In the Media

We were late. It was just a potluck, so our tardy arrival shouldn’t have mattered. But the dinner was in honor of a woman named Yvette, who used a wheelchair and was dying of cancer. Time felt precious. With my teenager in the passenger seat, I spun the car into the parking lot at Holding Space, a nonprofit that provides a home in Asheville, North Carolina, for those facing death without family or finances — so they could die in a community rather than alone.

Source: The Washington PostWritten By: Mallory McDuffPublished: December 17, 2021Featured: Preparing for End of Life, Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Mallory McDuff, Green Burial When the first vehicle arrived, I raised my right arm with what I hoped was a blend of authority and empathy. I tried to look serious but not […]

Source: Mountain XPressWritten By: Jessica WakemanPublished: December 10, 2021Featured: End-of-Life Preperation, Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Mallory McDuff, Green Burial As a professor of environmental education at Warren Wilson College, Mallory McDuff is experienced in teaching the next generation about environmentalism. “Climate is front and center for them,” she says. With the […]

Source: Bold LifeBy: Rachel PressleyPublished: December 1, 2021Featured: Cassie Barrett, Benefits of Green Burial, Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Conservation Burial Some may say Cassie Barrett is obsessed with death. But she would say quite the opposite is true — she’s fascinated by what mortality can teach us about living.  “When I […]

Source: Hendersonville Times-NewsWritten By: Rose Jenkins LanePublished: June 8, 2020Featured: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Habitat Restoration, Shaun Moore Shaun Moore is walking on the edge of a wetland, where lush plants are springing up. The leaves are a brilliant green, shining with rain. He stops. “Hey!” he says. “We didn’t plant […]

Source: c|netWritten By: Caroline RobertsPublished: June 3, 2020Featured: Benefits of Green Burial, Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Environmental Impact of Burial Do you ever wonder what happens to your body after you die? Like many, you’ll probably end up six feet under the ground. There’ll be a service. Friends and family will […]

Source: FortuneWritten By: Emily GillespiePublished: April 9, 2020Featured: Green Burial, Impact of Conventional Burial, Conservation Burial Each year in the United States, more than 300,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide are emitted by a surprising group of people: the dead. With more than half of Americans choosing to be cremated […]