Blue Nuns go green.Nicknamed the "Blue Nuns" for the blue habits they used to wear, the Catholic sisters of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary The Immaculate Heart of Mary originally The Sacred Heart of Mary is a devotional name used by some Roman Catholics and Anglicans to refer to the physical heart of Mary, the mother of Jesus as a symbol of Mary's interior life, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden have renovated their motherhouse moth·er·house n. 1. The convent in which the mother superior of a religious community lives. 2. The original convent of a religious community. and campus in Monroe, Michigan, into a showpiece of ecologically sustainable development. The project recently earned national awards from the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and and the American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA . It features the largest privately founded 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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