The Long-Distance Mobile Laundry Vans Making a Social Impact

#vanlife is about fitting domestic furniture and appliances into a van, providing a home on the road. An Australian nonprofit called Orange Sky has turned this model on its side, fitting unexpected equipment into vans to provide services to those who don't have a home. In 2014 Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett, two 20-year-old buddies in Brisbane, rigged up a couple of washing machines and dryers in the back of a van. They then drove around the city visiting parks, offering free laundry...