Green Projects
In accordance with their commitment to eco-justice, the Sisters of Providence installed a biomass boiler to heat and power the buildings on their motherhouse grounds in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The boiler burns downed trees, trimmings and scrap wood from construction projects, all donated by local tree services, cities and manufacturing companies.
The Sisters of Providence also produce their own biodiesel for use in lawn mowers and off-road trucks on the grounds. They maintain a significant recycling program and use a sustainable irrigation system for their organic gardens and orchards.
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Famous quotes containing the words green and/or projects:
“Therefore awake! make haste, I say,
And let us, without staying,
All in our gowns of green so gay
Into the Park a-maying!”
—Unknown. Sister, Awake! (L. 9–12)
“One of the things that is most striking about the young generation is that they never talk about their own futures, there are no futures for this generation, not any of them and so naturally they never think of them. It is very striking, they do not live in the present they just live, as well as they can, and they do not plan. It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for a future, none at all.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)