The Centre for Natural Burial

Since 1841, when Mt. Elliott Cemetery was established on 12 acres of farmland on Detroit’s east side, the Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association has been a central feature on the region’s cultural and memorial landscape. Now, an extraordinary new resource for families looking to honor and remember their loved ones has been unveiled: The Preserve at […]

Contact: Kevin Gorman, Executive Director
(503) 241-3762, Ext. 104
In keeping with the growing sustainability movement in Portland, five local funeral homes are offering green burial services and supporting a local non-profit dedicated to the preservation of the Columbia River Gorge. Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Skyline Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, Young’s Funeral Home, Ross Hollywood […]

A cemetery in Payne County will allow people to be buried in only burial shrouds. The idea is to have a natural, earth-friendly resting place.
BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL Oklahoman
Bill Bernhardt doesn’t want to be buried in his cemetery, but he knows other people will.
He’s opening a cemetery in western Payne County where the dead can be […]

Castle Chase Burial Ground, USK, South Wales
A natural burial is a sustainable one, accounting for 7% of burials in the U.K. Speaking on Life Matters, Ken West  who began the first natural burial site in the U.K. says that natural burial is a sustainable process that helps biodiversity. Natural burials don’t come with coffins or […]

You may know that Funerals can get quite expensive…to the point that older adults can buy themselves a “Guaranteed Acceptance Life Insurance”, i.e.: a Life Insurance that does not require passing a medical exam. The amount covered by the Guaranteed Acceptance Life Insurance policy covers the expenses of a nice standard funeral.
The idea is that […]

Dying is part of life and so are funerals. But are you aware of how much damage we cause the earth even after death? Did you know that 60 million trees are axed every year to build coffins? Gases emittted during cremations account for 16 percent of the UKs mercury emissions. Construction of vaults for […]

By Karen Caffarini, Life Quotes, Inc.
Death is going green. A growing number of people are eschewing traditional end of life rituals for simpler, more environmentally friendly, and in many cases, less expensive green burials. Some casket manufacturers and funeral directors are responding to the trend.
Toxic embalming fluids, metal caskets and concrete vaults are prohibited, instead […]

STEVEN ELBOW | The Capital Times | selbow@madison.com madison.com |
People who want their last act on Earth to be environmentally friendly are closer to having an option in Dane County.
Last month the Natural Path Sanctuary, a cemetery that will consist of about 25 acres of wooded land in the town of Springdale, won approval for […]

MNN.COM›Eco-Biz›Sustainable Business Practices
A generational shift towards cremation inadvertently leads to more eco-friendly choices.
By Katherine Butler
The dark economic climate hasn’t stop people from dying. But it is dissuading people from spending too much on the accoutrements of the afterlife. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports that the death industry is significantly scaling back as more people turn to […]

Today was something I’d been looking forward to for a while, meeting one of my heroes, Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak, who has invented and developed a greener alternative to cremation and burial called Promession.
I became aware of this process whilst working with Justin Rowlatt, BBC Newsnight’s ‘Ethical Man’, during filming in my garden, and when I found […]