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Sustainability Spotlight

CLOTHES LINES CUTTING CARBON

Residents of Stouffer Place Apartments, the Department of Student Housing complex for married students and students with families, can now help reduce campus carbon emissions with one simple act: doing their laundry.

That's because the housing department recently installed six sets of clotheslines near the laundry facility.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, clothes dryers are responsible for about 6 percent of residential energy use, making them one of the most energy intensive appliances in the home. On average, each load of laundry generates more than five pounds of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, which can add up quickly in a 283-unit apartment complex like Stouffer Place. Don Claus, an apartment resident assistant, estimates that the clotheslines installed at the complex hold about 24 loads of laundry. That means each time the lines are full, residents have saved the greenhouse gas equivalent of driving nearly 145 miles.

For more information about energy conservation at KU, along with tips for reducing energy use on campus and at home, visit www.sustainability.ku.edu/ energy.shtml.

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Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Lawrence Mayor Michael Dever recently proclaimed April 14-20 Elizabeth Sherbon Week in honor of the centennial celebration of her birth. Sherbon, a longtime Lawrence resident and 1930 KU grad, was a member of the Martha Graham and Jean Erdman dance companies in New York City and was Graham's teaching assistant before directing the KU dance program from 1961 to 1975. The city of Lawrence awarded Sherbon the Cultural Enhancement Award in 1993 for her contributions to the city's artistic and cultural life.