Burial Practices That Nourish the Earth

Green Burials

Posted on December 11, 2017 by

In this TedMed Talk by Caitlin Doughty (Ask a Mortician), she dives into greener death practices that nourish our earth.

Practices like composting of the dead and natural burials on conservational burial grounds. You will also learn about the affects of cremation, how green it is, and America's current death-care practices by the funeral industry embedded in "protection, sanitation, and beautification" of our dead.

For more videos from Caitlin, follow her YouTube channel: Ask A Mortician or visit our Videos section at Funerals360.

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