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Green Burials: At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin

By Michael Furniss / April 22, 2024 / Comments Off on Green Burials: At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin

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

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Green Burial in Humboldt County

By Michael Furniss / April 22, 2024 / Comments Off on Green Burial in Humboldt County

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

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Laurie Lewis – Garden Grow

By Michael Furniss / April 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Laurie Lewis – Garden Grow

“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.”

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Conservation Burial Explained

By Michael Furniss / April 10, 2024 /
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Graveyards are surprising hotspots for biodiversity

By Michael Furniss / April 10, 2024 /

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…

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Funeral Poems and Readings

By Michael Furniss / April 10, 2024 /

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…

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Hi, I’m a soil.

By Michael Furniss / April 10, 2024 /

Fundament Wonder

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Green Burial: Options and Aspirations. Dec. 7, 2020 talk at Humboldt State University

By Michael Furniss / April 10, 2024 /
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