Books, Videos, Podcasts, Interviews, and Articles
Welcome to the GBC collection of recommended reading, videos, podcasts, interviews, and blogs. In addition to the videos listed here, original videos can be found on the GBC YouTube channel. Also, more articles dating back to 2013 are listed in the Articles Archive. These resources cover many years of collecting, as far back as 2013, to help you in your pursuit of learning everything you ever wanted to know about green burial.
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Videos, Podcasts, and Interviews
Articles 2020 - 2024
Saving Land, the Land Trust Alliance quarterly magazine, featured this article highlighting conservation burial Summer 2023 Click to view
2024
Green Burial Education: Then and Now, Sam Perry, Memento Mori, December 2024 Issue
The Cremation Conquest: Why Not a Green Burial?, Emily Miller, Memento Mori, November 2024 Issue
'Wonderful to See': Billings Mountview Cemetery offers green burials, KTVQ, November 4, 2024
What's Old Becomes New Again: Green burial is more than a choice, it's a movement, Rachel Essig. Memento Mori, October 2024 Issue
‘Green burials’ grow in popularity as alternatives to traditional funerals, Detroit News, September 1, 2024
Michigan Officials tried to stop a 'green' cemetery. They just lost in court, Reason Magazine, August 16, 2024
Mother advocates for green burials as interest rises, K8 News, June 6, 2024
Fear of Death, and Misinformation vs. Green Burial, The Order of the Good Death, March 7, 2024
Scrub Hub: what is a green burial? (Yes it involves decomposing into the earth), IndyStar, February 5, 2024
Michigan Township Bans All Cemeteries to Prevent Cemeteries from Starting One, Reason Magazine, January 22, 2024
2023
Exchanging Gifts: Natural Burial is a Conservation Strategy by Lee Webster, Land Trust Alliance Saving Land, Summer 2023
More people are opting for an eco-friendly burial in nature, DutchNews, September 18, 2023
5 Common Myths That Families Have About Green Burials by Brand Buzz, Time Bulletin, September 4, 2023
Penn Laird’s Green Burial, Virginia Living, August 25, 2023
Back to nature by Susan Sorensen, c-ville [VA], August 23, 2023
Environmental friendly funerals, going green by Kat Robb, Message Media, August 20, 2023
‘Back to the Earth’: Green Burials in Greendale Cemetery by Mike Crowley, Meadeville Tribune [PA], August 16, 2023
Concern for the Earth sparks interest in eco-friendly burials by Danirae Renno, The Bradford Era, August 10, 2023
Savvy Senior: How to Plan a Green Funeral by Jim Miller, ETV, August 1, 2023
Cherry bucks tradition with ‘green’ burial by Beverly James, Florida Courier, July 28, 2023
Panorama Natural Burial offering ‘green’ cemetery in Earlysville by Amaya Mitchell, NBC29, July 11, 2023
Blacksburg leaders considering ‘green burials’ by Lindsay Kennett, 10 News on the Frontline, July 6, 2323
Pasco County conservation cemetery embraces nature and sustainability for eternal rest by Lloyd Sowers, Fox13 News, June 15, 2023
How we care for dead bodies—or don’t by Richard A. Kaufman, The Christian Century, May 8, 2023
New Options Available for Vermonters Seeking Green Burials by Hailey Morgan, WCAX-TV, April 25, 2023
Green Burials: The Growing Appeal of New Earth-Conscious Interment WYPR Maryland Public Radio with host Tom Hall, April 20, 2023
Natural Burials Haven't Been Allowed at Many New England Cemeteries: Now They're Catching On by Lexi Krupp, Vermont Public Radio, April 20, 2023
Grief Without a Grave: Green Burial and Accessibility by Donelle Dreese, Psychology Today, April 15, 2023
Going out ‘green.’ Demand grows for Florida funerals that preserve nature, cut pollution by Nicholas Rivero, Miami Herald, April 19, 2023
