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What is Natural Death Care and Green Burial? An Interview with Shari Wolf
Funeral director Shari Wolf explores the benefits of choosing natural death services over other funeral options
Today, SevenPonds speaks with Shari Wolf. Shari is the founder of Natural Grace Funerals, which provides natural, eco-conscious death care options in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. As the president and funeral director of Natural Grace, Shari believes … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Cremation, Death care industry, End-of-Life Planning, Funeral, Funeral Director, Funeral home, Funeral Options, Green Burial, Green death, Los Angeles Funerals, Natural burial, Natural Death Services, Natural Grace Funerals, Orange County Funeral Services, Shari Wolf
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An Urn for Cremation Burials in Water
Agnes Hegedus designs an urn around an ancient -- yet eco-friendly -- tradition
We at SevenPonds have been bookmarking many of Designboom’s “Design for Death” inventions. The competition featured 2,050 designers from nearly 100 countries, each with unique designs for coffins and cremation vessels. Hungary’s Agnes Hegedus was a standout in the “Wrapping … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Burial, Cremation, Designboom, Eco-Friendly, Green Burial, Urn
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The Neptune Society Memorial Reef
An Underwater Cremation Site for the Environmentally Conscious
The Neptune Memorial Reef is a culmination of two intersecting trends in America’s funeral industry: the increasing statistic of cremation in America, as well as a growing interest in environmentally conscious burials. Located several miles from the Key Biscayne in … Continue reading
New Eco-Friendly Coffin for Cremation
The Innovative Soul Ash Solace Coffin from Maximal Design of Belgium
Soul Ash Solace has an innovative design for a funereal vessel- it is made of light-weight materials that are completely biodegradable, (and much less harmful for our planet than showy, lacquered coffins and the like) such as papier-mache and corrugated … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Belgium, Biodegradable, Burial, Coffin, Cost of Dying, Cremation, Death, Death Care, Dying, Eco-Burial, environmental impact, Funeral, Noxious Fumes, Relic, Rememberance, SevenPonds, Soul, Soul Ash Coffin, United States
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Death’s Dynamism in Aztec Civilization
Where the manner of death was more important than the manner of life
Just as nearly every civilization throughout time, religion played an extremely important role in Ancient Aztec civilization. With over 1,000 gods, 14 heavens, 9 hells, and the sheer ubiquity, intricacy and flamboyance (for lack of a better term) of countless … Continue reading
How Did SevenPonds Come to Be?
We revisit our beginning
It’s been two years at SevenPonds since we launched our first blog post and it’s hard to believe we have arrived at our second anniversary already! What a wild ride it has been. I cannot begin to express how heartwarming … Continue reading
