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What we do » Training/Technical assistance
Training/Technical assistance
The Green Burial Council has emerged as the leading educator in the field of eco-friendly deathcare, leading seminars for every industry trade group in the US and Canada including the National Funeral Director’s Association, The Canadian Funeral Director’s Association, The National Selected Independent Funeral Director’s Association, as well as for most state/provincial cemetery/funeral associations.
The Council will soon be providing peer-to-peer webcasts for our approved providers and will be coordinating all of the green educational programming for the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association’s (ICCFA) annual convention in March of 2010. Upcoming GBC led seminars include:
- Indiana Funeral Directors Association - February, 2010
- New York State Funeral Directors Association - May, 2010
- Funeral Association of Canada - June, 2010
- Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association - June, 2010
We have also provided educational programming for leading national conservation organizations such as the Land Trust Alliance and the Nature Conservancy, and routinely facilitate webinars for land trusts and park service agencies about how burial/scattering can be used as a means of acquiring, restoring and stewarding natural areas.
And to those in the field of funeral service, the GBC offers free technical assistance to our approved providers on everything from how to shroud a body to techniques for increasing the efficacy of dry ice.
