慈智網全球精选》Monks Go Green修道士绿色环保

●businessweek 2007-10-23：Monks Go Green

An Atlanta-area亚特兰大(美国乔治亚州首府) monastery 修道院;僧院looks to green burials 绿色埋葬;葬礼to sustain a cloistered lifestyle ﹝Top News October 23, 2007 ﹞

Father Francis Michael, abbot of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery, spends his days watching the birds, butterflies, and dragonflies that inhabit the orders grounds about 30 miles east of downtown Atlanta. In August, the monks of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit broke a state record by spotting 59 butterfly species in a single day.

Such contemplative沈思的;冥想的 activity is occupying less of Father Francis time these days. With many of the orders 45 brothers now in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, health-care costs have surged, forcing the monastery to employ outsiders to complete tasks the monks once performed. Since the monasterys founding in 1944, the monks have undertaken a series of entrepreneurial ventures企业合资, from hay farming, to raising ostriches and emus, to baking bread.

In their latest round of entrepreneurialism创业家, Father Francis and his fellow Cistercian brothers are hiring an outside company to convert 30 acres of clear-cut pine plantation into a "conservation burial ground, and perform "green burials—interments without embalming and with biodegradable caskets or urns, or simply a shroud, instead of cement and steel caskets. The monks, who have 2,200 acres, plan to charge $3,000 to $4,000 per plot and sell plants and engraving works. Father Francis hopes the green venture will appeal to monastery visitors of all faiths and enable the monks to obey their sixth century mandate to be self-sufficient, a goal that has eluded them in recent years. The orders community costs were $1.6 million last year, up from $700,000 a decade earlier, with most of the rise attributable to health-care expenses.

A Sustainable Business Model?
One could, in a big monastery, fall into being a CEO instead of a monk, because you have a big operation that you have to manage and make sure survives, Francis says. "I am trying to not get into a mindset where I think this is a silver bullet that is going to solve everything. It d be nice, but we ve tried too many other things that weren t that."

The monks green burial venture is the latest sign of just how far and wide the greening of American business has spread. That an order of monks so strict it once communicated by hand signal has partnered with eco-entrepreneurs shows how no corner of the nation s economy is sheltered from the enticement of green marketing and "cause-based" consumption.

Green burial is still very much in its infancy in the U.S., and whether it can work as a sustainable business model remains to be seen. The U.S. has five exclusively green cemeteries so far—in Florida, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, and Texas—yet they do not all adhere to the same environmental standards.

●什麽是绿色安葬？
简单和自然的事情。绿掩埋，或自然土葬，确保埋葬地点仍然是自然的，尽可能在各方面。屍体做了一个可生物降解的棺木，裹屍布，或喜爱的毯子，没有embalming液，没有具体的拱顶。

为什麽有一个绿色安葬？

很显然，这种性质已有意使我们的身体能够回归地球上的所有生物体都住，已经死亡，并归还给土壤… …只有以循环为新的生活。不断微生物活性，在土壤中休息，一切都下降。性质，不造成浪费，一切都循环利用。

符合你的个人价值，自然掩埋场，为你服务，家庭服务，甚至宠物，促进生长的乡土树种，灌木和野花，从而使鸟类和其他野生动物进入该区。水是没有白费的，也不是农药和除草剂用在试图控制的性质，而是一个绿色公墓允许性质是否可以的，当然。种植乡土树种，灌木和时花，在你所爱的人的荣誉，促进栖息地恢复。鼓励土地保存，绿色公墓资助一项保护地役权，为掩埋场。

土葬与火葬

绿色土葬是一个火葬替代，并提出可行的，以"传统"的丧葬习俗，在美国，这是一个地球友善的选择时考虑土葬比火葬。任何家庭选择火葬，因为这被视为更环保，比传统土葬。 embalming ，昂贵密封caskets及殓葬拱顶法例并无规定，虽然传统的纪念公园内，可要求他们，一个绿色公墓或纪念性质的保存没有。简洁的绿色土葬是真雕的性质，也不需要昂贵的。

直到最近，在一个环保的墓地，是不是一种选择，现在我们可以考虑，并鼓励自然掩埋，有利於维护游憩用地在整个美国，这将越来越成为火葬替代。

选择绿色土葬，现在解除你的亲人的危难来，在不得不作出困难的，往往需耗费人力，决定後，你及格。牵涉到你的家人和朋友，所以非常困难的决定，并不需要作出修改，在时间的悲痛。

