When considering disposition— what to do with one’s body after death— people generally fall into one of two camps: burial or cremation. Many factors go into the decision: cultural or familial tradition, cost, geographical location (lack or abundance of cemetery space), environmental impact, and personal preference. For those who opt […]
Read MoreBiodegradable Burial Containers for Green Burial: Strange & Unusual
Biodegradable Burial Containers for Green Burial: Part 3 – Strange & Unusual This is the last blog in our series, ‘Biodegradable Burial Containers for Green Burial.’ Part 1 covered the what & why behind green burial containers and reviewed the first and most simple option, burial shrouds. Part 2 explored […]
Read MoreBiodegradable Burial Containers for Green Burial: Coffins & Caskets
Biodegradable Burial Containers for Green Burial: Part 2 – Coffins & Caskets This is the second blog in our series about Biodegradable Burial Containers, where we explore biodegradable options for green burial. In the first blog we discussed, what is a biodegradable burial container, why choose a biodegradable burial container, […]
Read MoreBiodegradable Burial Containers for Green Burial: The What & Why + Shrouds
Biodegradable Burial Containers for Green Burial: Part 1 – The What & Why + Shrouds What do you want to happen to your body after you die? I’ve often fantasized about a Viking Funeral, imagining my body drifting away in a wooden boat as flaming arrows shower down and it […]
Read MoreConservation Burial Alliance: Death + Conservation + Passion
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, […]
Read MoreNatural Burial: Embracing Nature
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 […]
Read MoreBurials Can Be Beautiful, Healing & Transformational
Beautiful. Transformational. Healing. A funeral can actually be all three of those things, when families and friends are invited to participate in the process. I love my job SO MUCH. I get to help promote and practice a way of burial that is kind to the earth. I get to […]
Read MoreHow To Dig A Grave By Hand
We’ve all seen it a dozen times in the movies… Someone digging a grave. Usually it’s done with one shovel and finished in an hour. Ha! Ha, I say! As if it were only that easy. When we dig graves at Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, everything is done by hand, and […]
Read MoreNatural Burial of Paulus Berensohn
Last year when Paulus Berensohn learned about Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, he began preparing for the great event: the end of his life and his after death care. He purchased a cardboard coffin from Mourning Dove Studios, and invited his dear friends to assist in its decoration using his own art […]
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