Going green, one last time
From cardboard caskets to the absence of harmful chemicals, some people choose to minimize the impact to the environment after they die.
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When Joan Pillsbury’s grandfather died, the family held a viewing, had a funeral—the works.
“He was embalmed, and I remember thinking he did not look anything like that when he was alive,” she said. “The whole idea that you can preserve a loved one in perpetuity is not something I agree with.”
Then, in 2009, she heard an interview with Mark Harris, author of Grave Matters, a book that follows families who found green burials to be a more natural, economical, and even meaningful alternative to the funeral parlor. Read more >>
Going green, one last time