Miao, India, Nov 5, 2013 / 04:27 am
The Diocese of Miao, located in far north-east India, is promoting stewardship of the environment by choosing to give saplings to guests at its events rather than the customary floral arrangements.
"We have decided to offer a sapling to the chief guests of any of our programmes instead of flower bouquets," Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao said, according to an Oct. 23 release from the diocese.
The first instance of the Miao diocese's new program was at its first annual Inter-School Cultural Fest Radiance 2013, held in the town of Roing Oct. 20-22, where a sapling was given to an official from the government of Arunachal Pradesh state.
The Miao diocese is located in Arunachal Pradesh, the north-easternmost state in India, part of which is claimed by China. The diocese borders both China and Burma.