The Centre for Natural Burial

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 […]

Plan cemetery to buy, protect N.H. ranchland
By Deborah Baker, Associated Press
GALISTEO BASIN PRESERVE, N.M. — Tromping across a small, grassy meadow ringed by piñon and juniper trees and dotted with cactuses and clumps of bright-yellow flowers, Joe Sehee suddenly came to a stop. “That’s definitely a burial area,” he said, peering at the gently sloped, […]

It’s time for land trusts to enter the land of the dead.
by Stephen F. Christy, Jr.
Land Trust Alliance Exchange
It’s time for land trusts to enter the land of the dead. We’re already doing it. Think about our daily work.  Our newsletters overflow with successful land preservations, the enjoyment so many folks are having on these […]

Green Cemeteries Fund Conservation
By Nancy Bazilchuk, Conservation In Practice Vol. 8 No. 1
The Galisteo Basin Preserve in New Mexico is a conservationist’s dream. The 5,260-hectare parcel is blanketed by a patchwork of pinon and juniper forests and blue grama grasslands, with raptors wheeling overhead while jackrabbits and coyotes lope down dry arroyos. And if Joe […]

Green development intends to offer 965 residences in 300 acres
By David Collins, The New Mexican
Plans for the area’s most ambitious green-building development moved a step closer to fruition Thursday when the County Development Review Committee recommended approval of the master plan for the Village at Galisteo Basin Preserve.

The latest in green burial.
By Joe Sehee, Slate
Some cultures befriend death as best they can, with burial customs that embrace decay and regeneration. The American way of death has been to stave off decay with formaldehyde, bullet-proof caskets, and concrete burial vaults. But that may be changing.