	全球精选》Monks Go Green修道士绿色环保分类：交流天地

		●businessweek 2007-10-23：Monks Go Green An Atlanta-area亚特兰大(美国乔治亚州首府) monastery 修道院;僧院looks to green burials 绿色埋葬;葬礼to sustain a cloistered lifestyle ﹝Top News October 23, 2007 ﹞ Father Francis Michael, abbot of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery, spends his days watching the birds, butterflies, and dragonflies that inhabit the orders grounds about 30 miles east of downtown Atlanta. In August, the monks of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit broke a state record by spotting 59 butterfly species in a single day. Such contemplative沈思的;冥想的 activity is occupying less of Father Francis time these days. With many of the orders 45 brothers now in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, health-care costs have surged, forcing the monastery to employ outsiders to complete tasks the monks once performed. Since the monasterys founding in 1944, the monks have undertaken a series of entrepreneurial ventures企业合资, from hay farming, to raising ostriches and emus, to baking bread. In their latest round of entrepreneurialism创业家, Father Francis and his fellow Cistercian brothers are hiring an outside company to convert 30 acres of clear-cut pine plantation into a "conservation burial ground, and perform "green burials—interments without embalming and with biodegradable caskets or urns, or simply a shroud, instead of cement and steel caskets. The monks, who have 2,200 acres, plan to charge $3,000 to $4,000 per plot and sell plants and engraving works. Father Francis hopes the green venture will appeal to monastery visitors of all faiths and enable the monks to obey their sixth century mandate to be self-sufficient, a goal that has eluded them in recent years. The orders community costs were $1.6 million last year, up from $700,000 a decade earlier, with most of the rise attributable to health-care expenses. A Sustainable Business Model? One could, in a big monastery, fall into being a CEO instead of a monk, because you have a big operation that you have to manage and make sure survives, Francis says. "I am trying to not get into a mindset where I think this is a silver bullet that is going to solve everything. It d be nice, but we ve tried too many other things that weren t that." The monks green burial venture is the latest sign of just how far and wide the greening of American business has spread. That an order of monks so strict it once communicated by hand signal has partnered with eco-entrepreneurs shows how no corner of the nation s economy is sheltered from the enticement of green marketing and "cause-based" consumption. Green burial is still very much in its infancy in the U.S., and whether it can work as a sustainable business model remains to be seen. The U.S. has five exclusively green cemeteries so far—in Florida, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, and Texas—yet they do not all adhere to the same environmental standards. ●什麽是绿色安葬？简单和自然的事情。绿掩埋，或自然土葬，确保埋葬地点仍然是自然的，尽可能在各方面。屍体做了一个可生物降解的棺木，裹屍布，或喜爱的毯子，没有embalming液，没有具体的拱顶。为什麽有一个绿色安葬？很显然，这种性质已有意使我们的身体能够回归地球上的所有生物体都住，已经死亡，并归还给土壤… …只有以循环为新的生活。不断微生物活性，在土壤中休息，一切都下降。性质，不造成浪费，一切都循环利用。符合你的个人价值，自然掩埋场，为你服务，家庭服务，甚至宠物，促进生长的乡土树种，灌木和野花，从而使鸟类和其他野生动物进入该区。水是没有白费的，也不是农药和除草剂用在试图控制的性质，而是一个绿色公墓允许性质是否可以的，当然。种植乡土树种，灌木和时花，在你所爱的人的荣誉，促进栖息地恢复。鼓励土地保存，绿色公墓资助一项保护地役权，为掩埋场。土葬与火葬绿色土葬是一个火葬替代，并提出可行的，以"传统"的丧葬习俗，在美国，这是一个地球友善的选择时考虑土葬比火葬。任何家庭选择火葬，因为这被视为更环保，比传统土葬。 embalming ，昂贵密封caskets及殓葬拱顶法例并无规定，虽然传统的纪念公园内，可要求他们，一个绿色公墓或纪念性质的保存没有。简洁的绿色土葬是真雕的性质，也不需要昂贵的。直到最近，在一个环保的墓地，是不是一种选择，现在我们可以考虑，并鼓励自然掩埋，有利於维护游憩用地在整个美国，这将越来越成为火葬替代。选择绿色土葬，现在解除你的亲人的危难来，在不得不作出困难的，往往需耗费人力，决定後，你及格。牵涉到你的家人和朋友，所以非常困难的决定，并不需要作出修改，在时间的悲痛。全球精選》Monks Go Green原全文 City of Atlanta Online亞特蘭大在線全球精選》Monks Go Green原全文 Atlanta, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedi green burials 綠色安葬