Natural Burial in Canada

Mountain View Cemetery

Natural Burial Co-operative — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:50:37 +0000

Vancouver BC

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Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Natural Burial Co-operative — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:45:35 +0000

Halifax NB

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Williamsburg Cemetery & Crematorium

Natural Burial Co-operative — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:32:21 +0000

Kitchener Ontario

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Royal Oak Burial Park

Natural Burial Co-operative — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:51:22 +0000

Victoria BC Canada

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Cobourg Union Cemetery

Natural Burial Co-operative — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:42:39 +0000

Cobourg, Ontario

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2010 Annual General Meeting

Natural Burial Co-operative — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:42:18 +0000

We would like to invite you to join us for a review of the past year’s activities at our 3nd Annual General Meeting:

June 27, 2010 at 2 pm
10 Carden St., Guelph Ontario

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2009 Annual General Meeting

Natural Burial Co-operative — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:18:54 +0000

We would like to invite you to join us for a review of the past year’s activities at our 2nd Annual General Meeting:

April 25th, 2009 - 2:00 pm
10 Carden St., Guelph Ontario

The Natural Burial Co-operative continues to steadily build its membership and we are now widely recognized as leaders in the development and promotion of the natural burial movement in Canada.

This year’s AGM will be an opportunity for us to meet and share thoughts and the chance for you to ask questions of the founding members. Several initiatives have been undertaken by the founding members this year in developing a range of natural burial products and services in addition to a number of twists and turns in our continuing efforts to establish natural burial cemeteries across Canada. We look forward to discussing these in greater detail at the meeting.

Thank you for your interest and confidence in natural burial, your membership is key to bringing our dream to reality. We hope to see you at the AGM….we will continue to keep you informed thorough our newsletter…watch for the next issue to arrive late May.

We look forward to seeing you on the 25th, and thank you again for your continued support.

2008 Annual General Meeting

Christopher Roy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:52:04 +0000

Dear Co-operative Members,

In the last year, much has taken place to advance natural burial in Canada. Since our incorporation in June 2006, this co-operative has steadily built its membership and we are now widely recognized as leaders in the movement to launch Canada’s first natural burial site.

We are writing to you to give you a high level update on our progress in 2007, share our short and long term strategic vision, and request your continued support.

First, you are invited to attend our first Annual General Meeting. It will be an opportunity for us to get to know each other and offer you a chance to ask any questions you might have. Please confirm your attendance OR your regrets by emailing Michael Salisbury at msalisbury@naturalburial.ca. Proxies for non-attendees can be assigned to one of the Board/Founding members as shown at the end of this letter.

Date: March 1, 2008
Time: 2 PM
Location: Evergreen Seniors Centre, 683 Woolwich Street, Guelph, ON. Canada (Click for Google Maps link and Driving Directions)

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Members Newsletter – Fall 2007

Natural Burial Co-operative — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:43:45 +0000

Message from the President

A warm welcome to all our new members! We are currently working with a number of landowners across the country to establish Canada’s first natural burial ground. Progress is, of course… slow, however we are optimistic that we will have something to show for our efforts in the new year.

I am greatly encouraged by all your support and would like to say thank you for joining the co-operative.

Many members have asked how they can get involved and the answer is simple; share YOUR vision, talk to your friends and neighbors about natural burial (you would be surprised at how many people are fascinated by this movement).

A growing membership is exactly what we need to help win over hesitant landowners and legislators, nothing motivates people more than a proven demand; encourage others to join us.

Yours in service,

Mike Salisbury
President, and Co-founding Member
The Natural Burial Co-operative, Inc.

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Natural Burial Featured in Toronto Star

Natural Burial Co-operative — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:07:59 +0000

The Toronto Star is running an article on natural burial today by Nancy J. White, life writer for the newspaper. The article features interviews from two Natural Burial Co-operative co-founders, Michael Salisbury and Michael Driscoll as well as other members of the natural burial movement in North America.”It’s a way to finance environmental restoration of land, to make sure a Wal-Mart never grows on the old family farm,” says Salisbury, 40, a landscape architect and Guelph city councillor. One of the founders of the co-op, Driscoll, 51, is helping the group plan a line of benign burial products “pine boxes without toxic glues, baskets by Maritime weavers” for members. “No one will get rich on this,” he says.”

Read the full article on the Toronto Star’s website: The Green Goodbye The article also features a nice visual comparison of natural burial options which can also be found online at the Toronto Star’s site: Ways to Go - How the Options Compare.

We need more people who want to help make natural burial possible in all areas of Canada. Get involved in making the vision a reality.

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