Podcasts about natural burial

Scott and Whitney sit down with Jennifer Dill, our Natural Burial Coordinator to get an update three and a half years after we introduced our natural burial ministry. They review how and why our church wanted to engage this topic, Jennifer explains more about what the process of natural burial looks like, and she shares some stories and encouragement from the past few years. If you have questions or want access to additional resources, be sure to check out the podcast page at https://grace.sc/resources/podcasts/memberspodcast/

Welcome to the latest edition of ICYMI from Funeral Service Insider. As always, we are here to keep you informed about the latest funeral service happenings and trends. Here's what we have on deck this week. New Jersey License Changes CANA Announces Dues Increase Barbara Kemmis Podcast Green Burials Return to Billings

A group of Rotorua residents wants the council to create a natural burial site, so people can be interred simply without coffins or embalming, decomposing naturally under a tree. Other regions including Whakatane and Taupo already have designated natural burial sites. Te Atawhai Aroha Trust has presented an almost 400 signature petition to the Rotorua Lakes Council designate land for a public natural burial site, Richard Bird speaks to Lisa Owen

In this thought-provoking episode of "Twenty Seven Degrees," hosts Chris and Nancy explore the concept of green burials with Joan Pillsbury and Candace Currie from Green Burial Massachusetts, Inc. As passionate advocates for eco-friendly end-of-life practices, Joan and Candace provide an enlightening look at how green burials offer a sustainable and meaningful alternative to traditional burial methods.Join us as Joan and Candace explain the principles and benefits of green burials, from reducing environmental impact to fostering a deeper connection with nature. They share their personal journeys into the green burial movement, discuss the growing interest in this practice, and highlight the mission and efforts of Green Burial Massachusetts, Inc.Listeners will learn about the various aspects of green burials, including biodegradable materials, conservation burial grounds, and the importance of preserving natural landscapes. Joan and Candace also address common questions and misconceptions, offering practical advice for those considering a green burial for themselves or their loved ones.Whether you're interested in sustainable living, planning for the future, or simply curious about eco-friendly practices, this episode provides a comprehensive and heartfelt exploration of green burials. Tune in to "Twenty Seven Degrees" for an inspiring conversation with Joan Pillsbury and Candace Currie, and discover how green burials honor both life and the environment. Connect with Green Burial Massachusetts

SHOW NOTES –EPISODE 13, NICOLA FINCH, NATURAL BURIAL  Nicola Finch is passionate about caring for our own dead.  Through her lived experiences and how her family approached death, Nicola knows the value of being with her dead, caring for them, and participating in companioning them to their final resting spot makes a difference for the grievers; for those left behind.  Nicola shares personal stories about the death of both her parents, and the unexpected death of her brother at a young age.  Her stories will help us all to understand exactly how it can make tragic circumstances just a little bit easier.  As part of “caring for our dead”, Nicola also talks about the importance of natural burial, and how, in the province of BC we don't have enough opportunities or locations where we can provide a natural burial for our loved ones, or ourselves.   Our conversation together will definitely give you something to think about – and maybe alter your perspective, just a little, if you haven't yet considered how you want to be cared for after death, or how you may wish to care for your dead loved ones.  Have a listen!  ABOUT NICOLA FINCH:  Nicola Finch has lived remote and off grid for 22 years. She and her husband, David steward 50 acres on the Tŝilhqot'in plateau in the interior of British Columbia. David is the originator and pioneer of the steam bent wood ring. They are co-creators of Touch Wood Rings and Touch Wood Memorial Rings.   Nicola is passionate about choice. She is a wholistic death care advocate and believes Natural Burial should be an accessible choice for everyone in British Columbia. She believes what's important is caring for each other and our dying planet; giving the birds something to sing about. She loves to photograph, and loves sharing the beauty of the natural world because it brings people home.    You can find Nicola here:  Nicola@dying.green  https://www.greenburialbc.ca/  https://www.touchwoodrings.com/  https://www.ccdcnetwork.com/      LEARN ABOUT DEATH DOULA NETWORK INTERNATIONAL  Contact us at admin@ddnint.com for any feedback or suggestions on podcast guests or topics.    Music provided by Dee Flat and the Benz, used with permission. 

John Christian Phifer  is executive director of Larkspur Conservation and president of the Conservation Burial Alliance. Speaking to us from Tennessee, he describes how, after 15 years in the funeral industry, he transformed his focus to natural burial practices and the protection and stewardship of land through conservation burial. (WPKN, April 10, 2024)     The post John Christian Phifer: Natural Burial and Conservation appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

Mark visits Aviemore Bikes to hear about a scheme encouraging locals to take up the use of an e-bike free of charge. He hears who has been using them and why.This week's Scotland's Outdoors podcast features cellist Jessica Kerr telling Helen Needham about her project ‘Stories of People and Trees'. She's been gathering stories relating to trees and has commissioned some new music inspired by them. We hear an excerpt where they admire the trees in Maxwell Park in Glasgow.Back in lockdown in 2020, a seawater pool in the East Neuk of Fife started to experience a bit of a revival. Rachel went for a visit to hear about the group that formed to look after the Cellardyke Pool and the important part it plays in the community. Plus she witnesses some of those brave enough to take a dip in January!The RSPB's Loch Leven reserve is home to lots of different bird life at different times of the year. Mark went along to see what he could spot as we head into spring.And with Spring on our minds, we chat about Imbolc. A Celtic tradition, Imbolc marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. We hear about the traditions and rituals associated with it.Galloway is another area that is campaigning to become Scotland's Next National Park. Rachel speaks to some of those involved in the bid about what makes it so special and why it should be awarded National Park status.After hearing our item on willow coffins recently, the custodian of a natural burial ground in Speyside got in touch to ask if we'd like to visit. So Mark went along to find out what makes a natural burial ground different from a traditional cemetery.A special appeal is being made to trace the descendants of the crew involved in the Stonehaven lifeboat disaster of 1874. Rachel hears the tragic story of the disaster and why the RNLI are trying to find descendants.