Want a Florida Green Burial? Here’s what you need to know by Nicholas Rivero, Miami Herald, April 19, 2023
Green burials: The growing appeal of new Earth-conscious interment, featuring Lee Webster and Jennifer Downes, National Public Radio, WYPR Midday, Aired April 20, 2023
Cemeteries That Save the American Landscape by Devinne Melecki, Smithsonian Magazine, April 27, 2023
Down to Earth: Peaceful conservation burials benefit the planet—a final gift from loved ones by Cathy Jesse, The National Wildlife Federation, March 31, 2023
To help Earth’s future, people are getting buried like it’s 1860, by Tara Behrampour, CBS Baltimore, March 8, 2023
Human Composting Comes to CA by Roxanne Hoorn, Good Times Santa Cruz, March 7, 2023
The green burial industry could be worth $1 billion by 2030 by Annalisa Merelli and Amanda Shendruk, Quartz, March 7, 2023
Green Burials on The Morning Show with Mary Jacobsen, March 16, 2023
A green burial by Scott Reeder, Illinois Times, March 30, 2023
://greenburialma.org/2022/04/01/a-way-for-nature-to-rest-in-peace/
Natural Burial for a Greener Afterlife by Gemma Alexander, Earth911, February 27, 2023
Death Has a Big Carbon Footprint by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public Radio, February 24, 2023
Green Burial: What we need to know, Green Burial Association of Maryland, February 5, 2023
Comparing green funeral options by Michael J. Coren, Washington Post, January 31, 2023
Unearthing the Options by Sophia Smith and Jacob Shaddock for C-Span's 2023 StudentCam Competition, January 18, 2023
How Hospices Can Support Families Seeking Green Burials by Holly Vossel, Hospice News, January 4, 2023
2022
Back to the Earth: Non-traditional Burials by Rosie Wolf Williams, Next Avenue, November 16, 2022
Maryland's first Green Cemetery to Open in Windsor by Christina Cordon, Baltimore Sun, November 29, 2022
The Green Reaper: How to rejoin the infinite with minimal mess by Heather Smith, Sierra Magazine, Fall 2022
The Church forbids ‘human composting’ at death. But what about ‘green’ burials? by Collin Price, America Magazine, The Jesuit Review, October 13, 2022
The American Way of Death Goes Green by Patti Waldmeir, Financial Times, October 3, 2022 (subscription access only)
Sustainable Exits and Green Burial Interview with Andrea Sebastyan, Nashua Public TV, September 21, 2022
Rest in Peace, Not Pollutants: Green Burials Say ‘No Thanks’ to Chemicals in the Grave by Mary Lhowe, ecoRI News, August 17, 2022
Colorado offers ‘natural’ and ‘green’ burial options by Steve Rabey, The Gazette, July 25, 2022
Green Burial Interview with Kate Manahan, What Mama Wants, June 14, 2022
From Dust You Came and to Dust You Shall Return by Raquel G. Frolich, Bull Magazine, June 2022
Average Cost of a Natural (Green) Burial: A Price Breakdown by Kate Wight, cake, April 25, 2022
Expert in Jewish burials is devoted to making them more ‘green’ by Emma Goss, Jewish News of Northern California, April 20, 2022
In These Cemeteries, Nature Also Rests in Peace by Xander Peters, National Geographic, April 2022
Saving the Environment and Cash Through Green Burials by Lindsay Kalter, MedScape, April 4, 2022
The Piedmont’s First Conservation Cemetery is Rethinking Burial by Zella Hanson, INDY Week, March 30, 2022
Piecing Together the Green Burial Movement by Olivia Milloway, Bitter Southerner, February 8, 2022
New Hampshire's "Sustainable Funeral" Group Working to Change State's Embalming Law by Tom Anderson, Funeral Director Daily, February 7, 2022
Green Burials: The Sustainable Solution for Cemeteries, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, February 1, 2022
Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: bringing death back into life by Sallnow et al, The Lancet, January 31, 2022
