The Centre for Natural Burial

BRYAN FURNASS, The Canbera Times
From time immemorial, dying, death and the disposal of human remains have been of central concern to human cultures. For many thousands of years early humans buried their dead in simple shallow graves, their bodies thereafter becoming part of the natural ecosystem.

Audio Transcript by Ian Townsend, ABC
There’s a boom in funerals around the corner as the Boomers face mortality, but neither cemeteries nor crematoria are eco-friendly. The business of burials is beginning to adapt, and so are their future customers.

A natural burial site has been chosen for Adelaide
A parcel of bushland at Enfield Memorial Park cemetery in Adelaide is to be turned into what is described as an environmentally-friendly grave site.

By AAP
South Australia has joined NSW, Victoria and Tasmania in offering a site for natural burials.

A proposed new eco burial area with trees planted in commemoration of loved ones will be landscaped with the help of caring young students from Te Puru School.
The school children are assisting Thames-Coromandel District Council with a planting session at Totara Cemetery next Thursday September 11 as part of Conservation Week.

PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent
LOCAL AUTHORITIES throughout the State should make more burial spaces available for Muslims as, currently, there is just one graveyard in the Republic where they can be buried, a spokesman for the community in Ireland has said.
Ali Selim, secretary of the Irish Council of Imams and based at the Islamic Cultural […]

By MATT RILKOFF - Taranaki Daily News
Judy Martin wants a “natural” burial so she can rot right down without any fuss when she dies.
Unfortunately the closest place the New Plymouth woman can have a fast-rot burial is in Makara, near Wellington, a 4 1/2 drive for any family wishing to pay their respects.

By Leah MacLennan, ABC news
An invention to make burials more environmentally friendly has been developed by a funeral director.  Kevin Hartley is a strong advocate of ‘natural burial’, or being put in the ground without a coffin.
He has come up with an invention to make burials more natural while still incorporating the elements of a […]

By NATHAN BEAUMONT - The Dominion Post
Dying might seem like the ultimate way to reduce one’s carbon footprint, but a new approach to being buried could breathe life into the environment.
New Zealand’s first “natural” burial took place yesterday at the cemetery grounds in Makara.

The Eastbourne Herald
ona Bay residents Sola Freeman and Mark Blackham have received permission from Wellington City Council for plots at Makara Cemetary for those wishing to bury loved ones naturally.