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The Woodland Cemetery & Crematorium
How Swedish architect John Celsing contributed to the design of one of the most influential cemeteries in the world
Creating a crematorium for a landmark Unesco World Heritage Site cemetery is no small task, but Swedish architect Johan Celsing went above and beyond expectations. Indeed, his 2013 addition of a new crematorium to Stockholm’s architecturally famous Woodland Cemetery has … Continue reading
Into the Woods
Natural German burials rooted in traditional places
Were you to walk into one of FriedWald’s EcoEternity forests in Germany, you may not necessarily know that you had entered a green burial site. No headstones to be seen, no large tombs proclaiming the importance of the interred. You … Continue reading
What is Natural Burial? An Interview with Ed Bixby, Part Two
In the second part of his two-part interview, Ed Bixby of Steelmantown Cemetery talks about cost differences between natural and traditional burials, natural burial laws and where to find natural burial resources
Today SevenPonds continues our two-part interview (read part one here) with Ed Bixby, owner and operator since 2007 of Steelmantown Cemetery Green Burial Preserve in New Jersey. He is also the Vice-President of Green Burial Council International. Steelmantown Cemetery Green … Continue reading
What is Natural Burial? An Interview with Ed Bixby, Part One
Ed Bixby of Steelmantown Cemetery talks about what sparked his interest in natural burial and the specifics of natural burials and its differences from traditional burials
Today SevenPonds speaks with Ed Bixby, owner and operator since 2007 of Steelmantown Cemetery Green Burial Preserve in New Jersey. He is also the Vice-President of Green Burial Council International. Steelmantown Cemetery Green Burial Preserve is the only cemetery in … Continue reading
How Can We Integrate Green Burial With A Conservation Land Trust? An Interview with Joe Sehee
The former founder of the Green Burial Council explains how we can preserve land by incorporating beautiful end-of-life ritual locations
Today SevenPonds speaks with Joe Sehee an advocate for social justice based in Melbourne, Australia. As a Jesuit minister, Joe and his wife Juliette, began their journey by working for an environmental planning firm. About a decade ago, they decided … Continue reading
A Will For The Woods by Amy Browne, Jeremy Kaplan, Tony Hale, and Brian Wilson
Explores the growing natural or green burial movement
The film A Will For The Woods answers one of the most asked questions I get — just what is green burial? (For the answer, see links at the end of this post). Few are familiar with this age-old concept … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged A Will For The Woods, Death, Green Burial, Green Burial Cemeteries, Hodgkins Lymphoma, lymphoma, Natural burial
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