yasodhara ashram wins environmental responsibility award

February 20th, 2009 by roseanne Posted in ascent, yasodhara ashram

Swami Radhananda, ascent magazine columnist and spiritual director of Yasodhara Ashram, accepted the 2009 Environmentally Responsible Tourism Award last week in Vancouver, BC. Before handing the award to Swami Radhananda, the presenter listed the ashram’s impressive environmental accomplishments: a multi-year program for upgrades and retrofits of buildings, and lighting, heating, and hot water systems, as well as a comprehensive sustainability program, ranging from menu planning, food ordering and housekeeping to solar and geothermal heating systems.

In addition to these long-term goals, the ashram employs some simpler measures on a day-to-day basis: 25% of all produce is grown in the ashram’s organic garden and a large amount preserved for winter use; vinegar, borax and washing soda, and non-chlorine bleaches are used as household cleaning agents; drying racks are provided to reduce clothes dryer use; and paper products are recycled paper using vegetable ink.

As she accepted the award, Swami Radhananda remarked, “We at the ashram take sustainability personally and seriously. Living in BC, we are privileged to have beauty all around us. We feel that maintaining it is our first responsibility to our guests.”

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