The Centre for Natural Burial

By Lenette Hall
Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust.  Many families are choosing to take a very natural approach to cremation by going “green”.  Although biodegradable and green burial cremation urns are most often associated with those that are extremely environmentally conscious, many people are beginning to see the benefits of eco-friendly burials.

By Clare Paterson, It’s your funeral (blog)
Very few people make plans for their own funerals despite most of them thinking it would be a good idea, according to recently published research. My grandmother pre-paid her funeral as a matter of course. She knew what she’d be getting, that it would be paid for and that […]

A new book discusses natural burial options
By Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News
Savannah’s Colonial Park Cemetery is the perfect place to talk about green burials. After all, none of those laid to rest there was embalmed with toxic chemicals or encased in concrete or entombed in metal coffins.
They were left to return to the earth quickly, […]

By Michele Chandler, San Jose Mercury News
Bay Area shoppers interested in patronizing environmentally-friendly businesses will soon be able to refer to a new consumer guide that lists 1,400 “green” companies, from rental car firms offering hybrid vehicles to eateries serving organic food.

By Lisa Carlson, Burlington Free Press
As the author of “I Died Laughing: Funeral Education with a Light Touch,” I enjoy funeral humor — it’s a great way to break the ice for a sometimes difficult discussion. (Don’t knock on death’s door. Ring the bell and run. He hates that).

Green development intends to offer 965 residences in 300 acres
By David Collins, The New Mexican
Plans for the area’s most ambitious green-building development moved a step closer to fruition Thursday when the County Development Review Committee recommended approval of the master plan for the Village at Galisteo Basin Preserve.

Learn about more eco-friendly, meaningful, less expensive and natural alternatives to a traditional graveyard burial.
By Everett Sizemore, Gaiam Community
This article is not suggesting that anyone be forced to bury friends and family any certain way. It merely discusses another option that some might find more appealing than a traditional Western burial. Death is a very […]

By Jonathan, Move Blog
On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death. Instead of the friendly union, of life and death so apparent in Nature, we are taught that death is an accident, a deplorable punishment for the oldest sin, the archenemy of life.
But let children walk with Nature, let them […]

Michael d’Estries - ecorazzi
While Anna Nicole Smith took the traditional road of embalming and a hardwood casket, Rachel McAdams is saying no to the glamour and expense of modern burial and opting to go green.

By Paul Comstock, California Literary Review
So not only do we have to worry about the effects of our daily activities on the environment, but according to your book we should also be thinking about the damage we inflict after our death. Walk us through the traditional funeral and burial process, and the ecological harm it […]