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Sentinel Staff
8/23/2007 2:14:15 PM
Death. It’s not a subject most people like to talk about, but it is the inevitable conclusion to life. As new and revived forms of burial practices are starting to replace the costly, environmentally taxing, traditional American funeral, we have an opportunity to engage in the dark subject. How would you like to be buried? What tradition does your family carry into the final stage of life? Will you be thinking about conservation and the environment when you make plans for the end?
Click below to read the article about a local man's green burial:
For one, natural burial complete cycle of life.
For further information about the book "Grave Matters" visit Mark Harris's website.
1/1/2008 4:04:48 PM
The Town of Richmond, NH, Cemetery Trustees have scheduled an informational meeting on the subject of green burials for January 12, at 2:00 PM, Civil Defense Building in beautiful downtown Richmond. The focus of the meeting will be to inform the public on the subject of green burials and ascertain interest in dedicating a portion of the proposed Richmond cemetery expansion to the green burial concept. The public is welcome as are questions which may be directed to Geraldine Lutz, Cemetery Trustee Chair, 239-6470 or Carol Oxx, 239-6712
8/27/2007 9:45:48 PM
Great article on an important issue. I would like to be cremated and my ashes scattered on Mt Monadnock. That way I will always be a part of a place I love.
8/27/2007 12:50:58 PM
I would like to be cremated and my ashes spread on the new round a bout.
8/24/2007 7:33:24 AM
As one of the nation's most radical environmentalists, I wrote about this issue in editorials several years ago, and I'm glad to see it resurface. We take and take from the Earth, as a rule, in life, and then we keep it in death. Green burials had actually been commonly implemented in Europe when I was writing-in to the newspapers previously. It is crucial to follow Nature's Laws.
8/23/2007 4:09:56 PM
I am very glad you published this article. Aside from the environmental issues raised, I have been concerned with the Biblical aspects and issues involved in what has become an un-natural burial. After Adam and Eve succumbed to the wiles of the Devil, they were banished from the Garden of Eden. A part of their punishment for disobedience was to till the earth from which they came. The Lord God said: "...you are dust you came, and to dust you shall return." I have long believed that it was always God's intention for us as Christians to symbolize through death and burial the results of our inherent disobedience to God, and through the resurrection, our obedience to Christ our Savior.