The Centre for Natural Burial

By Mark Harris, Vegetarian Times
On a bright, spring morning, dozens of mourners gather at Ramsey Creek Preserve’s natural cemetery to say good-bye to Chris Nichols. For nearly eight months the 28-year-old stonemason and “gentle, New Age hippie,” as his mother calls him, had battled aggressive colon cancer and, two days earlier, had passed away quietly […]

By Kristen Banker, Modern Eco-Homes
I was contacted this past Sunday by an old acquaintance. She wanted to let me know that her Grandmother had passed. Knowing that I had a strong liking towards Nonna, (as we Italians call the Grandma’s), I appreciated being informed. It’s never easy loosing someone, even when you know they lived […]

No embalming necessary: ‘Green cemetery’ rises
Cost lower than average burial, uses nonbiodegradable coffins
By ROSALIND BENTLEY, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On his 66th birthday last May, Harry E. Echols learned he had esophageal cancer.
The prognosis was grim enough that Echols decided against treatment that might only slow the inevitable. With the help of his sister, Janet Ferguson, the […]

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 MARYLYNNE PITZ, PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
There are green buildings, green cars, even green weddings. Now comes one of the latest, and ultimately last moves, environmentally conscious consumers can make - green burials.

How a simple burial can leave a lasting legacy
by Dana Logan, Boulder Weekly
Nearly every aspect of our lives impacts the environment. Death, unfortunately, is no exception. And just as more and more people are considering how the choices they make in life can affect the health of the planet, so, too, are more people searching […]

By Fox News
It seems going green is all the rage these days, including after you die. Green burial — which eschews the use of embalming chemicals and caskets that refuse to biodegrade — is on the rise across North America, say trend trackers.

By Mark Harris, Grave Matters Blog
The Ramsey Creek Preserve, as enthusiasts of natural burial know, is the first — and until recently only — green cemetery in the United States.
On a trip down to Georgia last week, I stopped off in tiny Westminster, South Carolina, to tour its leafy grounds for first time since visiting […]

Some cemeteries are requiring eco-friendly burials, including such things as biodegradable caskets.
By David Colker, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
It’s the ultimate recycling.
With environmental matters getting ever more popular in life, it was only a matter of time before they spread to death too.

More are choosing to be buried simply — without elaborate caskets or preparations — to lessen their final impact on the environment
By Cynthia Hubert - Bee Staff Writer
Hannah Wit once told her longtime boyfriend what should happen to her body after her death.No toxic embalming fluid for preservation, she insisted. No fancy metal casket lined […]