March 20, 2007

My Turn: Support Vt. legislation to allow ‘green’ burials

By Lisa Carlson, Burlington Free Press

As the author of “I Died Laughing: Funeral Education with a Light Touch,” I enjoy funeral humor — it’s a great way to break the ice for a sometimes difficult discussion. (Don’t knock on death’s door. Ring the bell and run. He hates that).

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April 17, 2006

Green burial: ecology friendly

Pushing up daisies is nature’s way, after all
By Betty Booker, Times-Dispatch

Green burial is a new trend that’s as old as death itself.

Let’s not mince words: It’s the disposal of a corpse so that it merges quickly with nature. In other words, ecological in this world, and presumably the next.

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