• Environmentally friendly, low impact burials.
• Land stewardship and restoration planning.
• Sustainable burial methods.
• Restrictions to keep the grounds exclusively as green cemetery.
• Some use naturally flat stones or native trees used for grave
markers with GIS coordinates recorded. Others have no grave-markers.
• Oftentimes, it is purely forest and meadows, where loved ones
can find solace in the natural environment.
Although many consider green burial a new choice in burial options, green burials have been in existence for many years. There used to be a time when the deceased were buried naturally, often on their own land. Families cared for their own deceased and usually buried them on their own property. Although they weren’t called green burials then, we now understand the wisdom involved in these practices.
Green burial incarnates the pure nature of allowing the body to return
naturally to the earth. When one opts for a natural green burial, he or
she is contributing to the preservation of the land. Green burials are
a practical alternative to both traditional burials and cremation.
There is no embalming, no headstones and no grave liners. (Grave liners are concrete boxes that line the inside of the grave, like an open-ended box with no lid, used to keep regular cemeteries flat for grass to be mowed easily). The container that holds the body (coffin, casket, or shroud) must be 100% biodegradable.
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