Green Burial
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Products & Services
Table of Contents
Books
Organizations
Coffins
Shrouds and Quilts
Home Funeral Guides
Celebrants
Burial at Sea
Books
Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death
by Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson. Hinesburg, Vt: Upper Access Books (2011)
Going Out Green: One Man’s Adventure Planning His Own Burial
by Bob Butz. Traverse City, Mich.: Spirituality & Health Books (2009)
Grave Matters: A Journey through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial
by Mark Harris. New York: Scribner (2007)
The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial
by Elizabeth Fournier. Novato, Cal.: New World Library (2018)
Organizations
The Green Burial Council (GBC) is the environmental certification organization setting the standard for green burial in North America. They offer environmental certificates for funeral homes, cemeteries and product manufacturers. The GBC website provides a list of certified green cemeteries and green products throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as a green burial planning guide.
Massachusetts Funeral Consumers Portal
Provides links to the two Massachusetts affiliates of the national Funeral Consumers Alliance, in Western Massachusetts (FCAWM) and Eastern Massachusetts (FCAEM).
National Home Funeral Alliance
The NHFA empowers families to care for their own dead by providing educational opportunities and connections to resources that promote environmentally sound and culturally nurturing death practices. This website provides a list of cemeteries that allow green burials that are certified by the Green Burial Council as well as those that are not.
New Hampshire Funeral Resources, Education & Advocacy
Articles and how-tos on starting green burial spaces.
Coffins
Massachusetts
Florence Casket Co.
Florence, MA
ask@florencecasket.com
Mary Lauren Fraser
Montague, MA
marylaurenfraser@gmail.com
Cardboard Coffins from Bury Me Naturally
Arlington, MA
biodegradablecoffin@gmail.com
These cardboard coffins are also available through Green Burial MA. The retail price is $350 and half of that price goes directly to GBM as a tax-deductible donation. Contact GBM or leave a voice mail at (617) 393-5011.
Maine
Last Things
Waterville, ME
207.873.7854
crlakin@colby.edu
New Hampshire
Michael Whitman
Lyme, NH 03768
603-795-4435
michael@michael-whitman.com
George Lang
Strafford, NH 03884
greencaskets@gmail.com
Vermont
Jason E Breen Woodworking
1197 Bonnyvale Rd
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802-257-9993
Email: JasonEBreen@gmail.com
Korban Workshop
Northfield, VT
802.754.6206
Knock Knock Natural Coffins
Burlington, VT
802.335.4636
Vermont Coffins
61 Sadie Foss Road
Plainfield, Vermont 05667
802-456-1049
Email: wolves@sover.net
Shrouds and Quilts
Massachusetts
Mourning Dove Studio
Arlington, MA
781-290-7356
Email: Ruth@MourningDoveStudio.com
Last Dance Shrouds/Dina Stander
413-259-9125
Email: Dina@deanbrook.org
Home Funeral Guides
Peaceful Passage at Home
Peg Lorenz
Shirley
978-425-6602
peglor@comcast.net
In Loving Hands
Heather Massey
Cape Cod, MA, USA
508-457-1612
inlovinghandshomefunerals@gmail.com
A Sacred Undertaking
Ann-Elizabeth Barnes
Great Barrington, MA
413-528-1306 or 413-429-6561
annelizbarnes@gmail.com
Linda Caron
Springfield, MA
413-364-2789
Joan Pillsbury
Gill, MA
413-863-4634 or 413-531-2637
pillsbu@comcast.net
Celebrants
Theresa Bessette
End-of-Life Education, Advocacy, and Support
860-912-7246
trebeconsulting.com
Emily Eliot Miller
Death Educator and Doula
(917) 300-1869
http://www.deathjewel.life
Dina Stander
413-259-9125
Dina@deanbrook.org
www.dinastander.com
Burial at Sea
New England Burials at Sea
Captain Brad White
Marshfield Hills, MA, 02051
24 hour line: 617-966-1986
781-834-0112 (9-6 EST)
OceanBurial@aol.com
New England Burials at Sea offers a shroud suitable for burial at sea.