The Push for Sustainable Death by Amanda Gokey, Concord Monitor, January 26, 2022
Cremation: Your Last Chance to Avoid Another Pandemic After Covid-19 by Dr. Diana Cunningham, New American Way of Death, January 14, 2022
2021
All Things Green Burial on the inaugural episode WWHR's Let's Have Words with Lara Samuel, December 9, 2021
Green Burials can change our relationship with death and help the Earth by Mallory McDuff, Washington Post, December 17, 2021
How to Become a Tree when you Die—Debunked, TalkDeath, November 17, 2021
Green Burial? Home Funeral? Local Advocates Want You to Know Your Options by Abby Hamilton, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, October 25, 2021
How ‘Big Funeral’ Made the Afterlife so Expensive by Eleanor Cummins, Wired, October 2, 2021
‘Green burials’ on the rise in Maine by Jackie Mundry, News Center Maine, July 22, 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
Green burials are slowly gaining ground among environmentalists, by Rachel Fritts, Science News, March 2, 2021
Graveyards are Surprising Hotspots for Biodiversity, by Gemma Conroy, Scientific American, February 24, 2021
People Who Love the Land Are Getting Interested in Green Burials by Amanda Gokee, VTDigger, January 10, 2021
2020
Green Burials Becoming an Option in the Upper Valley by Tim Camerota, Concord Monitor, November 16, 2020
The Green Burial Revolution: Sustainable End of Life Options, by Sandra Yeyati, Natural Awakenings, October 30, 2020
Sustainable Death Care Improves Water, Soil and Air Quality, by Julia Brunner, EcoSpotlight, October 12, 2020
Life After Death: What Human Burial Options Will Look Like in a Sustainable Future by Joan Meiners, Discover Magazine, August 6, 2020
I visited a 'green cemetery' in California, and it made me question everything about American funerals by Isabella Jibilian, Business Insider, August 5, 2020
It's a Good Thing: The cemetery industry sees a major plot twist by Matt O'Grady, BCBusiness, July 7, 2020
Green Burial Giving Back to the Planet by Lee Webster, Green Energy Times, June 21, 2020
Grand Prairie Offers Green Burial by John Kent, GreenSource DFW, May 18, 2020
Brooklyn Neighbors Come Together to Bury a Stranger by Julie Walker, AP News, May 1, 2020
More Catholics choose green burials, hoping for a lighter footprint by Valerie Zehl, US Catholic Magazine, April 21, 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
It takes Less Than 30 Days to Compost a Human Body by Jef Akst, The Scientist, February 17, 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
For additional articles dating back to 2013 go to the Articles Archive
Green Burial Education: Then and Now, Sam Perry, Memento Mori, December 2024 Issue
The Cremation Conquest: Why Not a Green Burial?, Emily Miller, Memento Mori, November 2024 Issue
'Wonderful to See': Billings Mountview Cemetery offers green burials, KTVQ, November 4, 2024
What's Old Becomes New Again: Green burial is more than a choice, it's a movement, Rachel Essig. Memento Mori, October 2024 Issue
‘Green burials’ grow in popularity as alternatives to traditional funerals, Detroit News, September 1, 2024
Michigan Officials tried to stop a 'green' cemetery. They just lost in court, Reason Magazine, August 16, 2024
Mother advocates for green burials as interest rises, K8 News, June 6, 2024
Fear of Death, and Misinformation vs. Green Burial, The Order of the Good Death, March 7, 2024
Scrub Hub: what is a green burial? (Yes it involves decomposing into the earth), IndyStar, February 5, 2024
Michigan Township Bans All Cemeteries to Prevent Cemeteries from Starting One, Reason Magazine, January 22, 2024
2023
