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Further Reading on Green Funerals
Get more info on green funerals from these other worthwhile sources.
Coffins and Urns:
- The BBC explores the revival of the craft of bamboo coffin making in China.
- Batesville, the largest US casket maker, offers a living memorial service, whereby a tree is planted for every casket purchased.
Burial & Cremation:
- Grist looks at the Green Burial Council’s efforts to establish standards for the industry.
- The New York Times explores a power struggle in the fledgling green burial industry.
- The Guardian laments the demise of great Victorian cemeteries, and offers hope for a revival for the benefit of both humans and nature.
- National Geographic gets schooled on the natural burial movement.
- A UK crematorium looks at consolidating burnings to reduce its emissions.
- UK Funerals Online offers a directory of green and woodland burial sites.
- Can you be buried anywhere? The BBC looks into burial on private land.
- Green TV explores options for environmentally sound burial in the UK.
- The US cremation industry makes the case that burning ain’t so bad.
- Floramorial offers to turn your cremation ashes into plant food.
End of Life Traditions and Alternate Practices:
- The BBC’s Ethical Man looks into the possibility of composting his own corpse.
Funerals:
- Earthly Matters looks at the significant pollution caused by the funeral industry.
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