Where to Learn MoreThe rise in do-it-yourself home funerals and green burial has spurred the formation of organizations that have developed materials to help educate the public and professionals whose roles in funeral service are changing. The media has also increased its coverage in newspapers, TV reporting, and magazines, both in print and online. Each organization's websites list resource pages with extensive links to these home funeral articles, videos, and podcasts.
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Recent Articles
2023
How Hospices Can Support Families Seeking Green Burials by Holly Vossel, Hospice News, January 4, 2023
2022
Green Burials Set to Begin in Vermont's First Natural Cemetery by Joel Banner Baird, Burlington Free Press, January 5, 2022
2021
People Who Love the Land Are Getting Interested in Green Burials by Amanda Gokee, VT Digger, January 10, 2021
Green Burial? Home Funeral? Local Advocates Want You to Know Your Options by Abby Hamilton, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, October 25, 2021
How to Hold a Funeral at Home by Christina Leimer, BeSide, April 29, 2021
Green Burial Wants to Clean Up American Funerals by Jake Maynard, Slate, February 5, 2021
A Brush with Death: Interview of Amy Cunningham of Fitting Tribute Funeral Service, NFDA, April 13, 2021
Put Me in a Wooden Box by Nick Wooten, Associated Press/The Ledger Enquirer, April 24, 2021
What It's Like to Have a Funeral at Home by Christina Leimer, NextAvenue, March 24, 2021
Forest Burial and What it Means, a webinar with Mel Bennett of The Life Forest, a cremation cemetery in Hillsborough, NH, Reimagining the End, February 19, 2021
7 Elements of African American Mourning Practices & Burial Traditions by Dr. Kami Fletcher, TalkDeath.com, February 8, 2021
Pearls of Wisdom, a video about home funeral guides, by Andrika Donovan
People Who Love the Land Are Getting Interested in Green Burials by Amanda Gokee, VTDigger, January 10, 2021
2020
Home Funerals, Green Burials, A Windham County Story video by Andrika Donovan
The Movement to Bring Death Closer by Maggie Jones, The New York Times, December 19, 2020, audio version
Interest Grows for Green Burials in New Hampshire by Tat Bellamy-Walker, New Hampshire Public Radio, November 16, 2020
Sustainable Death Care Improves Water, Soil and Air Quality, Interview with Lee Webster by Julia Brunner, EcoSpotlight, October 12, 2020
How Death Doulas Have Adapted End-of-Life Care Amid COVID-19 (includes discussion of the role of doulas in helping clients to navigate racism in the healthcare system) by Ilana Kaplan, Vogue, July 30, 2020
How We Manage Death is Changing Fast by Lisa De Bode, Vice, June 16, 2020
This is What Happens to Unclaimed Bodies in America TalkDeath, June 30, 2020
How do you foster ‘a good death in a racist society’? by Chace Beech, Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2020
Brooklyn Neighbors Come Together to Bury a Stranger by Julie Walker, AP News, May 1, 2020
Is Death Really “The Great Equalizer?” African American Deathways and Inequality in America Interview with Dr. Kami Fletcher, Seven Ponds, May 2020
The ‘green death’ movement: Scientific advances give more eco-friendly funeral options by Emily Gillespie, Fortune Magazine, April 9, 2020
Green Burial: We’re All In the Same Cycle of Life by Nancy DeVault, Natural Awakenings, April 4, 2020
More Catholics choose green burials, hoping for a lighter footprint by Valerie Zehl, US Catholic Magazine, April 21, 2020
What is a Home Funeral” How to Care for Sick or Deceased Loved Ones at Home During Coronavirus Pandemic by Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek.com, March 26, 2020 with the video prepared by Lee Webster
It takes Less Than 30 Days to Compost a Human Body by Jef Akst, The Scientist, February 17, 2020
The iPhone at the Deathbed, by Penelope Green, The New York Times, February 18, 2020
Home Funerals and Green Burials, group think in Windham County, VT, a film by Andrika Donovan, January, 2020
"Mushroom Burial Suit" Called Into Question by Diane Ionescu, Connecting Directors, February 10, 2020
The Emotional Wallop of My Friend’s Green Burial by Janet Siroto, NextAvenue, January 30, 2020
How Hospices Can Support Families Seeking Green Burials by Holly Vossel, Hospice News, January 4, 2023
2022
Green Burials Set to Begin in Vermont's First Natural Cemetery by Joel Banner Baird, Burlington Free Press, January 5, 2022
2021
People Who Love the Land Are Getting Interested in Green Burials by Amanda Gokee, VT Digger, January 10, 2021
Green Burial? Home Funeral? Local Advocates Want You to Know Your Options by Abby Hamilton, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, October 25, 2021
How to Hold a Funeral at Home by Christina Leimer, BeSide, April 29, 2021
Green Burial Wants to Clean Up American Funerals by Jake Maynard, Slate, February 5, 2021
A Brush with Death: Interview of Amy Cunningham of Fitting Tribute Funeral Service, NFDA, April 13, 2021
