Thanks to those of you that are still with me on this sometimes unpleasant subject of burials. As I said in yesterday’s blog, I originally intended for this to only be two blogs, but there is just so much information out there, I felt compelled to write a third segment. If you are not so hip on a green cemetery and are still considering cremation, you might want to take a look at resomation, sometimes referred to as bio-cremation. Not many states have legalized it so far, but rather than burning the body, they put the remains in a stainless … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I was talking about green burials and why, for whatever reason, it is an attractive option for many people. Green burial sites aim to reduce the environmental impact and conserve the landscape. There is a Green Burial Council that sets standards for green cemeteries. Wikipedia lists Joe Sehee, the Executive Director of the council as a “leading advocate” in the green burial movement. Dr. Billy Campbell, who opened the first modern green cemetery in 1996 (Memorial Ecosystems in Westminster, SC), is also another pioneer in the green burial movement. Tyler Cassity, who took a bankrupt cemetery in Hollywood and … Continue reading →

I just never know where my next blog topic is going to come from. Today, I was listening to an achieved episode of the radio show “Coast to Coast” and they were talking to journalist Tom Jokinen. Jokinen went undercover as an apprentice at a mortuary in order to write his book “Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaking-in-Training.” Okay, all this may sound a bit morbid (actually, it was very interesting), but a topic was brought up that I never thought about – green burial. There are many reasons someone might want a green burial. First of all, there is the … Continue reading →