You’ve heard of The Green Bible, but how about a Green Convent?  Nuns from the Episcopal St. Hilda’s House in New York have committed themselves to living sustainably and are in the process of designing an eco-friendly home featuring a rooftop garden, solar heated water, rainwater collection and environmentally sensitive materials throughout.  While they initially met with some resistance from their community, the nuns maintained that spirituality and ecology are inextricably linked.  I’m excited to see the outcome of their green plans, and I would have loved to have been privy to conversations that included the following comments:

I remember the phase when some of the sisters went vegan.

Sister Catherine Grace is still advocating for compost toilets.

We’re looking into a company that makes habits that are 100 percent organic cotton, and which uses labor practices that are fair.  -New York Times

We’re talking about some pretty hip nuns here.

takepart by learning more about connections between religion and ecology from PBS.

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