Put Me in a Wooden Box by Nick Wooten, Associated Press/The Ledger Enquirer, April 24, 2021
What It's Like to Have a Funeral at Home by Christina Leimer, NextAvenue, March 24, 2021
Forest Burial and What it Means, a webinar with Mel Bennett of The Life Forest, a cremation cemetery in Hillsborough, NH, Reimagining the End, February 19, 2021
7 Elements of African American Mourning Practices & Burial Traditions by Dr. Kami Fletcher, TalkDeath.com, February 8, 2021
Pearls of Wisdom, a video about home funeral guides, by Andrika Donovan
People Who Love the Land Are Getting Interested in Green Burials by Amanda Gokee, VTDigger, January 10, 2021
2020
Home Funerals, Green Burials, A Windham County Story video by Andrika Donovan
The Movement to Bring Death Closer by Maggie Jones, The New York Times, December 19, 2020, audio version
Interest Grows for Green Burials in New Hampshire by Tat Bellamy-Walker, New Hampshire Public Radio, November 16, 2020
Sustainable Death Care Improves Water, Soil and Air Quality, Interview with Lee Webster by Julia Brunner, EcoSpotlight, October 12, 2020
How Death Doulas Have Adapted End-of-Life Care Amid COVID-19 (includes discussion of the role of doulas in helping clients to navigate racism in the healthcare system) by Ilana Kaplan, Vogue, July 30, 2020
How We Manage Death is Changing Fast by Lisa De Bode, Vice, June 16, 2020
This is What Happens to Unclaimed Bodies in America TalkDeath, June 30, 2020
How do you foster ‘a good death in a racist society’? by Chace Beech, Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2020
Brooklyn Neighbors Come Together to Bury a Stranger by Julie Walker, AP News, May 1, 2020
Is Death Really “The Great Equalizer?” African American Deathways and Inequality in America Interview with Dr. Kami Fletcher, Seven Ponds, May 2020
The ‘green death’ movement: Scientific advances give more eco-friendly funeral options by Emily Gillespie, Fortune Magazine, April 9, 2020
Green Burial: We’re All In the Same Cycle of Life by Nancy DeVault, Natural Awakenings, April 4, 2020
More Catholics choose green burials, hoping for a lighter footprint by Valerie Zehl, US Catholic Magazine, April 21, 2020
What is a Home Funeral” How to Care for Sick or Deceased Loved Ones at Home During Coronavirus Pandemic by Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek.com, March 26, 2020 with the video prepared by Lee Webster
It takes Less Than 30 Days to Compost a Human Body by Jef Akst, The Scientist, February 17, 2020
The iPhone at the Deathbed, by Penelope Green, The New York Times, February 18, 2020
Home Funerals and Green Burials, group think in Windham County, VT, a film by Andrika Donovan, January, 2020
"Mushroom Burial Suit" Called Into Question by Diane Ionescu, Connecting Directors, February 10, 2020
The Emotional Wallop of My Friend’s Green Burial by Janet Siroto, NextAvenue, January 30, 2020
Organizations
Funeral Consumers Alliance provides information on creative ways to respectfully care for the dead without going into debt.
National Home Funeral Alliance empowers families to care for their own dead through education.
National End-of Life Doula Alliance inspires positive, creative change in American death practices by creating high standards, ethical and practical guidelines, and rich networking opportunities for all EOLDs, resulting in meaningful experiences for the dying, their caregivers, and the agencies involved.
Green Burial Council inspires and advocates for environmentally sustainable, natural death care through education and certification.
Conservation Burial Alliance educates and advocates for land protection while creating opportunities for sustainable burial practices within community.
The Collective for Radical Death Studies is an international, professional organization formed to decolonize Death Studies and radicalize death practice.
Celebrant Institute and Foundation pioneers the widespread use of relevant, customized ceremonies to honor the fullness of the human experience.
National Home Funeral Alliance empowers families to care for their own dead through education.
National End-of Life Doula Alliance inspires positive, creative change in American death practices by creating high standards, ethical and practical guidelines, and rich networking opportunities for all EOLDs, resulting in meaningful experiences for the dying, their caregivers, and the agencies involved.
Green Burial Council inspires and advocates for environmentally sustainable, natural death care through education and certification.
Conservation Burial Alliance educates and advocates for land protection while creating opportunities for sustainable burial practices within community.
The Collective for Radical Death Studies is an international, professional organization formed to decolonize Death Studies and radicalize death practice.
Celebrant Institute and Foundation pioneers the widespread use of relevant, customized ceremonies to honor the fullness of the human experience.
