A photographic tour of Ramsey Creek Preserve
By MSN Lifestyles
May 20, 2007
May 18, 2007
Building 20 mn tombs costs China 16,556 acres annually
China is actively promoting the idea of “green burial” as 16,556 acres of land is being consumed for building tombs to cremate 20 million Chinese dying each year.
May 17, 2007
Expect traffic delays in North Walton
Northwest Florida Daily News
Motorists can expect delays when traveling through north Walton County this afternoon. The funeral service for Army Sgt. Tim “Timmy” Padgett, who was killed in Afghanistan, will start at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church on Circle Drive in DeFuniak Springs.
Burial with full military honors will follow at Glendale Memorial Nature Preserve, which is north of DeFuniak Springs.
May 16, 2007
Educating Toronto citizens on living green
by Laura Godfrey, Assistant Arts Editor, Excalibur
Thousands of people recently found out just how easy it is to be green at Toronto’s first Green Living Show. The event, which ran from April 27 to 29 in the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place, featured hundreds of booths with products and information on environmentally friendly ways to live and shop. It also proved its serious commitment to walking the green walk by using Bullfrog Power, an electricity retailer that only uses water- and wind- powered generators, providing carbon-free electricity.
May 14, 2007
Live Green, Die Green
Latest installment in green lifestyle stories urges making one’s final decision earth-friendly.
By Jeff Poor, Business & Media Institute
The media have been all over stories of eccentric families’ toilet paperless lifestyles and their green weddings, but now CNN has pushed the peripheries of ecological awareness to the end of life by making the case for a green funeral.
May 13, 2007
Rest in Peace
Say No to Trash (blog)
The effect mainstream funeral practises have on the earth is something I had thought a little about but never really researched. I knew the embalming chemicals were bad news, not to mention the space bodies take up in the earth, so I wondered about cremation and if that was any better. According to the article on the Soko, not really.
May 3, 2007
The art of living… and dying
Shannon Beahen, Ottawa Xpress
How we die says a lot about how we live
This issue is our first Art of Living special and for it we’ve chosen stories that look at some unique or artful ways some of us choose to live: It may be where we skateboard, where we meet others of the same ideology, or where we drink coffee and wait for genius inspiration to strike. And though the photograph on the cover seems contrary to the theme of the special, it’s not; the way we choose to say goodbye is often reflective of how we’ve chosen to live. (Matt Harrison)
May 2, 2007
Greener pastures for the dearly departed
Newfield cemetery takes unconventional approach to burials.
Back The entrance sign says “Greensprings Natural Cemetery.”
But where are the grave stones, mausoleums, well-manicured grassy plots and paved roads? The place looks more like a farmer’s field than a cemetery.
May 1, 2007
A standard, conventional funeral is not the sole option for families
Jen Baról, The Albuquerque Tribune
Theresa Doyle was an independent woman, an unconventional woman, a free-thinker who taught her children to question society and not to settle for its norms. She was also a quiet, rural woman whose life followed a simple philosophy: cherish your privacy and take care of your own business.
So it only made sense that when Doyle died in November, her children would handle the funeral arrangements themselves rather than going through a funeral home.