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  Pomona's Plans PLUS a new LAUNDRY RACK WEBSITE

  Hello all! Chelsea writing here. I had no idea people would be so into this idea! In any case, things are coming along nicely here at Pomona. We administered a survey early this spring to gauge what sorts of things students are most interested in, and will be shortly turning a proposal into our "President's Advisory Committee on Sustainability" to fund the installation of some racks. One of the most interesting results from the survey (non-random sample) was that over 80% of the 334 students who completed the survey (not bad, considering out student body is only 1500 students) HAD line dried their clothes at some point in their life.

  Indeed many of the issues brought up above are ones that we've struggled with. The possibility of people walking off with clothes is a definite possibility, and some people expressed in the survey that they don't feel comfortable airing their laundry in public. This said, communal laundry racks in the laundry rooms seem to be the most cost-effective solution. Hopefully theft won't be too much of a problem since you have to have a key card to get into laundry rooms, and steeling out of laundry rooms hasn't been too much of a problem in the past. Our plan is to install permanent racks (probably the super durable Austral  brand ones) and then also purchase small foldable racks that students can "check out" from the college for the duration of the school year for use in their rooms.

  I also wanted to mention a new WIKI WEBSITE ON LAUNDRY RACKS that I just finished creating that I'm REALLY excited about. I used Umbra's response as a launching point for exploring the world of laundry/clothes/washing racks/lines/hoists/airers and found that there was no site, or even a wiki page, that detailed all the options. So, being the project oriented-type that I am, I decided to create a wiki page that I'm positive is THE most comprehensive site on the web about air drying options (I spent about 20 hours scouring the web for products and putting up all the pictures). You can check it out here: http://www.tiptheplanet.com/index.php?title=Air_dry_washi ...

  Please check out the site, share it with your friends, and add your wisdom to the page, and correct my mistakes!

  I'll post again once Pomona's gotten our rack plan finished!

  Best,
  ChelseaOn Umbra on communal clothes drying posted 1 year, 5 months ago 12 Responses

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  Wiki Page on Clotheslines and Drying Rack Options

  I'm a student at Pomona College in Claremont, California and recently spent a good amount of time looking into the various clothesline and drying rack options since Pomona is going to purchase some for student use and I wanted to get the best available racks for us. (Umbra actually helped me get started. See: http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2008/02/25/index.html)

  In my research, I was shocked to find that there is NO good website explaining all the different clotheslines and drying rack options, so I made my own! It's a wiki page on the Tip the Planet sustainable living wiki that ANYONE CAN EDIT. You can check it out here: http://www.tiptheplanet.com/index.php?title=Air_dry_washi ...

  I'm trying to spread the word so that the site becomes a clearing house for drying rack information, and people have to spend less time scouring the web for the best products. Have a look, share it with your friends, and by all means add your wisdom!

  Take care,
  ChelseaOn Umbra on clotheslines posted 1 year, 5 months ago 9 Responses

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  Wondering which drying rack to purchase?

  I'm a student at Pomona College in Claremont, California and recently spent a good amount of time looking into the various clothesline and drying rack options since Pomona is going to purchase some for student use and I wanted to get the best available racks for us.

  In my research, I was shocked to find that there is NO good website explaining all the different clotheslines and drying rack options, so I made my own! It's a wiki page on the Tip the Planet sustainable living wiki that ANYONE CAN EDIT. You can check it out here: http://www.tiptheplanet.com/index.php?title=Air_dry_washi ... Have a look, share it with your friends, and by all means add your wisdom!

  Take care,
  ChelseaOn Washed Up posted 1 year, 5 months ago 1 Response