TerraCon 2024: What You May Have Missed and Why It Matters
More than 250 individuals gathered in Tacoma, Washington — with another 200 joining online — on February 21 and 22, 2024 for TerraCon 2024, the first convention to...
Natural organic reduction
If NOR is In Your Future, You Can’t Miss Return Home’s TerraCon 2024
While progress sometimes seems sluggish in most areas of deathcare, natural organic reduction (NOR), or human composting, is bucking that trend — big time. In just three short...
Nevada Becomes Seventh State to Legalize Natural Organic Reduction
On May 30, Nevada governor Joe Lombardo quietly signed Assembly Bill 289 into law, making his state the latest to legalize disposition by natural organic reduction (NOR). Appropriately,...
New York Becomes Sixth State to Legalize Natural Organic Reduction
Whatever you call it — natural organic reduction (NOR), recomposition, human composting, or Terramation™ — there’s no denying that the process of transforming human remains into soil is...
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...
The Unexpected Value of Slowing Down the Death-Planning Process for Families
Many funeral homes pride themselves on how many arrangements they can get in and out the door in a given business day. Efficiency and high volume sales are...