Death is a process of decomposition, how can we come to embrace this reality? This week, guest Katrina Spade joins Ayana for a fascinating conversation on the possibilities of burial practices, ways to connect with death, and the value in thoughtful death plans. Sharing her journey to founding Recompose, “a licensed, full-service, green funeral home in Seattle offering human composting,” Katrina shares that the way we design death rituals matters in how connected we feel to the process of death. Detailing the science, logistics, and art behind human composting, Katrina imbues the conversation with passion, concern, and a spirit of learning. Through Recompose, Katrina has witnessed the beauty that comes from watching new life blossom from death, and from the connections family members of the deceased can have with the soil created from the composting process. The intention and compassion we put into death-care matters.  As Katrina reminds us, there is so much to be gained from intimacy with death.Katrina Spade is the founder and CEO of Recompose, a public benefit corporation leading the transformation of the funeral industry. Katrina is a designer and the inventor of a system that transforms the dead into soil (aka human composting).Since founding in 2017, Katrina and Recompose have led the successful legalization of human composting in Washington State in 2019. Recompose became the first company in the world to offer the service in December of 2020. The process is now also legal in Oregon, Colorado, Vermont, California., and New York.Katrina and her team have been featured in Fast Company, NPR, the Atlantic, BBC, Harper's Magazine, and the New York Times. She is an Echoing Green Fellow, an Ashoka fellow, and a Harvard Kennedy School Visiting Social Innovator.Music by Yesol. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

Climate change news can seem pretty grim, but Swampy Marsh in Nathalia in northern Victoria shows that solutions can come from the most unexpected places!

Climate change news can seem pretty grim, but Swampy Marsh in Nathalia in northern Victoria shows that solutions can come from the most unexpected places!

Climate change news can seem pretty grim, but Swampy Marsh in Nathalia in northern Victoria shows that solutions can come from the most unexpected places!

“It's not so much what's going to happen when we die. It's about how we are going to live…and what our legacy is going to be while we're here.”    This episode featuring Maureen Kafkas is a philosophical conversation between friends. Few aspects of life are as certain or as difficult to face as death, yet Maureen's experiences have ultimately created expansion and growth. Through her professional and personal experiences, she has supported and advocated for the dying while balancing her own emotions where her loved ones were involved.    We skim the surface on a broad and taboo topic with a light dose of spirituality, so bring your open mind. We discuss advocating hospice care, having conversations with your parents, navigating emotions of family members, our thoughts on the ceremonies and burial options after death, even losing our pets. We understand from our own experiences how difficult these conversations can be. It's also true that we can choose a path that feels right for us.    Connect with Maureen:    https://www.thebrainbs.com/ The Brain BS Podcast Community   Connect with Sunny:    Join the What Lights You Up Facebook group here. Schedule a conversation here.   Intro/outro music: “Feeling Free” by Martin Riopel  

This week's episode, I'm speaking to holistic funeral director, Holly Lyon-Hawk. It's not easy for most of us to talk about end of life, death and funeral arrangements and yet it's such an important thing to prepare for, it's unavoidable, it needn't be frightening or taboo, and it is something we can make easier for ourselves and our loved ones if we start a conversation around it whilst we still can. In the interview, Holly talks about her approach and about what options are open to those of us who love nature and gardens and I expect you'll find what we talk about sometimes surprising and also reassuring to know that there are alternative options. Dr Ian Bedford's Bug of the Week: Choices for pest control What We Talk About  Holly's background and how she became a holistic funeral director How Holly approaches funerals differently Some common misconceptions around funerals Can I be composted? Can I be buried in my garden? Eco-friendly ways to be buried How a garden or love of gardening can be incorporated into a funeral Talking about your funeral wishes and how we can prepare for dying How to make sure your last wishes are followed About Holly Lyon-Hawk I originally trained as a veterinary nurse before working as a sculptor for many years.  I set up my own business  working as a holistic funeral director many years ago understanding that people needed not only more choice, but also more support than they had been, on the whole, from mainstream traditional funeral directors. I now work across the S/E England supporting many families as both as End of Life Practitioner and a Holistic Funeral Director. I am an author as well as a multi-award winning Holistic Funeral Director, Specialist in Ceremonial Care of the Body and End of Life Practitioner for People and Pets.  Links www.hollylyonhawk.com Holly's Podcast - No One Gets Out of Here Alivehttps://noonegetsoutofherealive.buzzsprout.com Holly's Book - A Gentle Goodbye Other episodes if you liked this one: Caring for God's Acre with Harriet Carty Sacred Woodlands with Simon Leadbeater Patreon

