The Centre for Natural Burial

Reno has Nevada’s only funeral home certified by the Green Burial Council
By Kat Kerlin
In Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman wrote, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love. If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles.”
To decompose and return to the earth is natural for all living […]

Wumple.com
Envision a green cemetery in the middle of a restored tallgrass prairie, with native flowers blooming in the spring alongside lush native grasses.  Could you imagine a more beautiful way to spend eternity while helping to protect and restore an endangered ecosystem and provide habitat for grassland birds, butterflies, and other prairie wildlife?

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 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 T.J. GREANEY, Columbian
So in an effort to “go green,” you bought the hybrid, insulated your house and ride your bike to work. You’re done, right?
Well, not quite.
Bill Goddard of Columbia wants you to know there’s another way to reduce your impact on the environment, and it involves returning to the Earth. That is, returning […]

City of Lawrence, Green Burial Discussion in Lawrence
By Dragonfly Messenger: News & Information
The purpose of this memo is to discuss “Green” or Natural Burial options for the City of Lawrence. Green burial ensures the burial site remains as natural as possible in all respects. Interment of the bodies is done in a biodegradable casket, shroud […]

Home funerals, memorial reefs, natural cemeteries and the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Humboldt
By Bob Doran, North Coast Journal
What happens after you’re dead? The exact nature of the afterlife (if there is one) is debatable and far from certain. What is certain is that we leave behind a body, a mass of flesh and bone that […]

By Wendy Priesnitz, Natural Life Magazine
When a loved one dies, environmental issues may not be top of mind for grieving family and friends. However, the average funeral and burial are very un-green.
Embalming fluid is made with formaldehyde, which is a carcinogen. Most traditional caskets are made from formaldehyde-glued chipboard covered in a thin veneer. Handles […]