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A Los Angeles undertaker wants to end our estrangement from death by bringing corpses back home. Source: Caitlin Doughty, Artisanal Undertaker – The New Yorker

Source: Penn Hills Burial Park to use goats for ground clearing efforts | TribLIVE

From funeral cooperatives to green burials, there’s a kinder, gentler, less expensive way to die. Source: What’s a Death Midwife? Inside the Alternative Death Care Movement by Jennifer Luxton — YES! Magazine

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. In times of mourning, we emphasize the cyclical nature of life and death – and yet, American burial practices Source: 11.18.15: Greening Death, How to Win an Inn, & Science…for Her! … Continue reading →

Folks are taking the green-living lifestyle to the limit. Talk about greener pastures. Source: Green-living people seek natural burial options

One person’s mission in VT: “A new, less tidy breed of cemetery is in the works that would also serve as a nature preserve” Source: Green burials gain ground in VT

Source: How To Die Green

GAMBIER, Ohio — Ruth Woehr has lived among the rolling hills of Gambier near Kenyon College for years. The idea of having her final resting place in those same hills, in a natural setting, just makes sense to her. It’s … Continue reading →

Author Suzanne Kelly discusses the myths that drive many of our standard, environmentally damaging burial practices. Source: Ecological Burial Practices: Overcoming the Myth of the Infectious Corpse

From funeral cooperatives to green burials, there’s a kinder, gentler, less expensive way to die. Source: What’s a Death Midwife? Inside the Alternative Death Care Movement by Jennifer Luxton — YES! Magazine