For a Greener Palm Sunday Celebration From: The Washington Post | Date: April 8, 2006| Author: Adelle M. Banks | Copyright 2006 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Combining ecology and theology, hundreds of churches are choosing "eco-palms" for their Palm Sunday services this year.

The idea is resonating with congregations that had not given much thought to where palms come from. But many of them have taken an interest in similar causes, such as fair trade coffee, which benefits Third World coffee growers.

"To have in our hand on Palm Sunday a palm that we know has been harvested in an ecologically friendly way, in a way that's going to be...

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