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 2017–2020
2020
Green Burials Becoming an Option in the Upper Valley by Tim Camerota, Concord Monitor, November 16, 2020
Sustainable Death Care Improves Water, Soil and Air Quality, Interview with Lee Webster 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
2019
Millennials Aren't Killing the Funeral Industry‚ But They Are Changing It by Heather Morrison, Rewire, December 2, 2019
Eco-friendly cemeteries: More people preferring 'green' over standard by Alex Brown, The Washington Post, originally printed in PewTrusts,org, November 30, 2019
More People Want a Green Burial But Cemetery Law Hasn't Caught Up by Alex Brown, Pew Charitable Trusts, November 20, 2019
How to die a good, green death by Manola Secaira, Crosscut, October 31, 2019
Green Burials: Everything you need to know about the growing trend by Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin, CBC Life, October 29, 2019
You're Going to Die by Laura Guidry, IndyWeek, October 29, 2019
Paris Has Opened Its First Green Cemetery by Chlotilde Goujard, CityLab, October 7, 2019
Forest of the Dead: beautiful burial for space-poor cities, by David Neustein, Foreground, October 3, 2019
Coffin-making Workshop Confronts Mortality Head-On by Melina Bourdeau, Greenfield Recorder, August 17, 2019
Return to Nature by Lynne Freehill-Maye and Philip Pantuso, YES Magazine, August 14, 2019
Heartwood Preserve: a final resting place in nature by Alice Mary Herdon, Hernando Sun, July 8, 2019
This Startup is Building a New Kind of Cemetery by Katharine Schwab, Fast Company, June 9, 2019
We Need a Greener Way to Die by Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, May 23, 2019
Mother's Dying Wish for Green Burial in CT by Dan Corcoran, CT Investigates, May 22, 2019
Save the Planet, Don't Cremate, by Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 13, 2019
Green Burial Plots Offer a Return to Nature at Providence's Swan Point Cemetery by Kevin Andrade, Providence Journal, May 11, 2019
Why Some Are Ditching the Vault and Coffin for Natural Burials and At-Home Funerals by Kay Manning, Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2019
When Cemeteries Became Natural Sanctuaries by Allison Meier, JSTOR Daily, April 11, 2019
What is Human Composting? by Katherine Hignett, Newsweek, April 23, 2019
Green Burials: There are a number of environmentally friendly alternatives by Janelle Janci, Lancaster Online, April 28, 2019
More eco-friendly Americans are making a final statement by planning a ‘green’ burial by Deena Yellin, North Jersey Record, April 15, 2019
Boston’s Other Housing Crisis: The Cemeteries by Nora Caplan-Bricker, Boston Magazine, April 11, 2019
Virginia's First Green Cemetery by Sandy Hausman, Virginia Public Radio, March 28, 2019
Basic Tenets of Green Burial by Lee Webster, Port of Harlem Magazine, March 25, 2019
Opinion: Why we should save the last tiny scraps of nature by William Laurance, Ensia, March 21, 2019
The Practical Guide to Green Burial by Anne Murphy, Minnesota Women's Press, March 1, 2019
Meet the Wisconsin men who still dig graves by hand — even when the cemetery ground is frozen by Rick Rommel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 27, 2019
A Way Back to the Wildness of Death by Suzanne Kelly, On Being, January 27, 2019
More Americans are skipping traditional funerals in favor of green burials by Walecia Konrad, Considerable, January 28, 2019
'Afraid to talk about death:' Raleigh funeral director says green burials can bring solace to mourning families by Kaylee Merchak, 11ABC, January 24, 2019
Green Graveyard Aims to Preserve Lake Champlain/Adirondack Animal Corridor by Janet Lindholm, Matthew F. Smith, and Sam Gale Rosen, Vermont Public Radio, January 17, 2019
Going Green: Fournier by Kristen Hannum, The Catholic Sentinel, January 16, 2019
Why I Chose a Green Burial: The case for “cremation conversion” by June Smith, Good Times, January 16, 2019
The Case for Natural Burial by Ken West, The Ecologist, January 14, 2019
I Dug a Green Grave and Learned the Truth About the Dirty Death Industry by Brian Kahn, Earther, January 3, 2019
