Green Burial Traditions and Practices
Discover the importance of green burial practices, including eco-friendly options like home burial and natural burial grounds in Colorado. Learn about the benefits of green burial, its impact on the environment and worker health, and how to reduce both environmental and financial costs associated with traditional burial practices. Explore the rise of green burials in the U.S. as more Americans seek sustainable end-of-life options.
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Renewing Burial Traditions Green Burial Anne Weston Green Burial Project Hillsborough, NC
3 Tenets of Green Burial No embalming No vault Biodegradable coffin or shroud 2
How do Americans dispose of their dead? 2,854,838 registered deaths in the U.S. (Source: National Vital Statistics Reports, Final Data for 2019) Burials 36.6% (est.) (Source: NFDA 2021 Cremation / Burial Report) Cremations 57.7% (est.) (Source: NFDA 2021 Cremation / Burial Report) Others gifts to science, wet cremation (alkaline hydrolysis), burial reefs, burial at sea, home burials, Recomposition, no recoverable remains 3
Why is Green Burial Important? Conserves resources Protects worker health Reduces carbon emissions Protects habitat Provides a more intimate experience 4
How to reduce the environmental and financial costs Skip embalming It is not required by law in any state. Choose a low impact coffin FSC-certified unfinished wood; willow; felted wool; cardboard Choose a shroud -- linen, silk, cotton, old quilt. Select a cemetery that does not require a vault or grave liner. These are a matter of cemetery policy, not law. 5
Green Burial Options (Home Burial) Burial of R. Wayne Johnson Raleigh, NC October 29, 2018 Photo credit: Maureen Castro 6
Colorado Green Burial Grounds (Hybrid) https://www.nhfuneral.org/green-burial-cemeteries-in-the-us-and-canada.html Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs Evergreen Memorial Park, Evergreen Fairview Cemetery, Colorado Springs Roselawn Cemetery (Garden of Harmony), Fort Collins 7
Colorado Green Burial Grounds (Natural) https://www.nhfuneral.org/green-burial-cemeteries-in-the-us-and-canada.html Colorado Burial Preserve, Florence Crestone Cemetery, Crestone Seven Stones, Littleton 8
Conservation Burial Ground Northern Orange County NC Bluestem Conservation Cemetery opening Spring 2022 90-acre farm barn, house, pond, meadows and woodland, family cemetery Property and its uses protected by a conservation easement to be held by Triangle Land Conservancy and the Eno River Association 9
Resources Green Burial Council--https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/ Green Burial Cemeteries in the US and Canada-- https://www.nhfuneral.org/green-burial-cemeteries-in-the-us-and-canada.html Funeral Consumer Society Colorado-- https://www.funeralconsumercolorado.org/ Funeral Consumers Alliance (national organization)-- https://funerals.org/ Death Cafes--https://deathcafe.com/ 10
Anne Weston GREEN BURIAL PROJECT www.greenburialproject.org anne@greenburialproject.org 11
