Resources and Information Supporting Green Burial in North America
By Robbie Byrd, THE HUNTSVILLE ITEM
OAKHURST, TEXAS— She had been battling cancer for nearly two years now, and finally she drew her last breath surrounded by friends and family. They took her frail body — wrapped in a warm down comforter — and lined her grave with Spanish moss, just as she had asked them to. They placed her on a plywood plank and, with ropes, mourners slowly lowered her into a hole on one of the many wildlife preservation sites she had dedicated her final years to protecting.
By Cameron Katrina, Myspace Blog
‘Green’ burial includes no embalming and the use of wrapping the body in a shroud or placing them (the deceased) in a completely bio-degradable coffin/casket that can be made of non-treated wood, wicker, or cardboard. Instead of creating large cemeteries that are only used for the dead and the use of valuable land space, conservation cemeteries are popping up across the country. Here, people can be buried ‘green’ and can have a rose bush, tree, rock, just about anything natural placed to mark where they are buried and will not disrupt the environment.
By Daniel Barden
THE area’s first new-style woodland burial park is soon to be open in North Weald.
Planners gave the green light for the 52-acre Epping Forest Burial Park last year and now an open day is being held for people to get a first glimpse how the mature woodland cemetery will look.
BBC News
Concerns have been raised over the lack of natural burial sites in Cornwall. The county currently has one site near Penzance for environmentally friendly burials while Devon has seven sites. The Association for Natural Burial Grounds (ANBG) said the problem was particularly prevalent in Cornwall and the South East.
If you think it’s hard to live in an environmentally conscious manner, just wait until you’re dead!
By Michael Kalmanovitch, SEE magazine
Even in death, Michael Kalmanovitch will follow the cardinal rules of conservation. He wants his body rendered, “like any other animal,” and hopefully recycled–rendering, of course, being the process by which a body is crushed or boiled to seperate the fat from the bone. The fat can then be used to make animal feed, wax, glue, etc.