The Centre for Natural Burial

By Lisa Cullen
After they learned I had just written a book about funerals and burials, folks would invariably ask me: How would I want to go? That was easy. “I’d want a green burial,” I’d answer.
“A what?” they’d say.
I would have said the same thing a couple of years ago. Not that I’d given it […]

These days, our loved ones are going out in style with a range of eco-friendly caskets, shrouds and burial practices.
ALISON GARWOOD-JONES, Globe and Mail
Old habits die hard, especially in the funeral industry. The preservationists (of bodies, that is) would have us believe that Cadillac-sized coffins are the only way to go. And, so far, most […]

By Amber Gray, AC
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust: a saying that was true long ago. When a love one died, they were placed in the ground. Sometimes in a shroud and often with just a wooden cross as a marker. The act of burial is believed to have originated about 200,000 years ago in […]

By Tara, cowgirl you got that something…blog
Kind of a strange topic switch but my husband and I have been doing a lot of talking about death and funerals lately. Neither of us is real big on the whole stuffy formal funeral ritual but in this day and age it remains more or less the norm. […]

The Daily Journal
East Rochester, N.Y. — When Mary Woodsen of Ithaca dies, she does not want her body filled with chemicals and put into a concrete vault 6 feet under.
“Being buried in a cemetery with a mowed lawn full of rows of gravestones never appealed” to her, Woodsen said. Woodsen is opting for a more […]

Ideas for Developing You Own Ceremonies for Life’s Events
By Julie Begbie, Ezine Articles
Whatever your religion, whether you believe in a god or goddess or are firmly atheist, you will find as you go through life that there are times you want to observe a life changing event. Birth makes many parents think about planning a […]