Colorful Coffins on The Today Show
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The “natural burial” movement is blooming in the United States, and it will get a huge boost this week when Meredith Vieira, the host of NBC Today Show, interviews Carmen Flowers. Flowers is one of the authors of a new book titled Grave Expectations - Planning the End of Life Like There is No Tomorrow.
El Granada, California businesswoman, Jane Hillhouse is among the passionate leaders of the natural burial movement and the founder of Colorful Coffins. Her biodegradable caskets will be featured as part of the NBC interview.
“People are beginning to accept the idea of having their departing act be a positive statement and an ecological contribution to nature,” says Hillhouse.
An Englishwoman by birth, Hillhouse notes that there are about 250 green cemeteries in England. In the United States there are 200 funeral homes that have joined the Green Burial Council. “Part of my business is selling biodegrable coffins; part is helping to locate and establish open spaces in the US where green burials are welcome; and a large part is education - getting the word out”.
Hillhouse became interested in the concept of natural burials a decade ago while living in her native England. “I was pleased when, shortly after my return to the US, the series Six Feet Under aired on television, demonstrating that the concept was gaining momentum in the US psyche.
“The more I learn about he waste and destructive methods being used, I ealize that we must return to the ecologically sound practices of the past.”
Because of the presidential inauguration this program has been rescheduled to air on April 2, 2009.
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