VA Offering Green Burial Pilot Programs at Three National Cemeteries
A pilot program by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will soon allow for green burials in newly designated sections of three of its national cemeteries. In...
Green Burial
2024 CANA Symposium: Thinking Green
WHEELING, IL— How does a funeral business go green? There's no one answer. At its 2024 Cremation Symposium, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) invites you to...
Disposition, Catholic Style
As someone who grew up Catholic with a former Benedictine nun for a mother (yes, seriously) and is now a writer at Connecting Directors — a publication that...
How Green Can You Go? Natural Forest Burial vs. Natural Organic Reduction
Which is the "greener" burial method: Natural Forest Burial or Natural Organic Reduction? What are the commonalities and differences? Well, for starters, each of these options, human remains...
Dust to Dust: Deconstructing Decomposition
How long does it take a decomposing body to return fully to the earth? We’re talking old-school decomp, here, excluding processes like cremation in any of its forms. ...
Which Disposition is the “Eco-Friendliest?”
Clients select a method of final disposition based on a complex combination of factors: the wishes of the deceased, cost considerations, and local laws all figure prominently. “Green”...
This Earth Day, Embrace Change and Ease Into Greener Funerals With Passages
The world was a very different place before the first Earth Day was observed on April 22, 1970. Gigantic vehicles guzzled and emitted leaded gas. The air was...