Tao Fellowship’s Sedona Mago Garden – Using Resources Wisely

Tao Fellowship Mago Garden

When a place like Tao Fellowship’s Sedona Mago Garden welcomes 3,000 guests a year to its 160-acre earth village full of 126 guest rooms to accommodate 250 guests along with other buildings,  one can image all the resources it uses – such as food, water, paper products, linens and towels, and many other supplies.

Because the Tao Fellowship in its organizational DNA is committed to respecting the Earth, it has been very active in finding out how to conserve its resources as a way of “loving the Earth,” as its mission statement says.

Here are some of the numerous ways that the Tao Fellowship’s Mago Garden  has been creative in how to be sustainable:

Tao Fellowship’s Dining Hall generates 14,600 gallons of compost a year for in the Organic Garden. In addition, manure from the Tao Fellowship’s Horse Barn is added to the compost to fertilize the soil of the Organic Garden.

Vegetarian meals (with fish) are served in the Tao Fellowship’s Dining Hall, thus using less of the world’s food resources.

In season, various vegetables and fruit grown in Tao Fellowship’s Organic Garden are served in the Dining Hall.

Paper towels and toilet paper from recycled materials are planned by Tao Fellowship.

Tao Fellowship’s Casita Guest Rooms linens from recycled fibers are planned.

Recycling system for paper, plastic and glass is being planned by Tao Fellowship.

Ecologically friendly cleaning supplies at Tao Fellowship’s Mago Retreat are under serious consideration.

Ecologically friendly propane in Tao Fellowship’s Dining Hall kitchen is planned.

Rechargeable batteries for wireless devices are planned by Tao Fellowship.

Electricity is saved, because the Casita Guest Rooms do not have televisions and telephones.

Installation of large solar panels at the Mago Retreat for providing electricity for all buildings is planned.