Issues of rituals, waste & cremation in a closed, urban water system in this article, ‘Hindus Find a Ganges in Queens, to Park Rangers’ Dismay’: “He visited dozens of Hindu temples to discuss the area’s fragile ecosystem — how saris could strangle the sea grass, flowers could choke the birds, and fruit could disrupt the food chain.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/nyregion/hindus-find-a-ganges-in-queens-to-park-rangers-dismay.html
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Caitlin Berrigan
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Caitlin Berrigan
Interesting article on harnessing heat from a crematorium in the UK: ‘Heat from a crematorium will be used to warm a leisure centre and swimming pool in Worcestershire in a controversial green scheme expected to be approved tonight. The Abbey Stadium leisure centre in Redditch will use waste heat from neighbouring Redditch Crematorium to conserve energy and costs. But the proposal, the first of its kind in the UK, has divided opinion and been described as “sick”, “eerie” and “insensitive”. ‘
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/green-scheme-will-harness-energy-from-crematorium-to-heat-swimming-pool-2206355.html