Exchanging Gifts: Natural Burial is a Conservation Strategy by Lee Webster, Land Trust Alliance Saving Land, Summer 2023
More people are opting for an eco-friendly burial in nature, DutchNews, September 18, 2023
5 Common Myths That Families Have About Green Burials by Brand Buzz, Time Bulletin, September 4, 2023
Penn Laird’s Green Burial, Virginia Living, August 25, 2023
Back to nature by Susan Sorensen, c-ville [VA], August 23, 2023
Environmental friendly funerals, going green by Kat Robb, Message Media, August 20, 2023
‘Back to the Earth’: Green Burials in Greendale Cemetery by Mike Crowley, Meadeville Tribune [PA], August 16, 2023
Concern for the Earth sparks interest in eco-friendly burials by Danirae Renno, The Bradford Era, August 10, 2023
Savvy Senior: How to Plan a Green Funeral by Jim Miller, ETV, August 1, 2023
Cherry bucks tradition with ‘green’ burial by Beverly James, Florida Courier, July 28, 2023
Panorama Natural Burial offering ‘green’ cemetery in Earlysville by Amaya Mitchell, NBC29, July 11, 2023
Blacksburg leaders considering ‘green burials’ by Lindsay Kennett, 10 News on the Frontline, July 6, 2323
Pasco County conservation cemetery embraces nature and sustainability for eternal rest by Lloyd Sowers, Fox13 News, June 15, 2023
How we care for dead bodies—or don’t by Richard A. Kaufman, The Christian Century, May 8, 2023
New Options Available for Vermonters Seeking Green Burials by Hailey Morgan, WCAX-TV, April 25, 2023
Green Burials: The Growing Appeal of New Earth-Conscious Interment WYPR Maryland Public Radio with host Tom Hall, April 20, 2023
Natural Burials Haven't Been Allowed at Many New England Cemeteries: Now They're Catching On by Lexi Krupp, Vermont Public Radio, April 20, 2023
Grief Without a Grave: Green Burial and Accessibility by Donelle Dreese, Psychology Today, April 15, 2023
Going out ‘green.’ Demand grows for Florida funerals that preserve nature, cut pollution by Nicholas Rivero, Miami Herald, April 19, 2023
Want a Florida Green Burial? Here’s what you need to know by Nicholas Rivero, Miami Herald, April 19, 2023
Green burials: The growing appeal of new Earth-conscious interment, featuring Lee Webster and Jennifer Downes, National Public Radio, WYPR Midday, Aired April 20, 2023
Cemeteries That Save the American Landscape by Devinne Melecki, Smithsonian Magazine, April 27, 2023
Down to Earth: Peaceful conservation burials benefit the planet—a final gift from loved ones by Cathy Jesse, The National Wildlife Federation, March 31, 2023
To help Earth’s future, people are getting buried like it’s 1860, by Tara Behrampour, CBS Baltimore, March 8, 2023
Human Composting Comes to CA by Roxanne Hoorn, Good Times Santa Cruz, March 7, 2023
The green burial industry could be worth $1 billion by 2030 by Annalisa Merelli and Amanda Shendruk, Quartz, March 7, 2023
Green Burials on The Morning Show with Mary Jacobsen, March 16, 2023
A green burial by Scott Reeder, Illinois Times, March 30, 2023
://greenburialma.org/2022/04/01/a-way-for-nature-to-rest-in-peace/
Natural Burial for a Greener Afterlife by Gemma Alexander, Earth911, February 27, 2023
Death Has a Big Carbon Footprint by Esta Pratt-Kielley, Maine Public Radio, February 24, 2023
Green Burial: What we need to know, Green Burial Association of Maryland, February 5, 2023
Comparing green funeral options by Michael J. Coren, Washington Post, January 31, 2023
Unearthing the Options by Sophia Smith and Jacob Shaddock for C-Span's 2023 StudentCam Competition, January 18, 2023
How Hospices Can Support Families Seeking Green Burials by Holly Vossel, Hospice News, January 4, 2023
2022
Back to the Earth: Non-traditional Burials by Rosie Wolf Williams, Next Avenue, November 16, 2022
Maryland's first Green Cemetery to Open in Windsor by Christina Cordon, Baltimore Sun, November 29, 2022
