The Centre for Natural Burial

Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Environmentally conscious baby boomers are driving the growing popularity of “green” burials, in which dry ice or refrigeration replaces formaldehyde, or a wood casket replaces a concrete vault.

Coffin saleswoman Cynthia Beal is bullish on the Ecopod.
By Steve Goldstein, Obit Magazine
“I’ve had the great experience of feeding people,” said Beal, who formerly owned a natural foods store. “Now I get to compost them.”

By Roger Short, Australian Science Media Centre
There is life after death, according to an Australian scientist who is calling for an end to the practise of cremation around the world to help prevent further global warming.
Professor Roger Short from the University of Melbourne is the reproductive biologist who came up with the concept of lemon […]

Adbusters Magazine
You proudly commute to work by bicycle - rain, sleet and hail be damned. You converted your back lawn into an heirloom vegetable garden, and your front lawn into a greywater-fed sanctuary for native plant species. YOU registered for carbon offsets rather than kitchen gadgets for your green wedding, and you fed your guests […]

The buzz grows around environmentally friendly choices
Johanna Weidner, Waterloo Record
Aspen Heisey wants her body to return to the earth, to decay naturally in a natural setting. Her burial would ideally be in a biodegradable casket, with no embalming fluid, and in a wooded area where it’s enjoyable to spend time.
Above all, she wants her death […]

By Zaffos, Rocky Mountain Holla
Plans for a “green” cemetery in Northern Colorado are still moving forward. Prairie Wilderness Cemeteries, which will perform green burials — meaning no hardwood caskets, no formaldehyde or embalming fluids and no extravagant grave markers — has now applied for nonprofit status with the IRS and has collected contributions to set […]

By Lisa J. Lehr, ezinearticles.com
Want to start a business that fills a universal need? One that appeals to the traditionalist and the progressive thinker alike? One with unlimited growth potential?Green burial products could be the opportunity for you. “Green” burial offers a third alternative to traditional burial and cremation, solving most of the difficulties of […]

By: Kathryn Bursch, Tampa Bay’s 10 News
Dunedin, Florida – The owner of a Pinellas cemetery wants people to think outside the box. At Eternal Rest Memories Park there’s now a section for green burials.

By Imalia, Community for Heritics (blog)
“Ah, why should we wear black for the guests of God? “— John Ruskin
Indeed, the question is why? If you truly believe the person who died is going to Heaven then it should be a celebration. Right? I’m not saying, don’t grieve. I have had plenty of grief over the […]

No embalming, no casket, funeral firms call it “natural” and environmentally friendly.
By TAMARA EL-KHOURY, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer
DUNEDIN - Now there’s a way for the truly environmentally conscious to go green even after death. Charles Scalisi III, the owner of Eternal Rest Memories Park and Funeral Home is offering what he calls Green Burial, […]