Our crisis, our challenge, our opportunity is complex. More than ever, it matters now that we not get caught in separate silos where we focus just on atmospheric carbon, or just on plastic pollution, or just on our cultural addiction to fossil fuels. We need responses that cover all of these fields, new stories that let us move into a future we can barely imagine. So, that's what this podcast is for: to give a platform to people whose perspectives are new or different or challenging or inspiring in ways that will help us all to weave new stories of how we could do things differently -  and this week, we're talking to Yuli Summe of Bellacouche, whose work has taken her from weaving to felt making to the creation of burial shrouds. Yuli is a maker, someone deeply grounded in our connection to the ancestry of the land and the ways we have sustained ourselves from it. She's been working with wool since childhood and is embedded in the rich lore of shepherd, farm and land, of the fullers and spinners and weavers that were so much a core of our history - and will be again as we move to a more localised, simpler economy and way of living. This conversation moved from the courage of one man in the second world war, to the courage of his daughter in laying to rest her fear of death, through fields and high tors and the rhythms of feltmaking. It felt to me like a song to our future and I hope it leads you forward in the same way. BioYuli was born in Norway and although she has lived most of her life in Devon, the traditional weaving and knitting heritage of Norway has deeply influenced her since she was old enough to hold needles to knit with.  She is a member of Make SouthWest and through this organisation, has been an active teacher of felt making and textile understanding in schools, and is part of the Green Maker Initiative.At the turn of the millennium, an Arts Council grant allowed Yuli to travel to Turkey to work with traditional master feltmakers, and it was there that she started thinking about a “lifetime” garment made of felt, inspired by witnessing the making of a ‘kepenek', a felt cloak traditional to Kurdish shepherds.  Yuli is a member of the South West FibreShed – a growing community of fibre and dye growers, processors, makers and manufacturers across the South West whose aim is to produce home-grown textiles and garments in a more healthy, resilient and regenerative textile ecosystem. This group is affiliated to the international FibreShed group.Another Man's Shoes https://www.waterstones.com/book/another-mans-shoes/sven-somme/9780954913731Yuli Somme Bellacouche https://www.bellacouche.com/yuli-somme/Human Composting  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LJSEZ_pl3YGood Funeral Guide https://goodfuneralguild.co.uk/Natural Death Centre http://naturaldeath.org.uk/

In today's episode, your hosts Katie Maxwell and Lauren Paris discuss natural burial from a US perspective. We describe the basics of green burial and cite many experts and their resources for learning about the topic further. We had so many links we wanted to share and not enough room to share them here in the caption that we decided to make a blog post where you can find all of them. Read that blog here: https://www.faithinplace.org/post/what-is-natural-burial. A few important disclaimers: Please note that the discussion does generally cover what happens to a body when someone dies. We also intentionally created this space to be one that is affirming of any choice that you or a loved one has made about burial. We are not here to pass judgment, but rather to provide an informational resource so that you, the listener, can make the most informed decision about what you want to have happen to your body when you die. This week's episode was produced by Brógan Malloy via Fiverr. Please rate, review, or share this podcast with someone who might enjoy it. We can be found on all the major platforms including: iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. If you enjoy this podcast, please support the work of Faith in Place by donating! Please go to https://www.faithinplace.org/donate.

We're celebrating the kings of composting in this Worm 101 potcast with Dan Rasure, CEO of Fed 'n Happy. We discuss the role of worms in the soil ecosystem, how it works, and the benefits of worm castings for growing cannabis, mushrooms, and your favorite fruits and veggies. We also discuss the business of worm farming and how to get started with your own DIY bin. We even dabble in death with talk of earth-friendly burial methods. Learn more in the Potcast 242 show notes at casuallybaked.com.And while you're here, shop potcast affiliates and score Casually Baked discounts while supporting the show. MJ Relief is Ph.D. formulated for what aches and pains you WITHOUT THC. Always save 10% using promo code: casuallybaked   --> Purchase here.From the reproductive years through menopause, the Green Women's Guide is for any woman seeking the most up-to-date science-based information on how to - or not to - incorporate Cannabis into her life. Save 25% on the course using promo code CASUALLYBAKEDLooking For High-Quality Cannabis-Delivery in the Bay Area? Try getsava.com + use promo code CASUALLYBAKED to SAVE $40 off your first order.If you do not live in a cannabis-legal state, find hemp-derived THCV aka "Skinny Weed" at TejasHemp.com

Co-hosts Brian Sellers-Petersen and Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows have a conversation with Bishop Brian Cole, V Episcopal Bishop of East Tennessee and Dr. Mallory McDuff, Professor of Outdoor Leadership & Director of Environmental Education at Warren Wilson College. Our conversation is framed by Mallory's book, Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love.  “All justice work is connected. If it is not healing to our bodies, it is not healing to our spirits. If it is not healing to the earth, it is not good for us. This is true in our lives as well as our deaths and reflects the central themes of Our Last Best Act.” — Rev. Becca Stevens from the forward

Today I have a conversation with Darshan Stevens on Cortes Island in British Columbia. Darshan and her mother, Jennifer, lived on the same property when Jen was diagnosed with cancer. For two years they navigated her cancer treatments. In the end, Jen chose MAID, Medical Assistance In Dying. Darshan shares the story of her mum's dying, death, the after-death care and the natural burial that they and the family co-created along with the help of the community-led death care collective on the island.https://cortescurrents.ca/darshan-stevens-her-mothers-life-death-and-afterward/Support the show

This week on rabble radio, we dive into the world of natural - or green, as it's sometimes called - burials.  For many of us, talking about death isn't easy – let alone talking about what happens to your body once you've passed away.  But what if there was a way to think of your burial as a way to help the environment?  Since the 1990's, the natural burial movement has steadily gained interest as more and more people are exposed to the idea.  With a natural burial, the body is not exposed to any chemical embalming. And instead of a traditional casket, the body is wrapped in a shroud or buried in a biodegradable casket. Rather than rows of tombstones on a manicured lawn, picture a meadow or woodland, restored and protected in its natural ecosystem. In place of tombstones, imagine graves marked with a small stone, a native plant, or a communal dedication.  Some Canadians admire the spiritual connection to the earth that a natural burial grants. Many also find peace of mind knowing that their burial will have a very small ecological footprint.  Yet despite the enthusiasm for the burial alternative, there are shockingly few places in Canada to be buried naturally.  Susan Greer, the executive director of Natural Burial Association, speaks to Doreen Nicoll about the organization's mission to make natural burial more accessible in Canada.    If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. Or, if you have feedback for the show, get in touch anytime at editor@rabble.ca.Photo credit: Kristine Cinate on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/QvjL4y7SF9k

De Clarke/ Cortes Currents -Part 3 What inspires a person to take on this emotionally demanding work? Natural Burial: what is it, how does it work? How is it different?

