives and pets.
But what if doing better was a simple as a light-bulb change, a reusable canvas grocery bag, recycling that soda can or a cold-water wash?
These eco-chicks just hope to have a little fun, learn a little more, share a lot of information and maybe make the planet a happier, greener, cleaner place.
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