The Green Reaper: How to rejoin the infinite with minimal mess by Heather Smith, Sierra Magazine, Fall 2022
The Church forbids ‘human composting’ at death. But what about ‘green’ burials? by Collin Price, America Magazine, The Jesuit Review, October 13, 2022
The American Way of Death Goes Green by Patti Waldmeir, Financial Times, October 3, 2022 (subscription access only)
Sustainable Exits and Green Burial Interview with Andrea Sebastyan, Nashua Public TV, September 21, 2022
Rest in Peace, Not Pollutants: Green Burials Say ‘No Thanks’ to Chemicals in the Grave by Mary Lhowe, ecoRI News, August 17, 2022
Colorado offers ‘natural’ and ‘green’ burial options by Steve Rabey, The Gazette, July 25, 2022
Green Burial Interview with Kate Manahan, What Mama Wants, June 14, 2022
From Dust You Came and to Dust You Shall Return by Raquel G. Frolich, Bull Magazine, June 2022
Average Cost of a Natural (Green) Burial: A Price Breakdown by Kate Wight, cake, April 25, 2022
Expert in Jewish burials is devoted to making them more ‘green’ by Emma Goss, Jewish News of Northern California, April 20, 2022
In These Cemeteries, Nature Also Rests in Peace by Xander Peters, National Geographic, April 2022
Saving the Environment and Cash Through Green Burials by Lindsay Kalter, MedScape, April 4, 2022
The Piedmont’s First Conservation Cemetery is Rethinking Burial by Zella Hanson, INDY Week, March 30, 2022
Piecing Together the Green Burial Movement by Olivia Milloway, Bitter Southerner, February 8, 2022
New Hampshire's "Sustainable Funeral" Group Working to Change State's Embalming Law by Tom Anderson, Funeral Director Daily, February 7, 2022
Green Burials: The Sustainable Solution for Cemeteries, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, February 1, 2022
Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: bringing death back into life by Sallnow et al, The Lancet, January 31, 2022
The Push for Sustainable Death by Amanda Gokey, Concord Monitor, January 26, 2022
Cremation: Your Last Chance to Avoid Another Pandemic After Covid-19 by Dr. Diana Cunningham, New American Way of Death, January 14, 2022
2021
All Things Green Burial on the inaugural episode WWHR's Let's Have Words with Lara Samuel, December 9, 2021
Green Burials can change our relationship with death and help the Earth by Mallory McDuff, Washington Post, December 17, 2021
How to Become a Tree when you Die—Debunked, TalkDeath, November 17, 2021
Green Burial? Home Funeral? Local Advocates Want You to Know Your Options by Abby Hamilton, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, October 25, 2021
How ‘Big Funeral’ Made the Afterlife so Expensive by Eleanor Cummins, Wired, October 2, 2021
‘Green burials’ on the rise in Maine by Jackie Mundry, News Center Maine, July 22, 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
Green burials are slowly gaining ground among environmentalists, by Rachel Fritts, Science News, March 2, 2021
Graveyards are Surprising Hotspots for Biodiversity, by Gemma Conroy, Scientific American, February 24, 2021
People Who Love the Land Are Getting Interested in Green Burials by Amanda Gokee, VTDigger, January 10, 2021
2020
Green Burials Becoming an Option in the Upper Valley by Tim Camerota, Concord Monitor, November 16, 2020
The Green Burial Revolution: Sustainable End of Life Options, by Sandra Yeyati, Natural Awakenings, October 30, 2020
Sustainable Death Care Improves Water, Soil and Air Quality, by Julia Brunner, EcoSpotlight, October 12, 2020
Life After Death: What Human Burial Options Will Look Like in a Sustainable Future by Joan Meiners, Discover Magazine, August 6, 2020