This Is Nashville is off for Memorial Day. We are rebroadcasting our episode about Larkspur, which originally aired April 14.  Death is something that's sure. It's also something many of us avoid. Certain people, though, have made facing death part of their everyday life. In an opening feature, we visit Larkspur Conservation – one of the only conservation burial grounds in the country as we say goodbye to one man's son. Then we speak with a woman who recently buried her dad at Larkspur as well as ordained ministers from different traditions about how they are plugging into, and guiding us through, the dying time. But first, WPLN environmental reporter Caroline Eggers tells us how heavy rainfall and frequent flooding have made landslides a new threat to our region. Guests:  Caroline Eggers, WPLN environmental reporter Lindsey Baydoun, photographer who recently lost her father, Cory Fite Becca Stevens, speaker, social entrepreneur, author, priest, founder of 10 nonprofit justice initiatives including Larkspur Conservation, and president of Thistle Farms Chaplain Omarán Lee, pastoral counselor, chaplain at Nashville General Hospital at Meharry Rev. Jeannie Alexander, co-founder and co-director of No Exceptions Prison Collective, death doula in training Resources: PBS/Reel South: Bury Me at Taylor Hollow

Today we hear from two members of the Arizona Community Death Care collective, Dani LaVoire and Jade Sherer. This is another episode that will be of interest to those listeners who are either already engaged in or just beginning to form community groups. If you have any questions for the AZ collective you can reach out to them here: https://www.azcommunitydeathcare.org/missionThe website for White Eagle Memorial Preserve is here:https://www.naturalburialground.org/And to learn more about Jade's offerings check out these beautiful pages:https://www.itsournature.net/https://www.patreon.com/jadeshererhttp://insig.ht/jadeshererSupport the show

A forest in Roxbury is being transformed into Vermont's first dedicated forest cemetery. The owners hope green burials will revive the local ecosystem and be an environmentally-friendly option for Vermonters pondering the end.

Sarah is joined by Angela and Michael Franklin, founders of Crossroads Community DeathCare, for an in-depth conversation on how engaging in community led death care has the potential to shift the culture around dying and death. To find out more about what they offer, find them on Facebook:https://m.facebook.com/crossroadsdeathcare and Instagram:https://instagram.com/crossroads_deathcareSupport the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Death is something that's sure. It's also something many of us avoid. Certain people, though, have made facing death part of their everyday life. In an opening feature, we visit Larkspur Conservation – one of the only conservation burial grounds in the country as we say goodbye to one man's son. Then we speak with a woman who recently buried her dad at Larkspur as well as ordained ministers from different traditions about how they are plugging into, and guiding us through, the dying time. First up: @ Us!  We answer a couple of questions about our Native Roots episode and talk about a poem our guest Anita Smith shared with us after our recent episode on domestic violence, "He Gave Me Flowers Today." Guests:  Lindsey Baydoun, photographer who recently lost her father, Cory Fite Becca Stevens, speaker, social entrepreneur, author, priest, founder of 10 nonprofit justice initiatives including Larkspur Conservation, and president of Thistle Farms Chaplain Omarán Lee, pastoral counselor, chaplain at Nashville General Hospital at Meharry Rev. Jeannie Alexander, co-founder and co-director of No Exceptions Prison Collective, death doula in training More: A documentary on Larkspur will be available on PBS beginning April 18. Learn more here. See more photos of Cory Fite's burial ceremony that is featured in the documentary here. Photos by John Brown and courtesy Lindsey Baydoun.

Tim Johnson shares the story of choosing to care for his dad at home, and his journey getting there through the stories of two other significant deaths in the family. To see Debbie Wagner's art work click here: http://www.debbiewagnerart.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this episode Sarah has a conversation with three members of a community led death care group in Canada. They share the touching story of bringing Gypsy's son, Andrew, home to the island to care for his body and lay him to rest in a natural burial.Here is the link to the article: https://news.yahoo.com/grassy-green-future-composting-human-095323526.htmlAnd the Community-Led Death Care group:https://communityleddeathcare.ca/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Dimitri wonders what human composting is, and Linh tries her best to explain it… slowly… Check out Linh's app, Not Phở, a cook that introduces the user to Vietnamese cuisine, especially dishes other than Phở. It runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It also have an iMessage sticker pack so that you can share with all your friends and family. App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1525104124?pt=14724&ct=Podcast&mt=8 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LinhAndDimiChan Follow Dimitri on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dimitribouniol Follow Linh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/linhbouniol References: - https://recompose.life/our-model/#the-process

Sarah has a conversation with North Carolina based singer songwriter Laurelyn Dossett who shares the story of the burial she and her brothers provided for their mother in a hand crafted wooden box in Laurelyn's garden.Here's the link to her piece,  A Family Project, in The Bitter Southerner:https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022/a-family-projectFind out more about Laurelyn and her music here:https://www.laurelyndossett.com/ Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Today I have a conversation with Kelly Parker. Kelly's husband Rick Robson died in late January and was buried at Heart Land Prairie Cemetery earlier this month. Rick had determined that he wanted to have a green burial and sent an email to me through the cemetery website inquiring about building his own casket. Over the course of the next few months, Kelly and Rick, educated themselves about the logistics and legalities of home funeral practice. They ultimately decided that not only would he have a natural burial in a homemade casket, but that Kelly, along with their family and the support of their community of friends and hospice would make all the arrangements, care for his body themselves, and keep him in the home he designed and built with Kelly until it was time for the burial.Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Learn about green burial and how licensed funeral director Emily Miller has turned 80 acres of high, pristine prairie lands into a fully natural burial site. What is the Colorado Burial Preserve, and how does it work?

