Category Archives: CBBG eNewsletter

A visit to Cedar Brook Burial Ground

Posted on October 3, 2012 by CBBG

Cedar Brook Burial Ground is especially beautiful in the autumn. These lovely photographs were shared by a recent visitor. We are open year ’round to visitors. Call or write if you would like to schedule a guided tour.

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An option – Green burial

Posted on September 10, 2012 by CBBG
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Green Burial Council Honors Rabbi Stuart Kelman & Father Charles Morris with 2012 Leadership Award

Posted on September 9, 2012 by CBBG

The Green Burial Council (GBC) has awarded Rabbi Stuart Kelman of Berkeley, California and Fr. Charles Morris of Wyandotte, Michigan as the co-recipients of its 2012 Leadership Award. “Rabbi Kelman and Fr. Morris have done more than anyone within their … Continue reading →

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Green Burial Council

Posted on September 9, 2012 by CBBG

The Green Burial Council (GBC) is an independent, nonprofit organization founded to encourage ethical and environmentally sustainable deathcare practices, and to use the burial process as a means of facilitating the acquisition, restoration and stewardship of natural areas.

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New England Green Burial Society

Posted on September 7, 2012 by CBBG

How can New England Green Burial Society help? New England Green Burial Society offers resources, guidance, coordination and direction for those interested in green burial. Our standards are exacting and our commitment to the dignity of the burial process is … Continue reading →

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A Will for the Woods

Posted on July 29, 2012 by CBBG

A Will for the Woods – trailer by Browne Productions Inc. Plus 4 months 2 weeks ago Psychiatrist and concert cellist Clark Wang advocates for natural burial – and plans his own – while battling lymphoma. Joining the budding green … Continue reading →

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Penn Forest Natural Burial Park in Pittsburgh

Posted on February 12, 2012 by CBBG

Cedar Brook Burial Ground is located with in a tree farm. If you have any questions please contact Peter McHugh. We are open all year for burials and to visit. P.O. Box 511 175 Boothby Road Limington, Maine 04049 207-637-2085

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Cycling advocate becomes Valley’s first green burial

Posted on February 10, 2012 by CBBG

Among baby boomers, a more earth-friendly final act is growing in demand. December 13, 2011|By Scott Kraus, Of The Morning Call In life, Patrick Ytsma of Bethlehem made it a point to minimize his drag on the environment, in part … Continue reading →

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Going green

Posted on February 7, 2012 by CBBG

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, but could you hold the concrete, please? By Sandra A. Miller Globe Correspondent /March 1, 2009   Ruth Faas and Sue Cross watched attentively as the crimson ecopod decorated with the gold Aztec sun … Continue reading →

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Interview with Mark Harris, author of ‘Grave Matters’

Posted on December 10, 2011 by CBBG

By the time Nate Fisher was laid to rest in a woodland grave sans coffin in the final season of Six Feet Under, Americans all across the country were starting to look outside the box when death came calling. Grave … Continue reading →

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