2018
Make Death Green Again, by Tim Lydon, The Revelator, November 28, 2018
Green Burials: At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin by Wendy McNaughton, The New York Times, November 15, 2018
Pushing Up Trees: Is natural burial the answer to crowded cemeteries? by Saimi Jeong, The Guardian, November 10, 2018
Natural Burials Are Rising, and That’s Good for the Planet by Sophie Yeo, Pacific Standard, July 30, 2018
Green Burials: When Everything Old is New by Roz Braun, WXPR from San Juan Islander, July 27, 2018
Make an Eco-Conscious Final Exit by Katie O’Reilly, Sierra Club, July 22, 2018
Back to the land by Andre Mayer, CBC News, May 16, 2018
Opinion: Green funeral are a must by Noah Wingard, The Tacoma Ledger, May 7, 2018
The green final frontier: eco-burial, by Gary May, The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2018
Thinking About Having A Green Funeral? Here's What To Know, by Sonya Vatomsky, The New York Times, March 22, 2018
After You Die, You’re Usually Not Environmentally Friendly. The alternative is a green burial by Lauren Williams, The Orange County Register, February 26, 2018
2017
How to Die: Sustainable Practices are Changing the Future of Burials by Kristin Hugo, Newsweek, November 17, 2017
Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife, by Alice Klein, Daily News, New Scientist, November 17, 2017
8 Myths About Dead Bodies You Probably Think Are True by Sonya Vatomsky, Mental Floss, November 13, 2017
Green Burial: Is a green burial right for you? by Leah Zerbe, Dr. Axe, November 3, 2017
Green funerals keep growing in popularity by Ken Hall, Times Herald-Record, August 28, 2017
Want to be green even after you’re gone? Here's how by Ray Routhier, Portland Press Herald, August 13, 2017
Cemetery Overcrowding is Leading Europe to Recycle Burial Plots by Rafaela Ferraz, Talk Death, July 18, 2017
This is How I Want to Be Dead by Richard Conniff, The New York Times, July 7, 2017
For additional articles dating back to 2013 go to the Articles Archive
Green Burials Becoming an Option in the Upper Valley by Tim Camerota, Concord Monitor, November 16, 2020
Sustainable Death Care Improves Water, Soil and Air Quality, Interview with Lee Webster 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
2019
Millennials Aren't Killing the Funeral Industry‚ But They Are Changing It by Heather Morrison, Rewire, December 2, 2019
Eco-friendly cemeteries: More people preferring 'green' over standard by Alex Brown, The Washington Post, originally printed in PewTrusts,org, November 30, 2019
More People Want a Green Burial But Cemetery Law Hasn't Caught Up by Alex Brown, Pew Charitable Trusts, November 20, 2019
How to die a good, green death by Manola Secaira, Crosscut, October 31, 2019
Green Burials: Everything you need to know about the growing trend by Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin, CBC Life, October 29, 2019
You're Going to Die by Laura Guidry, IndyWeek, October 29, 2019
Paris Has Opened Its First Green Cemetery by Chlotilde Goujard, CityLab, October 7, 2019
Forest of the Dead: beautiful burial for space-poor cities, by David Neustein, Foreground, October 3, 2019
Coffin-making Workshop Confronts Mortality Head-On by Melina Bourdeau, Greenfield Recorder, August 17, 2019
Return to Nature by Lynne Freehill-Maye and Philip Pantuso, YES Magazine, August 14, 2019
Heartwood Preserve: a final resting place in nature by Alice Mary Herdon, Hernando Sun, July 8, 2019
This Startup is Building a New Kind of Cemetery by Katharine Schwab, Fast Company, June 9, 2019
We Need a Greener Way to Die by Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, May 23, 2019
Mother's Dying Wish for Green Burial in CT by Dan Corcoran, CT Investigates, May 22, 2019
Save the Planet, Don't Cremate, by Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 13, 2019
Green Burial Plots Offer a Return to Nature at Providence's Swan Point Cemetery by Kevin Andrade, Providence Journal, May 11, 2019
Why Some Are Ditching the Vault and Coffin for Natural Burials and At-Home Funerals by Kay Manning, Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2019
