Learn how earth-friendly conservation burial can help protect the land for generations to come.
About the guests:
My guests Laura Starkey and Freddie Johnson are both founding members of the Conservation Burial Alliance. Laura began Heartwood Preserve on her family’s land to help protect a longleaf pine flatwoods ecosystem while also providing a place for earth-friendly burial. Freddie is the executive director and founder of Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery, which he was inspired to help create out of his own desire for an environmentally positive option for disposition after death. Learn more at these websites:
conservationburialalliance.org
In this episode:
- What is a conservation burial ground
- The difference between conservation burial and green burial
- How conservation burial can help preserve or restore an ecosystem
- How this land is legally protected from development in the future
- Obstacles to becoming a conservation burial ground
- How both natural and conservation cemeteries minimize impact to the land
- Other options for disposition that are less harmful than flame cremation
- How each conservation area has its own requirements and restrictions for supporting the health of the ecosystem
- Conservation burial grounds allow for recreational uses like hiking, biking, picnics, star-gazing, and numerous other options
- How nature helps us reconnect our relationship with death and process grief
- The steps to take to ensure you can have a green burial when you die
- Why each area needs a unique model of conservation burial to meet the needs of the people and the land
Links for this episode:
Resources
- Green Burial Council
- How to Plan a Green Burial (From GBC)
Related episodes
- The Green Burial Movement with Kate Kalanick
- Terramation: A Green Option for Death Care with Micah Truman and Brie Smith
- Natural Burial as a Vehicle for Connection and Healing with Basil Eldadah MD
- Living Reef Memorials: Saving the Ocean One Funeral at a Time with Rob Sarnie and David Stubbers
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