Morning Show with Mary Jacobsen – Green Burials This week, Mary Jacobsen speaks with Candace Currie and Lisa Groves about “green” burial, also called natural burial. Currie is Clerk for Green Burial Massachusetts, a statewide nonprofit whose mission is to
Green burials: Leave no trace
Green burials: Leave no trace Inside the industry devoted to handling death in an ecologically sustainable way By Quartz Staff Humans have been burying their dead for at least 40,000 years. But in the last couple of centuries, especially in
Death has a big carbon footprint. Maine’s first conservation cemetery offers an alternative
Death has a big carbon footprint. Maine’s first conservation cemetery offers an alternative The Kennebec Land Trust recently opened a conservation cemetery in Fayette that offers green burials – combining the climate-friendly burial process with land conservation. Green burial is
Would you want to be composted after you die?
Would you want to be composted after you die? Mass. lawmakers want to make it an option. By Dharma Noor, The Boston Globe, January 4, 2023 What will happen to your body when you die? In Massachusetts, you have three
New York governor legalizes human composting after death
New York governor legalizes human composting after death State becomes sixth to pass legislation since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial Edward Helmore in New York and agencies New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, on
New York OK’s human composting law; 6th state in US to do so
New York OK’s human composting law; 6th state in US to do so By MAYSOON KHAN The Associated Press,Updated December 31, 2022, 1:46 p.m. ALBANY, N.Y. – Howard Fischer, a 63-year old investor living north of New York City, has a
Cycle of Life, Death, and Renewal
Cycle of Life, Death and Renewal Green Burial in Massachusetts Through your voice, more cemeteries allow green burial. 2022 Winter Solstice Dear Friend of Green Burial, Green, or natural, burial honors the cycles of life, death, and renewal. You know
If You Want to Give Something Back to Nature, Give Your Body
If You Want to Give Something Back to Nature, Give Your Body Opinion By Caitlin Doughty Eight years ago, panting heavily in the humid summer air, I carried a pair of orange work buckets full of wood chips up a
Going Green After Death
Going Green After Death ABC News Watch here.
Environmentally Friendly Alternatives To Burial
October 31, 2022 – The Enviro Show The Day of The Dead Enviro Show Greetings Earthlings. How do you honor your dead? Some folks visit the grave sites of their dearly departed, others have their photos on the wall or