Today Sarah is joined by Deborah Thornton and Angela Franklin. Deborah's daughter, Scout, died in a car accident in the summer of 2019. With the help of Angela and her husband, Michael, both death midwives and home funeral guides in the rural Oregon town where Scout was living with her partner, Travis, and their dog, Mowgli, Scout was given a natural burial on the farm she called home.watch Scout's performance at the 2019 Kate Wolf Festival here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYpIV7By9BE contact Angela here:https://www.facebook.com/crossroadsdeathcare/Scout's mother, Deborah Thornton, is a transformational life coach based in Maryland. The story of her emotional journey following Scout's death will appear in a forthcoming collaborative book on cultivating emotional resiliency.Learn more about Deborah's work here:https://prismatic-coaching.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Today Sarah reposts an episode from our first season in 2019 called Grief and the Holidays with a couple of changes. Several people have asked about the song at the beginning and end of A Path Home. The title of the song is The Next Step.  At the end of this episode you will hear a rough recording, made outdoors on a cellphone,  of the whole song. Here are the links for the resources used in the original episode.https://www.refugeingrief.com/https://johnpavlovitz.com/2015/12/18/blue-christmas-what-to-do-when-the-holidays-hurt/https://www.centerforloss.com/https://www.griefhealingblog.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this episode we hear from Jonel Kiesau, who shares the tender, sorrowful, yet somehow joyful experience of caring for her beloved husband, Andy, at home along with their two young daughters, family and community. Andy was buried in a hand-crafted wooden box on their farm in Wisconsin. You can find Jonel's essay, Fifty Acres, in the book Contours: A Literary Landscape here: https://www.driftlesswritingcenter.org/product-page/contours-a-literary-landscapeAnd read more about their story along with photographs on her blogspot: https://possuminthecompost.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-beauty-of-loss.htmlSupport the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

During the stages of death, the body goes through a series of processes that can help determine cause of death. What happens during corpse decomposition? Also! What are your options for after you die? Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepediaInstagram: @macabrepediapodEmail us at: macabrepediapod@gmail.comhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1800Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Macabrepedia)

Today Susan Mackey shares her creative solution for providing after-death care when a home funeral wasn't possible, home funeral care just not in a home. To learn more about Sue and her work see her website here: https://www.outoftheboxfuneralplanning.com/Susan serves on the board of the Funeral Consumers Society of Colorado, an affiliate of the national Funeral Consumers Alliance. Here are those links: https://www.funeralconsumercolorado.org/https://funerals.org/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On today's episode I speak with three members of the Pomerantz family, sisters Jennifer and Katie and their father, Sanford. It was almost exactly one year ago, November 13th, 2020,  that I met the family at Heart Land Prairie Cemetery where they buried Francine, the girls' mother and Sanford's wife of 51 years. To find out more about HLPC, check out the website:http://www.heartlandprairiecemetery.org/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Bonni Goldberg shares the story of reckoning a complicated relationship with her mother by caring for her at the end of her life and after her death. The women in Bonni's family performed the taharah, a final act of great kindness in Jewish tradition, for Bonni's mother when she died. What followed was an Aquamation, also known as "water-cremation."Bonni is an author of several books for young people and adults. To see her titles and read about her work visit her webpage at: https://bonnigoldberg.com/She has written several essays on death under the pen name Batya, that you can read at the following links: https://medium.com/take-too/the-real-reason-i-wash-the-dead-63b0269edee8https://psiloveyou.xyz/searching-through-my-fathers-ashes-70d5dad2f453https://medium.com/take-too/meet-me-at-the-death-cafe-90280eb5b4c3More on Aquamation here: https://aquamationinfo.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Writer Maggie Jones shares with Sarah the after death care her family provided for both of her parents some 18 years apart. The experience of remaining with her father's body for a full night after his death, stayed with her and ultimately inspired her to write a story for the New York Times Magazine called The Movement to Bring Death Closer. To learn more about Maggie's work visit her website, here: https://bymaggiejones.com/You can find the NYT story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/magazine/home-funeral.htmlAnd listen to the piece on The Daily, Sunday Read edition here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/podcasts/the-daily/home-funeral-guides.htmlSupport the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Diana Lindsay and her friend, home funeral guide Lucinda Herring, share the story of Kelly Lindsay's dying process and the family who gathered to accompany him on his final journey with brain cancer. Here are the links to Healing Circles, the support organization founded by Diana and Kelly: https://healingcircleslangley.org/ and https://healingcirclesglobal.org/#topI mention in the introduction just a few of the things Healing Circles offers, but there is SO much more. It is really worth taking a look!If you're interested in reading Diana and Kelly's book on caregiving and grappling with cancer or any other life-limiting illness you can find it on Amazon. Amazon Smiles will donate to the National Home Funeral Alliance if you select it when ordering. https://smile.amazon.com/Something-More-Than-Hope-Everything/dp/099124270X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=something+more+than+hope+diana&qid=1623966311&s=books&sr=1-1Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - Folk U December 11th Natural Burial & Community-Led Deathcare: FolkU Radio@89.5FMpastedGraphic.png Folk U Radio 101 Show. Where we ask our neighbours: What do you know? It's that time of year when the light is short and the natural world around is in its big rest, preparing for transformation. I feel particularly appreciate to be spending this season in this strange and tumultuous time, here on this island, surrounded by the natural world and by this community. Margaret Verschuur helped bring together the Cortes Island Deathcare Initiative and has served as a death doula on Cortes and Quadra Islands. In this episode she and Emma Tius, the new contact person for the Death-Care Collective, to discuss what community death care are and what natural burial looks like on Cortes and Quadra Islands.

