Natural Burial Media Archives / Lisa Carlson

Grave debate


After-death disagreements spread to court
By Sandra Svoboda
Thomas Lynch and Lisa Carlson have a lot in common. Both are published authors, are popular among their peers and have public followings. Both are widely quoted “experts” in their field. Both seem to view their work as a calling as well as a profession. Both eloquently, rationally and […]

My Turn: Support Vt. legislation to allow ‘green’ burials


By Lisa Carlson, Burlington Free Press
As the author of “I Died Laughing: Funeral Education with a Light Touch,” I enjoy funeral humor — it’s a great way to break the ice for a sometimes difficult discussion. (Don’t knock on death’s door. Ring the bell and run. He hates that).

Green burial: ecology friendly


Pushing up daisies is nature’s way, after all
By Betty Booker, Times-Dispatch
Green burial is a new trend that’s as old as death itself.
Let’s not mince words: It’s the disposal of a corpse so that it merges quickly with nature. In other words, ecological in this world, and presumably the next.