Mizzou is about 3 weeks into laundry rack testing, and a little farther along in some areas than others. Here’s what’s happening.
Off Campus
Some Sustain Mizzou members took the last off-campus racks after general meeting demonstration on February 24th. I now have X disseminated within the off-campus realms of Columbia, MO. My friend and former Sustain [...]
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Long, Too Long America
By the looks of my schedule, you’d think college students had to work or something. What with applying to the McNair Scholars Program, arranging plans for the drying racks, working in ResLife, and getting hired to help the Rural Sociological Society transform its newsletter into a blog, I haven’t found time to blog for myself.
However, [...]
Media Awash with Laundry Racks
I’m preparing final documentation to present to the Department of Residential Life’s logistics meeting on Wednesday. Until I can get that out to you, here’s some positive press the laundry drying rack project has already received. Mizzou Magazine will also feature a short article soon.
Sustain Mizzou Racks Up Savings – Maneater
Long article by [...]
We Can’t Afford to Ignore It
More than environmentalism, this was a lesson in audience awareness. MU Environmental Studies director (and an invaluable advisor to Sustain Mizzou) Jan Weaver gave a short speech last night at the League of Conservation Voters‘ kickoff meeting for the Clean Energy Missouri Campaign. Its simplicity and eloquence impressed me–she knows infinitely more about environmental issues, [...]
The Racks Arrive
Actually, the racks arrived about 2 weeks ago, over winter break. But if a drying rack is delivered to a sustainability office and its project director is not around to assemble it, does it dry clothes? No, my friend. The racks arrived today.
There they were, leaning on the back walls of [...]