In the Media

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]