Trail Times
In what may be the ultimate expression of back to nature, three entrepreneurs are creating what they say is California’s first organic cemetery, hoping their ban on floral arrangements and formaldehyde will serve as a national model.
July 19, 2004
July 15, 2004
Green Graveyards—A Natural Way to Go
Back-to-nature burials in biodegradable caskets conserve land
By Barbara Basler, AARP Newsletter
In lovely woods just outside the tiny town of Westminster, S.C., discreetly scattered among the tall pines and poplars, are 20 graves, many hand-dug by Billy Campbell.
The graves, mounds of earth dotted with wildflowers and bathed in dappled sunlight, are marked with flat stones engraved with the names of the dead—from a rock-ribbed Southern Baptist to a gentle New Age hippie.
July 8, 2004
What is a green burial?
David Adam, The Guardian
Just the thing for the environmentally-friendly deceased. There is no bulky headstone or embalming fluid, coffins are made of biodegradable cardboard or papier maché, and the graveyard, when full, can be turned into a nature reserve or picnic site.