This week on the podcast Kelly and I talk to undertaker, funeral home owner and author of The Green Burial Guidebook Elizabeth Fournier. Elizabeth, known affectionately as the “Green Reaper,” owns and operates Cornerstone Funeral Services in Boring, Oregon (we’re not making that up). She serves on the Advisory Board for the Green Burial Council. You can find her online at the Green Reaper. During the podcast we discuss:
- What is a green burial?
- The legality of green burial in the United States
- What’s wrong with a modern funeral?
- National Home Funeral Alliance
- Cremation vs. green burial
- Water cremation (alkaline hydrolysis)
- Burial at sea
- Green burial grounds
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The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial. Funeral expenses in the United States average more than $10,000. And every year conventional funerals bury millions of tons of wood, concrete, and metals, as well as millions of gallons of carcinogenic embalming fluid. There is a better way, and Elizabeth Fournier, affectionately dubbed the “Green Reaper,” walks you through it, step-by-step. She provides comprehensive and compassionate guidance, covering everything from green burial planning and home funeral basics to legal guidelines and outside-the-box options, such as burials at sea.
Thanks for this! I’ve flagged the book to-read amongst my giant pile of things I want to read. I first came across green burials about 7 years ago with someone I was then-FB friends with after her husband passed away. He had a green burial somewhere in the mid-west. I was intrigued ever since but figured I wouldn’t be able to have something like that when the time came.
Also, thanks for having a diverse array of people on your podcast. Y’all continue to put together great guests and conversations that I really enjoy.
I have read a bit about this subject and find it doable and intriguing.
I felt the same way. Didn’t really know that it was an option in most places.
Thanks for this–it was so timely. My wife and I were just talking about this yesterday and were wondering how to make it possible when that time arrives.
You’re welcome and thanks for listening!
Elizabeth is charming. Great interview and so informative. All the things i didn’t know…. Thanks for providing this kind of content.
Thank you for listening!
Thank you all for listening, and for your kind comments. I’m here to answer all your questions, and even the questions you didn’t know you had!
You mentioned specifically being interested in things in LA, check out this place, and this blog (and video series) – http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/undertaking-l-a
Thanks for the link!
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