Conservation and green cemetery near Asheville, NC
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,” […]
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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 […]
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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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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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Source: Mountain Xpress Written By: Monroe Spivey Publish Date: May 18, 2018 Our Director, Caroline Yongue, was recently interviewed for an article published by the Mountain XPress. Here is the start of the article: Asheville resident Sharon Evans, 66, had an unexpected brush with death five years ago. “I was cooking […]
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A Better World, WPVM 103.7 Asheville Broadcast Date: March 1st, 2018 Death is easy to turn away from but it can also be an opportunity to open your heart. McNair Ezzard, host of A Better World, interviewed Caroline Yongue, Director of Carolina Memorial Sanctuary and Center for End of Life […]
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The Sanctuary’s very own Cassie Barrett was the Guest Speaker for the Asheville chapter of Creative Mornings, where the theme for November was Death. From the Creative Morning’s Website: How do we prepare for life’s big event if we can’t talk about it or even think about it? We live […]
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Ep 6 Cassie Barrett: Green Burials and Reverence for Death “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” What is one of the best things you can do to prepare for death? “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” Carolina Memorial Sanctuary team member, Cassie Barrett, was interviewed by Tara Caffelle from the podcast Grief: […]
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