Circle Cemetery & Greening Life’s End Overview of Circle Cemetery, Green cemeteries, and Natural Burial. Part of the celebration of Circle Cemetery’s 25thAnniversary. Encore from Novemberr 3, 2015

Death Science Podcast Episode 010 (Season 1) Topic: Natural Burial, Stone Henge & PagansGuest: Ken West author, historian, retired bereavement services manager, +more Learn More about James at:https://stonehengepensioner.com/We talk about topics spanning differences between UK & USA death care, benefits of natural burial, stone henge, pagan cultures and more.Host: Jeremy Ciliberto Learn More about the show at: www.DeathScience.org Sponsored by: www.CatacombCulture.com & www.RestingGrounds.org Watch more at www.Catacomb.tv Explore my human bone gallery at www.CatacombCulture.com

On this episode ecological landscape designer Michael Judd describes what it took to establish a cemetery on his family's homestead in rural Maryland, the memory of staying by his father's side throughout his dying process and the meaningful experience of the family taking charge of burying him in the cemetery space they had created together. Here is the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX_ahYB1p-wand to find out more about Michael's work, here is his website: https://www.ecologiadesign.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this episode I have a conversation with Peg Lorenz, a home funeral guide and death educator in Central Massachusetts. Peg has been teaching home funeral practices and supporting families for over 10 years. She is the founding director of Peaceful Passage at Home https://peacefulpassageathome.com/ Peg is a former Board member of the NHFA.Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this episode writer Kelly Notaras recalls the details of caring for her beloved partner and best friend, Benjamin, before and after his death in 2017. The article she wrote about the experience is here: https://bestselfmedia.com/doing-death-differently/Find the beautiful book The Grace in Dying by Kathleen Dowling Singh here:https://bookshop.org/books/grace-in-dying-a-message-of-hope-comfort-and-spiritual-transformation/9780062515650And here's the link to Kelly's company, get the support and motivation you need to write The Book You Were Born to Write https://knliterary.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this episode I'm joined by independent home funeral advocate, Bec Lyons, who shares the story of her nan's home funeral and the work she does with families choosing to care for their own in her corner of the world, on the island of Tasmania. https://yountaboo.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHET_Q5fok4Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Nan Calvert's guest is E. Shedden Farley, with the Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability in Verona, WI. The 25th acres of their Natural Path Sanctuary has been platted as natural burial grounds. We talk about what Natural Burial or Green Burial is.

Robert Thurlin Alexander died while undergoing heart surgery in 2018. Robert's mother, Karen Knutson arrived in Oklahoma the night before the surgery. His sister, Tawnya Musser traveled there upon hearing that he didn't survive the surgery to arrange his home funeral at Uncle Bob's farmhouse. Robert was a tissue and cornea donor, a fact that may have given some families pause when considering having his body returned to them. Their story illustrates how reclaiming after death care, even in sudden and unexpected circumstances, can provide healing for heartbreak. Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

I sat down with John Christian Phifer, the founder and director of Larkspur Conservation where he now practices natural burial after spending a decade as a funeral director in the corporatized funeral industry. We talk about how the unnatural process of embalming and burying bodies in concrete vaults got started (kind of by a fluke of history) in the Civil War, how it's become corporatized, and an expensive affair. We, of course, talk all about natural burial, the alternative which has been the way most humans have been buried for 99.9% of our history and how we can give our bodies back as a gift to the earth. We talk about his story in the funeral industry and how he found natural burial and founded Larkspur Conservation. And, we talk all about our fear and avoidance of death, the importance of learning to face it, death meditations he's found useful, and much more. This one is a big one, because, let's face it- we're all going to die. And facing the inevitability of our own impermanence can free us to live life fully in the present moment. Go follow us on Instagram at @mapofeverythingpodcast and sign up for our email list at www.mapofeverythingpod.com. Cheers!

Margaret stepped into participating in the after-death care for two community members and her own father after learning it was possible through attending a Death Cafe in her community. Margaret's story illustrates the varying forms home funeral practice can take. It may involve collaborating with funeral professionals in your community. It may not even happen at home.https://deathcafe.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this path home, Sarah Crews shares some helpful ideas for walking with grief through the holiday season. Sarah ends this episode with her song, I need a boat. Here are links to the resources she mentions:https://www.refugeingrief.com/https://johnpavlovitz.com/2015/12/18/blue-christmas-what-to-do-when-the-holidays-hurt/https://www.centerforloss.com/https://www.griefhealingblog.com/Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

After a challenging meeting with a funeral director, Louise Comfort discovered from a friend that there was an alternative approach that felt right to her and her husband, Doug, who was dying from breast cancer. Louise shares the details of how she and Doug made plans together to care for his body at home, the celebration of life and the service that followed as Doug was laid out the library room. Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Episode 107 Burial Options and Afterlife TheoriesSurprise! We are STILL talking about death. This episode we dive deeper into discussing burial options and theories about what happens after death.In this week's show notes, things are going to work a little differently. It was really important to us to track down websites and information on the burial options that we mentioned within the episode to share with our listeners. Below you will find easy to follow links and short descriptors on the burial options that are available specifically in the US. Burial OptionsThere’s a great comfort to knowing you have prepared for everyone’s worse fear. By planning what happens after your death it becomes less of a huge unknown to you and you are able to take control and comfort in the process. Memorial Reef:cremated remains mixed with concrete to then be created into artificial reefs. www.us-funerals.com/funeral-articles/underwater-memorial-reefs.html/Eternal Reefs www.eternalreefs.comNeptune Memorial Reef www.nmreef.comLiving Wake: Celebration of life and death while someone is still living. https://livewake.comGreen Burial: No embalming. Body is wrapped in natural biodegradable materials. www.greenburialcouncil.orgFamilies and friends can prepare and wash the body for burial. Typically use a form of burial shroud made from un-dyed cotton or hemp. The body can then be placed into a natural coffin or directly into the ground.Space Burial: cremated remains sent into space via rocket or satellite (typically). You can choose to orbit around the Earth, other planetary bodies or deep space. www.celestis.comAccording to “What It Costs.com” Space burial can be a very expensive option. For only 1 gram of remains costs range from $1,000-5,300 or for moon launch $10,000-45,000. For 7 grams of remains pricing starts at around $20,000.Medical Aid In Dying: Also known as medically assisted suicide, is a very controversial option that is only available to those that are terminally ill with less than 6 months to live. This is a lengthy and extensive process that must be overseen by several health care providers. However, the patient must be the one to physically take the end of life medications. Within minutes, a person slips into a narcotic induced coma, within 30 mins of taking the medication most pass peacefully. www.compassionandchoices.org/end-of-life-planning/learn/understanding-medical-aid-dying/Celebration of Life: A memorial service with more of a party and celebration vibe.  Regardless of what method you decide or is used for disposal or preparation of your corpse, we hope that you will be able to find the beauty in the limitless possibilities that we all have to choose from for burial.For our fellow hippie science geeks...Here are links to some of the research done for this episode. Enjoy your decent deeper into the rabbit hole. We sure did.Movie Documentary:Alternative EndingsYouTube Video Research:8 Scientific Theories About Deathhttps://youtu.be/Gjilx9qyz3wI See Dead People: Dreams and Visions of the Dying | Dr. Christopher Kerr | TEDxBuffalohttps://youtu.be/rbnBe-vXGQMTop 10 Wildest Theories About Life After Deathhttps://youtu.be/fl8tgEUwW9UA burial practice that nourishes the planet | Caitlin Doughtyhttps://youtu.be/zcMj4Az1MwE

