The Centre for Natural Burial

By Daily Messenger
One of our closest friends died recently. His end was tragic, shocking, totally unexpected. His family, understandably disconsolate, was further distressed by the unanticipated cost of disposition of his remains at a time when they could least afford it.
Though we may recoil at the idea of making funeral arrangements for ourselves, it is […]

By Yolanda Jones (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal
Dressed in jeans, Croc flip-flops, his favorite T-shirt and a hooded sweatshirt, Justin Borek was buried just like he lived.
“Justin was not about the pomp and circumstance of life and that is why he wanted a green burial,” said his stepmother, Jennifer Borek of Hernando. “It was simple and […]

By Carrie Siedman, New Mexico Business Weekly
A slight breeze ruffles tufts of prairie grass on the hillside overlooking a meadow ringed by juniper and piñon. Here and there, rocky outcroppings provide ready-made seats and nature-made markers, while the purple mountains in the distance offer a rich backdrop. Save for the occasional sounds of nature, the […]

By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
WILMOT, Ohio — Atop a hillside in the Sugar Creek Valley, Gordon Maupin trains binoculars on a bluejay as it lands on a tree. A flock of cedar waxwings flies past him.
At the simple entrance to this former farm, an engraved stone perched on boulders says “Foxfield Preserve.” What you […]

The Nature of Green Burials
by Sharon Nichols and illustrations by Carol Zaloom, October 27, 2008
In early September, I conducted a random poll of Hudson Valley residents. It read: “What would you like to have done with your body at the time of your death?
A. Conventional burial (embalming, expensive casket, concrete vault)
B. Cremation with embalming
C. Cremation […]

By Eric Tanenblatt
s CEO of Summerland Natural Cemetery, I was very surprised Election Day when I learned the Bibb County Commission was poised to pass a “Cemetery Ordinance” which would block our project. I feel this ordinance is based on misinformation propagated by a small, vocal, but uninformed minority.

By Jennifer Burk - jburk@macon.com
A new law that will make it tougher to build new cemeteries and will prohibit natural burials in Bibb County has drawn national attention.
Natural burial and consumer advocates have come forward to say county commissioners are misinformed in their decision to severely limit cemetery locations and dictate how bodies are buried.

By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer Staff Writer
As the setting sun filtered through red and yellow leaves, West Laurel Hill Cemetery’s Nevin Mann stuck a shovel in the ground.
He was planting a tree. And, in a way, nurturing the seed of an idea: a shift in the American way of death - a departure from chemicals, concrete […]

BY ROBERT KING • The Indianapolis Star
When people stop by the booth Nathan Butler sets up to promote his funeral home, they routinely tell him they aren’t interested in the trappings of a modern burial.
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By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A flat stone marker that families can buy to mark graves at Foxfield Preserve.
WILMOT, Ohio — Atop a hillside in the Sugar Creek Valley, Gordon Maupin trains binoculars on a blue jay as it lands on a tree; a flock of cedar waxwings flies past him.
At the simple entrance to this […]