I visited a 'green cemetery' in California, and it made me question everything about American funerals by Isabella Jibilian, Business Insider, August 5, 2020
It's a Good Thing: The cemetery industry sees a major plot twist by Matt O'Grady, BCBusiness, July 7, 2020
Green Burial Giving Back to the Planet by Lee Webster, Green Energy Times, June 21, 2020
Grand Prairie Offers Green Burial by John Kent, GreenSource DFW, May 18, 2020
Brooklyn Neighbors Come Together to Bury a Stranger by Julie Walker, AP News, May 1, 2020
More Catholics choose green burials, hoping for a lighter footprint by Valerie Zehl, US Catholic Magazine, April 21, 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
It takes Less Than 30 Days to Compost a Human Body by Jef Akst, The Scientist, February 17, 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
For additional articles dating back to 2013 go to the Articles Archive
Blogs
Grave Matters Whatever happened to Dust to Dust? with Mark Harris
FuneralOne Are Green Burials the Way of the Future? with Kelly Murad
Cake Slices Understanding Your Green Burial Options with Jasmine Tanguay
The Funeral Law Blog Going Green: The New Black? with Samantha Davis
Speaking of Death A Natural Burial with Bob Morse
FuneralOne The Ultimate Cheat Sheet of Green Burial Terms with Lee Webster
Green Burial Naturally My Father Gets a Gravestone with Anne Hoffner
Carolina Sanctuary Natural Burial Gone Wild with Caroline Yongue
Carolina Sanctuary How To Dig A Grave By Hand with Anthony Pranger
Carolina Sanctuary Biodegradable Burial Containers for Green Burial: The What & Why with Cassie Barrett
Order of the Good Death Decomposing in a hole in the earth 101 with Caitlin Doughty
Shrouding Sisters Digging in the Dirt with the Triangle Land Conservancy with Sara Williams
Memorial Ecosystems Part 1 Mushroom Suits, Burial Pods, and Other Thoughtful But Ultimately Useless Green Burial Innovations with Dr. Billy Campbell
Memorial Ecosystems Part 2 Green Burial Innovations with Dr. Billy Campbell
Memorial Ecosystems Part 3 Why Mushroom Suits Won't Work with Dr. Billy Campbell
Memorial Ecosystems Green Graves as Composting Machines and Brief Rant About the Practicality of Conservation Burial with Dr. Billy Campbell
Memorial Ecosystems Cemeteries, Ecological Restoration, Deep Time, and Net Present Value with Dr. Billy Campbell
FuneralOne Are Green Burials the Way of the Future? with Kelly Murad
Cake Slices Understanding Your Green Burial Options with Jasmine Tanguay
The Funeral Law Blog Going Green: The New Black? with Samantha Davis
Speaking of Death A Natural Burial with Bob Morse
FuneralOne The Ultimate Cheat Sheet of Green Burial Terms with Lee Webster
Green Burial Naturally My Father Gets a Gravestone with Anne Hoffner
Carolina Sanctuary Natural Burial Gone Wild with Caroline Yongue
Carolina Sanctuary How To Dig A Grave By Hand with Anthony Pranger
Carolina Sanctuary Biodegradable Burial Containers for Green Burial: The What & Why with Cassie Barrett
Order of the Good Death Decomposing in a hole in the earth 101 with Caitlin Doughty
Shrouding Sisters Digging in the Dirt with the Triangle Land Conservancy with Sara Williams
Memorial Ecosystems Part 1 Mushroom Suits, Burial Pods, and Other Thoughtful But Ultimately Useless Green Burial Innovations with Dr. Billy Campbell
Memorial Ecosystems Part 2 Green Burial Innovations with Dr. Billy Campbell
Memorial Ecosystems Part 3 Why Mushroom Suits Won't Work with Dr. Billy Campbell
Memorial Ecosystems Green Graves as Composting Machines and Brief Rant About the Practicality of Conservation Burial with Dr. Billy Campbell
Memorial Ecosystems Cemeteries, Ecological Restoration, Deep Time, and Net Present Value with Dr. Billy Campbell
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