{"id":2808,"date":"2008-03-10T21:35:32","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T03:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/2008\/03\/10\/eco-palm-sunday-a-green-lent-update\/"},"modified":"2008-03-10T21:35:32","modified_gmt":"2008-03-11T03:35:32","slug":"eco-palm-sunday-a-green-lent-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/eco-palm-sunday-a-green-lent-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-Palm Sunday: A Green Lent Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/03\/442780252_77aa917a01.jpg\" alt=\"442780252_77aa917a01.jpg\" align=\"left\" width=\"200\" \/>Some churches will be a little more green this Sunday, and not just because it falls on the eve of St. Patty&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Dean A. Current, who has spent years developing methods for sustainable palm harvesting, churches now have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwr.org\/palms\/\">a green option for buying palms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Current is a research associate for University of Minnesota&#8217;s Department of Forest Resources.  He has worked with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rainforest-alliance.org\">Rainforest Alliance<\/a> to prevent over-harvesting palms each year, make sure less palms are wasted, and give harvesters in Guatemala a fair wage for their efforts.  Twenty-five percent of the program&#8217;s revenue goes right back into the communities where the palms are harvested.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>These eco-palms will find their way to over 2000 congregations around the U.S.  This represents less than 2% of the 35 to 40 million palms ordered annually, but the amount is increasing exponentially each year. The effort began with a pilot program of 5000 palms in 2005 and has increased to 600,000.<\/p>\n<p>Not every congregation is crazy about the idea of eco-palms.  They cost about twice as much and some people don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re as pretty as traditional palms.  Fair enough, but how much will they cost after over-harvesting takes its toll?  Is a slightly longer palm frond really worth putting a community&#8217;s livelihood at risk and threatening the health of the forest?<\/p>\n<p>Current hopes more congregations will see the wisdom of using eco-palms on Palm Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><em>More info: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mndaily.com\/articles\/2008\/03\/10\/72166061\/\">Palm Sunday Gets Environmentally Friendly<\/a>, <em>The Minnesota Daily<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2008-03-07-green-palm-sunday_N.htm#close-share-help\">Churches Go &#8216;Green&#8217; for Palm Sunday<\/a>, <em>USA Today<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>More articles in the Green Lent series:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/03\/spanish-literature-and-religious-environmentalism-a-green-lent-update\/\">Spanish Literature and Religious Environmentalism: A Green Lent Update<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/02\/18\/what-does-lent-have-to-do-with-sharpening-green-habits\/\">What Does Lent Have to Do with Sharpening Green Habits?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/189\/442780252_77aa917a01.jpg?v=0\">Flickr<\/a>, licensed for public and commercial use through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativecommons.org\">Creative Commons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some churches will be a little more green this Sunday, and not just because it falls on the eve of St. Patty&#8217;s Day. 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