With Gratitude to our GBC Conference 2021 Sponsors

The Green Burial Council thanks all of the sponsors who helped make the 2021 conference possible. 

Lead Conference Sponsor

RiverStyx is a small family foundation that provides assistance to organizations that challenge fear-based paradigms and promote new perspectives of compassion and health. They seek high-leverage social change by providing resources to fringe areas that have been most stigmatized and disregarded by society and the funding community, in hopes of effectuating enduring change in both cultural awareness and social policy.

Presenting Sponsors

Are You "Green Burial Curious?" with Gail Rubin
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​Final services need no longer be the sterile, distant, and impersonal process of the past. Families can now choose a more indelible way of commemorating a life. Discover eco-friendly and natural burial services that enable you to honor a life well-lived and well-loved.
​"Day of Learning" Sessions


​Passages is dedicated to providing the best, most sustainable solutions to those seeking environmentally-friendly funeral options, including scattering solutions, biodegradable urns, eco-friendly caskets, and dignified cremation containers.
​“Growing the Movement” Sessions
Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a full-service cemetery, funeral home, crematory, and cultural events center which regularly hosts community events such as live music and summer movie screenings.
​“Personal and Cultural Issues” Sessions
Adjacent to San Francisco Bay Area’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Fernwood Cemetery and Funeral Home is a unique place, where families, friends and their loved ones connect through cycles of nature, memory, and conservation. A National Wildlife Federation Habitat, the rolling hills are a place where every tree, rock and bird become a living memorial.

Supporting Sponsors

Getting Governments & Communities Onboard for Green Burials with Natalie Wilson, Cheryl Cesta, Wenda Sheard and StarMary Castro
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Cemetery Management Solutions principal Jeff Hodes serves as an advisor and coach for the development and management of cemeteries. Jeff provides important education and training as a regular speaker on natural burial to local, state, and national cemetery and funeral director organizations.
Creating a More Inclusive Green Burial Movement with Joél Simone Anthony, Ezra Salter and Sarah Wambold
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Wake is a nonprofit organization based in Louisiana, with a mission to provide resources and education about meaningful and ecologically sustainable deathcare. Wake is a non-commercial resource for people who are confronting death, either on their own, or another's.
Green Future: The Next Generation of Deathcare Workers with Laura Faessel, Maria St. Clair, Mary Ann Perry and panelists, Joél Simone Anthony, Basil Eldadah and Carlos Gonzalez
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Memorial Reefs International creates underwater reef monuments containing the ashes of a departed loved one. These reefs offset the carbon that cremations create by producing hundreds of pounds of biomass annually, and creates a Living Legacy that can last for more than 500 years. 
GPS Mapping for Cemetery Planning and Memorialization ​with Mel Bennett and Dr. Megan Sawyer
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GoodEnding, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving end-of-life outcomes and through its website 
​www.goodending.org offers a free resource providing information, tools, and links addressing a broad range of end-of-life issues including words and music to accompany your exit.
In-Kind Sponsor
Resurrection Cemetery of The Catholic Cemeteries ​natural burial site was the location for sponsor recognition videos
​The Catholic Cemeteries provides a wide range of faith-based burial options in the Twin Cities, offering personalized, end-of-life care, memorialization and expert experience in a time of profound grief and change. In June 2019, a 30-acre natural burial section was added to Resurrection Cemetery and in 2020, this section was certified by the Green Burial Council.