On this episode we hear about the sudden, unexpected death of a young man, Ruis Owin-Brown, and the way his community came together to create a farewell perfectly suited to Ruis' passion for friendship. His father Jeff Brown, and step-mother, Kate Adamson describe the logistical challenges and the healing rituals they experienced along the way.Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this episode we hear from Marcia Klingzell and her daughters Stephanie and Cortnie who share the details of the beautiful send off they created for their dearly loved family matriarch, Dorothy. Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this episode we hear from Rita Cantu. With the help of a large and caring community that formed around her husband, Al Carr, during his dying time in 2004, Rita was supported in keeping his body at home and created a final send off unique to Al's playful personality. Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

On this podcast we'll be focusing on reclaiming our innate right to care for our own loved ones at death in natural, and often, environmentally friendly ways. We'll demystify the tasks related to after death care through hearing stories from people who have ventured into culturally unfamiliar territory and cared for their own deceased loved ones at home, chose a natural burial or both. In this introductory episode, host, Sarah Crews, will identify some of the terminology we'll be using in these conversations. A Path Home is a production of the National Home Funeral Alliance.Support the show (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/donate.html)

Help keep the content coming by becoming a Conversation Starters Team Partner here! : http://tiny.cc/b947kz Death....a topic that most of us avoid. We avoid talking about it, thinking about it and planning for it. But what if you had an encounter like my guest today that caused to you re-examine the death and burial experience. Listen in to hear Fire & Rescue Captain Eric Jackson's recount of a green burial. Website: www.simplelifeconversations.com

This week Claire is at Norfolk Bluebell Wood Burial Park to meet founder and owner Andrew Morton. The Morton family are Norfolk farmers and when they bought some land with an old wood which had millions of bluebells in, Andrew saw an opportunity. Having done his research in to natural burial parks, he set up his own. It has been a huge challenge and is a long term investment that matches his personal skills as a people-person who loves nature and wildlife and is interested in a sustainable business. To Find out more visit: www.norfolkbluebellwood.co.uk Picture credit: Antony KellyAs Andrew is away, the market report for week commencing 4th February 2019 is brought to you by Ian Webster, while in Farmchat (recorded before he left) Andrew and Webby celebrate the end of Dry January with a drop of Guinness as they talk about the Norfolk dinner and the recent acquisition of Gleadell by ADM.  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastdesignstudio.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At age 15, Ken West began his career planting up cemetery graves. Maybe a strange career choice for a young lad, but one driven by a deep interest in horticulture. This was the start of Ken's 45 year-long career in bereavement services. Ken has been involved in over 100,000 funerals, from managing graveyards to crematorium to local authority funeral services. As his knowledge of the reality of traditional funerals grew, Ken's interest in natural burial also grew. In 1993 he created the revolutionary green funeral market when he opened the world's first natural burial site in Carlisle, which is spreading worldwide. Ken is widely recognised as the country's leading expert in the movement. Over 45 years of work, Ken improved the burial situation for stillbirths, unchanged since the 1850's, and for foetal remains, wrote the Charter for the Bereaved, introduced the reusable coffin for cremation and created techniques for reducing pollution from cremation. In 2001 Ken was awarded the MBE for his contribution to bereavement services. Only on his retirement in 2006 did Ken put his vast knowledge and experience of bereavement services to paper, when he published his first two books. The first - ‘A Guide to Natural Burial' - is deemed to be the go-to manual for anyone wanting to understand the funeral and natural burial market or take control of their own funeral arrangements. The second is a novel entitled ‘R.I.P. Off! Or the British Way of Death'. It provides a unique insight into the world of death and funerals. Here's my interview with Ken West MBE, episode 003, on The Retirement Café podcast.

