Posts Tagged ‘green burial’
Crematorium to Keep Mourners Warm by Burning Bodies of Loved Ones The Daily Mail (January 08, 2008) Heat created by burning the dead at crematoria could be used to keep mourners warm under plans to make funerals more environmentally-friendly. Eco-Death Articles and Information Put Together by The Death Reference Desk Cadaver Team (Meg, Kim, and [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Cremation|Death + Technology|Eco-Death|Funeral Industry
- Tags: cremains, green burial, lecture
Green Burial: A Review
8, Oct 2010Eco-friendly or “green” burial methods and practices are the hot topic in the funeral industry and mortuary sciences these days. Everywhere you turn, there is a new book, article or news report on the subject. There is even a Green Burial Council, which touts itself as “an independent, tax-exempt, nonprofit organization working to encourage environmentally [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Burial|Cemeteries|Death + Popular Culture|Eco-Death|Funeral Industry
- Tags: green burial
Prepare for Death and Follow Me…into Outer Space
12, Sep 2010Death In Space Mary Roach, Boing Boing (September 02, 2010) Wherever living humans go, the possibility of dead human bodies follows. It is the fullest expression of mortality’s inherent fragility. So, when humans finally travel into space for extended periods of time without the luxury of a quickish return to Earth, dead body contingencies need [...]
Plain or Fancy?
4, Jul 2010Seems like funerals or memorial services are either getting simpler or more complex these days. Green burials and simple home rituals are gaining momentum, but so are high end funeral extravaganzas that spare no expense. In an article that appeared in yesterday’s U.K.-based Independent newspaper, “the rise of the distinctly unconventional celebrity send-off is proof [...]
UK Hindu Man is Burning Down the House
12, Feb 2010Hindu Wins Northumberland Funeral Pyre Battle BBC News (February 10, 2010) Hindu Man Wins Court Battle for Open-Air Cremation Pyre Matthew Taylor The Guardian (February 10, 2010) It has been a big week for cremation in the UK. On Wednesday, Davender Ghai, a 71-year old Hindu man from Newcastle won a landmark court case on [...]
- By: John
- In: Cremation|Death + the Law
- Tags: cremains, green burial, religion, video