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.
Read MoreThe Washington Post – ‘Green burials’ can change our relationship with death — and help the Earth
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 […]
Read MoreMountain XPress – Warren Wilson professor’s new book explores eco-conscious death
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 […]
Read MoreBold Life – Greening Up the Afterlife: Mills River property is North Carolina’s first Conservation Burial Ground
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 […]
Read MoreHendersonville Times-News – Stories of the Land: New life at Carolina Memorial Sanctuary
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 […]
Read Morec|net: Natural burials could change how we say goodbye to the dead
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 […]
Read MoreFortune – The ‘green death’ movement: Scientific advances give more eco-friendly funeral options
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 […]
Read MoreThe New York Times: Rest Me in a Pine Box and Let the Fiddle Play
Source: The New York TimesWritten By: Mallory McDuff Published: July 26, 2019 Featured: Preparing for Death, Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Center for End of Life Transitions After helping her father have the homegrown funeral he planned, an environmentalist is designing her own. “I hope to be around for a long time,” […]
Read MoreMountain Xpress: Green burial cares for loved ones and the earth
Source: Mountain Xpress Written By: Kay West Published: May 25, 2019Featured: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary On the 11 hilly acres of Carolina Memorial Sanctuary in Mills River, the view encompasses woodland, meadow, wildflowers, native shrubs and McDowell Creek. Birdsong trills through the balmy spring air, the only sound other than the […]
Read MoreChicago Tribune – Why some are ditching the vault and coffin for natural burials and at-home funerals
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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