"Nature is, in itself, a healing environment".  During the 2018 Combined Order Weekend in Adhisthana, Dayajoti talks about a newly forming project - the Tara Sanctuary and Natural Burial Ground which has a vision of creating a beautiful ecological burial ground and retreat site. Here she speaks about the what the natural burial movement is about, the links between nature, death and the land, how it connects with Buddhist practice and where the project is currently at. Find out more about the Tara Sanctuary and Natural Burial Ground: www.tarasanctuary.org.uk Recorded at Adhisthana, August 2018. If you enjoyed this episode, please help us by taking a moment to rate the podcast in iTunes or your favourite app. There are so many podcasts these days it really does help people find us! For more, check out www.thebuddhistcentre.com/features

Interesting alternatives to current burial practices include freeze-drying and shattering a corpse; and dissolving bodies in purpose-built alkaline washing-machines.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast How do we prepare for end of life? How do we honor the dead? How do we care for the living, through our rites and rituals, after a loved one passes? Michael Judd joins me to answer these questions as he shares the very personal story of his father's passing, and how his family went about establishing a home cemetery. He helps us navigate what to do in order to create our burial site; how to clear it with local officials, laws, and regulations; how to provide access in perpetuity; and how to legally and properly inter the deceased. From there we continue the conversation to talk about how we can prepare for our own end of life by creating an advanced directive; the options for green burial; the need for all of us to start having honest and open conversations about death, regardless of our age. We end with a series of listener questions. Find out more about Michael at EcologiaDesign.com. You'll find links to the organizations mentioned in the Resource section below. -- As I mentioned early in this episode, I see preparing for our own end and including our loved ones in those conversations early as essential to our work as permaculture practitioners, regardless of what level or degree you take your design to. If your focus is primarily on farm and land, then setting aside a place to hold the dead is essential. If your design takes you beyond the landscape, then what ways can you start the conversation with family members, friends, and your community? Can you take the ideas here, of the wake that Michael held, and apply them where you are? Or do you have different cultural hallmarks that mark the transition from life, just there are ones for entering it? I don't know anyone for whom death and dying is an easy conversation, but if you have thoughts on this and would like to talk about them, or need some space for someone to listen as you grieve and seek closure, my door is always open. show@thepermaculturepodcast The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast Resources Ecologia Design National Home Funeral Alliance Crossings: Caring for own Own at Death International End of Life Doula Association Five Wishes - Aging with Dignity Advanced Directive Death Cafe Green Burial Council Penn Forest Cemetery Sparkroot Farm - Conservation Burial Ground in Moncure, North Carolina Urban Death Project (Facebook)

To be buried in an environmentally friendly manner is becoming more accessible throughout the country. It is actually an old practice that is being modernized. You can lower your carbon footprint even after you pass on from this our earth. We will be discussing what a green burial means, the role of funeral directors in green burial, how you can find out where to be buried ‘green’ and the resulting environmental benefits. Our guest were: Ann Hoffner is an environmental journalist and author, and among other things an avid world sailor. She has published many articles in environmental and sailing magazines and publications. She recently published “THE NATURAL BURIAL CEMETERY GUIDE”, a result of a years-long exploration of green burial, a new-old way of making the final recycling choice–what happens to your body after death. Before beginning the research she spent10 years on a 44-foot sailboat, traveling with her husband down the Panama Canal and across the Pacific to Australia and Southeast Asia, writing freelance articles for sailing magazines as she went. Follow Ann at greenburialnaturally.org as a platform for the cemetery guide and Facebook to share news and information about green burial. Melissa Unfred, better known as the ‘Modern Mortician” is undertaking Natural Burial funeral care for People and Pets in Austin, and the Central Texas area. She is a first generation Funeral Director/Embalmer, residing in Austin. She prefers to be called a Mortician, as it encompasses both titles. Her entry into funeral service began at 17 years old. She is licensed and serves on several boards related to the funeral industry. She was featured in the November 2015 issue of Texas Director Magazine in an article written by Alice Adams. Follow Melissa on Facebook and Instagram, or her website themodernmortician.com. Ellen Macdonald is the owner and Queen of the ‘Eloise Woods Community Burial Park” located in Cedar Creek, Texas. She says “If you see a woman pushing a wheelbarrow mulching trails or digging holes in the mornings at EloiseWoods that would be Ellen.” Before taking over the burial park, she earned a PhD in Neuroscience at UC San Diego, but got tired of chopping off rat’s heads. When she is not mulching trails or digging graves, Ellen also delivers groceries for Meals on Wheels homebound clients, volunteers at Hospice Austin’s Christopher House, and traps feral cats for the Austin Humane Society. You can follow Ellen at www.eloisewoods.com or on Facebook.

In this special episode of the Informed Choice Podcast, Martin interviews Simon Ferrar and Adrian Shaw of Clandon Wood about Naturial Burial. Clandon Wood is a 31 acre natural burial site in the Surrey Hills, named Cemetery of the Year in 2014. It’s a nature reserve for natural burials. Their website at clandonwood.com explains, the creation of a self-sustaining, wildlife environment is the answer to the enduring question: how do we find enough space to accommodate human burials responsibly? The site consists of wildflower meadows, a lake and wetland. Martin interviewed Clandon Wood founder Simon Ferrar, and his colleague Adrian Shaw, in their striking glass and timber frame pavilion. This was Martin’s second visit to Clandon Wood. He interviewed Simon for his documentary about retirement planning back in 2014, and at the time was impressed with his approach to end of life planning and natural burial. This interview and episode of the podcast is, we think, important for everyone to listen to and we hope it will get you thinking about some of the most important questions in life. Martin and Informed Choice Martin Bamford is a Chartered Financial Planner, Chartered Wealth Manager and SOLLA Accredited Later Life Adviser. As Managing Director of Informed Choice, the award-winning firm of Chartered Financial Planners in Surrey, he is responsible for nearly £200m of client assets. Martin is the author of several bestselling personal finance books and produced his first feature-length documentary in 2014, about the post-war Baby Boomer generation in retirement. “Bamford excels at making even the dullest topics interesting” – Pensions Management Visit www.icfp.co.uk to find out more about Informed Choice, or follow us on Twitter atwww.twitter.com/informedchoice.

The U.S. is one of only 6 countries that embraces embalming. Why? And why do we spend thousands on funerals when we can achieve the same goals for almost zero dollars? What does the Civil War have to do with buying a casket at Costco, and how can talking about death save us a lot of money in the long run? 

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