The Centre for Natural Burial

by Brian Merchant
Green burials have been a growing trend in the United States for some time now — and the term itself has come to encompass very different kinds of natural burials. But it’s still surprising just how fast they’ve grown. An AP story out today reveals that the Green Burial Council “now counts more […]

by Manuel Valdes,
Steve Sall moved forward on uneven, rocky terrain in his motorized wheelchair and came to a stop at the edge of a sweeping vista of ponderosa pines and bright pockets of yellow wildflowers.
Sall wanted to see the canyon he used to hike before Lou Gehrig’s disease left him near death. Three months later, […]

By Shannon Proudfoot, Postmedia News
From recycled newspaper coffins that resemble space-age mummies to sea-salt urns that dissolve in hours if floated out to sea, green burial options will be among the most innovative products on the trade-show floor at the National Funeral Directors Association convention in New Orleans this week.
“It allows families to do something […]