When Cemeteries Became Natural Sanctuaries by Allison Meier, JSTOR Daily, April 11, 2019
What is Human Composting? by Katherine Hignett, Newsweek, April 23, 2019
Green Burials: There are a number of environmentally friendly alternatives by Janelle Janci, Lancaster Online, April 28, 2019
More eco-friendly Americans are making a final statement by planning a ‘green’ burial by Deena Yellin, North Jersey Record, April 15, 2019
Boston’s Other Housing Crisis: The Cemeteries by Nora Caplan-Bricker, Boston Magazine, April 11, 2019
Virginia's First Green Cemetery by Sandy Hausman, Virginia Public Radio, March 28, 2019
Basic Tenets of Green Burial by Lee Webster, Port of Harlem Magazine, March 25, 2019
Opinion: Why we should save the last tiny scraps of nature by William Laurance, Ensia, March 21, 2019
The Practical Guide to Green Burial by Anne Murphy, Minnesota Women's Press, March 1, 2019
Meet the Wisconsin men who still dig graves by hand — even when the cemetery ground is frozen by Rick Rommel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 27, 2019
A Way Back to the Wildness of Death by Suzanne Kelly, On Being, January 27, 2019
More Americans are skipping traditional funerals in favor of green burials by Walecia Konrad, Considerable, January 28, 2019
'Afraid to talk about death:' Raleigh funeral director says green burials can bring solace to mourning families by Kaylee Merchak, 11ABC, January 24, 2019
Green Graveyard Aims to Preserve Lake Champlain/Adirondack Animal Corridor by Janet Lindholm, Matthew F. Smith, and Sam Gale Rosen, Vermont Public Radio, January 17, 2019
Going Green: Fournier by Kristen Hannum, The Catholic Sentinel, January 16, 2019
Why I Chose a Green Burial: The case for “cremation conversion” by June Smith, Good Times, January 16, 2019
The Case for Natural Burial by Ken West, The Ecologist, January 14, 2019
I Dug a Green Grave and Learned the Truth About the Dirty Death Industry by Brian Kahn, Earther, January 3, 2019
2018
Make Death Green Again, by Tim Lydon, The Revelator, November 28, 2018
Green Burials: At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin by Wendy McNaughton, The New York Times, November 15, 2018
Pushing Up Trees: Is natural burial the answer to crowded cemeteries? by Saimi Jeong, The Guardian, November 10, 2018
Natural Burials Are Rising, and That’s Good for the Planet by Sophie Yeo, Pacific Standard, July 30, 2018
Green Burials: When Everything Old is New by Roz Braun, WXPR from San Juan Islander, July 27, 2018
Make an Eco-Conscious Final Exit by Katie O’Reilly, Sierra Club, July 22, 2018
Back to the land by Andre Mayer, CBC News, May 16, 2018
Opinion: Green funeral are a must by Noah Wingard, The Tacoma Ledger, May 7, 2018
The green final frontier: eco-burial, by Gary May, The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2018
Thinking About Having A Green Funeral? Here's What To Know, by Sonya Vatomsky, The New York Times, March 22, 2018
After You Die, You’re Usually Not Environmentally Friendly. The alternative is a green burial by Lauren Williams, The Orange County Register, February 26, 2018
2017
How to Die: Sustainable Practices are Changing the Future of Burials by Kristin Hugo, Newsweek, November 17, 2017
Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife, by Alice Klein, Daily News, New Scientist, November 17, 2017
8 Myths About Dead Bodies You Probably Think Are True by Sonya Vatomsky, Mental Floss, November 13, 2017
Green Burial: Is a green burial right for you? by Leah Zerbe, Dr. Axe, November 3, 2017
Green funerals keep growing in popularity by Ken Hall, Times Herald-Record, August 28, 2017
Want to be green even after you’re gone? Here's how by Ray Routhier, Portland Press Herald, August 13, 2017
Cemetery Overcrowding is Leading Europe to Recycle Burial Plots by Rafaela Ferraz, Talk Death, July 18, 2017
This is How I Want to Be Dead by Richard Conniff, The New York Times, July 7, 2017
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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