Power Hour

The weekly communal cleaning session.

Time and place

Mondays at 11 am we meet in the dining room to distribute tasks. Then all of our houses will be cleaned for a maximum of 2 hours.

Initial meeting

There is a Power Hour Task List for the most relevant tasks.

The facilitator goes through the tasks briefly to find out which ones are of priority this week. Visitors are given tasks first so that they can be paired with more experienced Kanthausians easily. Then there is a round in which people can grab their preferred task. The facilitator makes sure that no important task is left and that everybody has something to do in the end.

This meeting should not take more than 10 minutes.

General Info

Most cleaning supplies are stored in the Intermediate Storage Room.

If the layout of the house is not clear to you, please refer to the expfloorer.

If you can't clean immediately after the Power Hour meeting, please do it in the next 2-3 days.

Detailed description of tasks

Main Kitchen

• clear the rack of clean dishes
• do all the dishes
• clean the sink
• clear and clean all surfaces
• clean the stoves
• if necessary exchange the towels and/or sponges
• do what you think should be done additionally

Snack Kitchen

• empty and fill the dishwasher
• clear and clean all surfaces
• clean the sink and mirror
• clean the microwave, mini oven and toaster
• if necessary exchange the towels
• do what you think should be done additionally

Bathrooms K20

This is about all bathrooms and toilets in K20: The Main Bathroom, the upper and lower staircase toilets.

• clean the toilet
• clean the sink and mirror
• empty the bucket of used butt towels
• refill clean butt towels and toilet paper
• if necessary exchange the hand towel
• in the Main Bathroom: clean the bathtub
• do what you think should be done additionally

Bathrooms K22

This is about all bathrooms and toilets in K22: The 2nd Bathroom, the Baby Bathroom, the Compost Toilet.

• clean the toilet
• clean the sink and mirror
• empty the bucket of used butt towels
• refill clean butt towels and toilet paper
• if necessary exchange the hand towel
• bonus task: clean the sink in the Electronics Workshop and exchange the hand towel
• do what you think should be done additionally

Vacuuming Central Rooms

• get a vacuum cleaner from the Intermediate Storage Room
• vacuum all of K20-1 and K22-1 except the staircases

Vaccuuming Staircase K20 Plus

• get a vacuum cleaner from the Intermediate Storage Room
• vacuum the K20 staircase and whatever needs vacuuming in K20-0, K20-2 and/or K20-3

Vaccuuming Staircase K22 Plus

• get a vacuum cleaner from the 2nd Bathroom
• vacuum the K22 staircase and whatever needs vacuuming in K22-0 and/or K22-2

Vortex Shifting

• go to the Intermediate Storage Room
• follow the instructions about the vortex

Indoor Plant Care

• take a watering can from the Intermediate Storage Room
• walk through all of K20 and K22 looking for plants
• only water plants which are actually dry!
• make sure not to flood the surroundings!
• already flooded plants need to have their excess water removed instead of adding more
• also look at pieces of plants in glasses of water and maybe exchange or refill the liquid
• do what you think should be done additionally

Bin Emptying

• the big bins are in the garden next to the K22 back door
• some general advice on German recycling
• empty the bins in the Main Kitchen
• bring glass and Pfand from the Main Kitchen into the K20 basement
• empty the bins in the Snack Kitchen
• empty the bins in the Main Office
• empty the bins in the Intermediate Storage Room
• empty the bins in the Main Bathroom
• if necessary empty the small bins in all the toilets

Incoming Food Care

• look through the boxes of incoming food in K20-0 entrance
• seperate food that needs immediate care (e.g. berries, broken packagings, unfrozen things)
• seperate clean from dirty food
• clean and dry long-lasting food goes to the food storage in K20-B (make sure packaging is not damaged!)
• clean and dry fruits and vegetables go into the food shelves in K20-1
• clean everything that needs cleaning in the Washing Room
• clean and wet food can sit there until it's dry
• more detailed instructions can be foun in the section about saving food

Existing Food Care

• look through the food shelves in K20-1
• throw away rotting food
• sort the food by kind when it still lasts
• make a 'needs urgent attention'-box and tell the cooking team of the day
• look through the fridge
• bonus task: look through the food storage in K20-B

Communal Closet Sorting

• sort the clean communal clothes into the fitting spots in the closet
• mind the sizes!
• match socks, leftover single socks can stay in a basket under the clothes 4 future rail
• sort out ripped or torn clothes
• fold towels and put them into the closet in the Main Bathroom
• fold tea towels, put them in extra basket together with other kitchen things
• fold duvet covers inside out and in a way that one can read the size written on the bottom
• bring bed cloths, kitchen textiles, clean butt towels and sorted-out clothes to Intermediate Storage Room

Basic Workshop Clean-Up

• clear and clean the surfaces
• do what you think should be done to make the room inviting

Mopping Central Rooms + Main Bathroom

• wait for the vacuuming to be finished
• then get a mop and bucket from the Intermediate Storage Room
• mop the Main Kitchen, the Snack Kitchen, the Dining Room, the Elephant Room, the Main Bathroom
• mop where you think it should be mopped

Deep Clean Room of Choice

• name one room and give it all your love
• this includes moving furniture to clean below, dusting book shelves or anything that's seldomly done

Sort and Return Glass and Pfand

• go to the big room in K20-B
• seperate Pfand that yields money when returned to a supermarket and glass waste
• bring Pfand to a supermarket
• bring glass to a glass container
• don't hesitate to ask for directions!

Clean Sidewalks K18, K20, K22

• remove dog poop, glass shards, cigarette butts and other trash from sidewalk and window sills
• if necessary remove weeds