Source: Chicago Tribune Written By: Kay Manning Publish Date: May 1, 2019 Featuring: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Natural Burials, Home Funerals Jeffrey Rich woke up last July to find his husband not breathing beside him in bed. When Jeff Wright, 57, could not be revived, Rich started looking for ways to […]
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As a death activist, someone who is committed to helping our culture heal its relationship to death, I feel so lucky to live in Asheville. We are a small city with just over 90,000 people and yet we have a thriving community that embraces the topic of death and offers […]
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As the word “sanctuary” in Carolina Memorial Sanctuary implies, it is a nature reserve, a safe and natural space for people, and also for all the wildlife that is attracted to live there. Safe for the animals is not so much about individual beings, but more about the balance of […]
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It’s a lofty goal: Conserve 1,000,000 acres of land through conservation burial. This was (and still is ) the vision of Billy and Kimberly Campbell – the founders of the conservation burial movement and the owners of the very first conservation burial ground, Ramsey Creek Preserve, which opened in 1996, […]
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Some people think that if they prepare for death, death will come knocking. With 20 plus years of experience now, walking amidst death, I’ve witnessed the results of preparing for death and the consequences of what happens when death is allowed to come as a surprise. Each of us […]
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Carolina Memorial Sanctuary in Mills River offers a place for people to bury their loved ones or scatter their ashes, in harmony with nature. On Oct. 2, the sanctuary donated a permanent conservation easement to Conserving Carolina, which assures that this burial ground will remain a beautiful natural environment forever. […]
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Source: BlueRidgeNowWritten By: Rose Jenkins LanePublish Date: August 26, 2018Featuring: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Caroline Yongue, Conservation Burial Caroline Yongue had taken on the task of creating a conservation burial ground in Mills River, but the land was an impenetrable mass of weeds: hundreds of young Bradford pear trees, poison ivy […]
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Source: Only In Your State Written By: Robin Jarvis Published: August 6, 2018 Featured: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary There is a movement that’s been sweeping America in recent years, and surprisingly, it began in our neighbor and sister state, South Carolina. It’s a burial practice that doesn’t involve harsh chemicals, or […]
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One of my most difficult challenges working at Carolina Memorial Sanctuary over the years has been expanding my understanding of the space to include others’ ideas and visions for it. Even before the land was purchased, a significant part of that vision was to create a natural setting that would […]
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When hearing the phrase “being in nature” or “natural setting”, each of us will likely manifest our own unique mental image of what that means to us. This image can change through the years, as we age or as our physical capacity for outdoor enjoyment/activities diminishes or increases. “Natural” is […]
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