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Green Burials: At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin – The New York Times

An article in the North Coast Journal about green burial developments. Load the PDF or find it here.

“I wanna go back to this sweet earth when my time comes to go…”“Don’t pickle me or char my skin, just dig a hole and roll me in.”

Conservation burial is an eco-friendly alternative to traditional burial practices that helps protect and preserve natural areas. Instead of being laid to rest in a conventional cemetery, the deceased is buried in a protected conservation ground, allowing their remains to return to the earth without harmful chemicals or materials naturally. This environmentally-conscious approach provides a…

Link to story on Scientific American Even the smallest burial sites could help conserve natural habitats in agricultural landscapes BY GEMMA CONROY Environment Two weeks after the spring equinox, farmers in China’s Hebei province pay a visit to deceased loved ones in tiny graveyards among the vast wheat fields to mark Qingming Jie, an annual festival…

https://naturalendings.co.uk/resources/funeral-poetry Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep Do not stand at my grave and weepI am not there.I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow.I am the diamond glints on snow.I am the sunlight on ripened grain.I am the gentle autumn’s rain.When you awaken in the morning’s hush,I am the swift…

A short imagined encounter with a sentient, talking soil. Topsoil metaphors with varied appeal. Fundament Wonder

Talk about green/natural/conservation burial and spreading, given through the OLLI program by Michael J Furniss.