Paper-Free Hand Drying, Organic Beer Tastings and Direct Actionism
by Jessica Root - Brooklyn, NY 
on 11.13.08
:: Re-think your post-hand washing habit. Skip the paper towel and shake and dry instead!
:: Sick of the same old wine routine? Spice things up and host an organic beer tasting party.
:: Are you a direct actionist? Find out!
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The Japanese have had the most environmentally-freindly solution to hand drying for decades. Bathrooms there don't have paper towels or hand dryers. Everyone carries pocket handkerchiefs and uses them to dry their hands, to wipe off sweat during the hot, humid summers, and to hold their hot cans of coffee from the ubiquitous vending machines in the winter.