Grave Matters - A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial

Updates on the green burial movement, including green cemeteries, natural burial grounds, cremation, green and eco caskets, backyard burial, reef balls, and home funerals.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

No Grave Marker Endures

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The headstone that stands at the north end of Fountain Hill Cemetery doesn’t tell you much about John Simsack’s brief sojourn upon this e...

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Thursday, February 05, 2015

U.S. a Cremation Nation? Maybe Not.

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Decades ago, cremation was the odd exit strategy for Americans heading to the Great Hereafter. Today, it’s fairly common. By th...

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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

How many U.S natural cemeteries are there?

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When I first began investigating the emerging green burial movement back in the early 2000s, you could just about survey this country'...

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Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Going Back to Blueberry Mountain

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On a bright, sultry morning a few weeks ago, my family hiked up the small, blueberry-topped mountain that lies a few miles from the summe...

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Monday, September 06, 2010

Green Burials Take Deep Root in Existing Cemeteries

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Nature's Sanctuary is a one-acre natural cemetery that sits at the northwest edge of Philadelphia, a stone's throw from a long stre...

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