The Centre for Natural Burial

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Prisma Press
Our funerary rites have an environmental cost. Approximately 100 000 steres of wood are used to manufacture coffins each year in France. The standards are strict, wood must be natural, but varnished and ornaments, them, are not it. Cremation, chosen by 30% of the French, […]

This original GOOD Magazine animation takes you inside the business of death.
Throughout the developed world the business surrounding death has often been an uneasy topic of discussion. Originating in the mid-19th Century, the modern funeral has evolved into an economic and cultural monster, with a vast network of supporting industries and myriad options for your […]

By Eileen,  EcoSpace
When animals and plants die, they decompose and become nutrients for new forms of life. Why should we deny ourselves of Mother Earth’s beautiful cycle?  Modern cemeteries separate the deceased from natural cycles by embalming them in toxic chemicals, boxing them in steel caskets and concrete burial vaults, and drenching the funeral grounds […]

By Karyn Chenoweth, M&C News
Death comes to us all, but many are bucking the trend for expensive lavish funerals in favor of more personal arrangements.
The Maine Sunday Telegram reported that many believe that services held at home and simply constructed caskets gradually will change how society deals with death.

Some cemeteries are requiring eco-friendly burials, including such things as biodegradable caskets.
By David Colker, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
It’s the ultimate recycling.
With environmental matters getting ever more popular in life, it was only a matter of time before they spread to death too.

Putting aside embalming and tombs Some believe that services at home and simple caskets gradually will change how society deals with death.
By JOHN RICHARDSON, Portland Press Herald
Klara Tammany’s mother didn’t want a typical American funeral. No embalming, no metal casket, not even a funeral home.
When she died after a long illness a couple of years […]

By Miki Perkins, The Age
A new group will push for Australia’s first natural burial ground to be established in Melbourne in a bid to reduce carbon emissions from cremation and regenerate urban bushland. Remains would be buried in biodegradable coffins, and graves marked with a tree or small plaque rather than a granite headstone.

By Miki Perkins, The Age
A new group will push for Australia’s first natural burial ground to be established in Melbourne in a bid to reduce carbon emissions from cremation and regenerate urban bushland.

By Craig Christie
MORAY could gain its first green burial site as part of the legacy of a co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation community. An application has been lodged by the son of Eileen Caddy to create a natural resting place in a section of woodland near the village.

Biz Online - Eastern News
Norfolk woodland burial park has been named the best in the country for the third year running. Colney Woodland Burial Park, just outside Norwich, has been named best green burial site at the cemetery of the year awards.