 Ariel Leath
Back in 2008, Pete McQuillin and his wife Nancy Chubb had a conversation familiar to many of us. They discussed their end of life wishes, speaking candidly about their desires for a simple return to the Earth -- a green burial. Neither of them realized it at the time, but in expressing this desire, they tipped the first domino toward creating a community that forever changed the green burial landscape. Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love1/12/2022
 Mallory McDuff
Author, Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love After his sudden death in 2005, my father had a natural burial in his neighborhood cemetery—although I’d never heard the phrase “green burial” at the time. When I was growing up, my dad built the prototype of a pine casket, the size of his palm, and my mother kept her jewelry in it. |
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