http://forestofmemories.org/media Resources and Information Supporting Green Burial in North America Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:44:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/06/06/her-last-wish-a-green-burial/ 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 ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/06/05/being-buried-green/ 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 ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/06/05/open-day-for-woodland-burial-site/ 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. Tom ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/06/03/eco-burial-site-shortage-concern/ 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 ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/06/02/it-ain%e2%80%99t-easy-dyin%e2%80%99-green/ Many people prefer not to think about death, maybe hoping that if they don't think about it, it'll never happen. I'm fascinated by death - how it happens, how we deal with it, attitudes towards it. Since 1991 I've conducted almost 1000 funerals without religion as a Humanist Celebrant, so I've ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/05/30/green-burial-2/ BBC News A town running out of burial space in its churchyard is hoping to set up a memorial website to encourage people to use a natural burial ground nearby. St Mary's Church in Usk, Monmouthshire is expected to run out of grave space within five years. A private cemetery in Usk castle ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/05/30/online-headstones-idea-for-town/ By Philip Proefrock, Green Options The move towards a greener lifestyle extends even to the end of life. Choices for the final resting place include some relatively new approaches. Many of these developments seem to be coming out of the United Kingdom and from Europe, though they are being adopted in ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/05/29/green-funerals-and-burial/ By AMEERAH CETAWAYO, The Bowling Green Daily News Plans for a cemetery that would have carried natural or “green” burials were scrapped, for now, after growing opposition from neighbors and general concerns about the plans for the project surfaced. Planner Daniel Faller said Oakland resident James Darrell Carrier, who sought a conditional ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/05/26/%e2%80%98green-cemetery-scrapped-after-some-neighbors-object/ By: Kelli B. Kavanaugh, metromode Driving north from the skyscrapers and stadiums of downtown Detroit to Upland Hills Farm, just north of Rochester in Addison Township, is a study in quick transitions: from urban core to suburban sprawl to rolling pastures and forests in just 45 minutes. But just when you think ... http://forestofmemories.org/media/2007/05/24/eco-endings/