Irish nuns bid to turn their monastery green
Farm worker Gerry closes the concrete and iron door of a biomass boiler after lighting the energy crop Miscanthus which will provide St. Mary's Abbey, a monastery that houses an enclosed order of Trappistine nuns, with heating and hot water, in Glencairn, Ireland August 30, 2022. The monastery uses green energy and sustainable farming to try to make itself self sufficient for both heating and food. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne