Nicknamed the
Nicknamed the "Blue Nuns" for the blue habits they used to
wear, the Catholic sisters of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary have renovated
their motherhouse and campus in Monroe, Michigan, into a showpiece of ecologically
sustainable development. The project recently earned national awards from the
Environmental Protection Agency and the American Institute of Architects. It features the
largest privately funded geothermal field in the country and ranks as one of the
nation's largest residential sustainable renovations registered with the U.S. Green
Building Council.
"We've always been committed to social justice and advocacy
for the abandoned and the poor," said Sister Janet Ryan. "In this century,
we've come to understand the earth is abandoned in many ways. We consider
sustainability a moral mandate for the 21st century."
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