The Green Burial Guidebook

SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION
Preface
What Is Green Burial
A Brief History
The Eco-Statistics
But is Green Burial Legal?
SECTION TWO: GETTING STARTED
Why I Wrote This Book
How to Use This Book
Talking the Talk
The Fundamentals
Greenwashing
SECTION THREE: WHAT DOES A GREEN BURIAL LOOKS LIKE?
A Green Burial Glimpse
My First Green Burial
Basic Green Burial Terms
But What about Cremation? Isn't It Green?
SECTION FOUR: PUTTING THE PLAN ON PAPER
How Much Does a Green Burial Cost?
What is a Home Funeral?
What is Your Vision?
Funeral Wish List
SECTION FIVE: LEGALITIES
Do I Need a Funeral Director?
Appointing an Individual to Handle Arrangements
Order of the Next of Kin
How to Appoint an Agent
Durable Power of Attorney Document
Legal Paperwork
Vital Statistics Form
How to Obtain a Home Funeral Packet
SECTION SIX: D-I-Y BURIAL
It Takes a Village
Death Cafe
What is a Death Midwife?
What is a Death Care Consultant?
SECTION SEVEN: HOW TO HANDLE THE BODY
A Few Words of Precaution
Washing
Green Embalming
Dressing
Refrigeration
Dry Ice
Transportation
SECTION EIGHT: NATURAL BURIAL CASKET
How to Make a Green Burial Wood Casket
Shelves for Life
SECTION NINE: GREEN BURIAL CONTAINERS
Green Burial Shrouds
Shrouding Board?
Cardboard Casket
Infinity Burial Suit
Infinity Burial Shroud
Kinkaraco Shrouds
SECTION TEN: GREEN BURIAL GROUNDS
What Qualifies as a Green Burial Ground?
Three Kinds of Green Burial Cemeteries
List of Green Burial Grounds by State and Province
SECTION ELEVEN: BACKYARD BURIAL
Considerations
Legalities
Zoning In
Surveying and Measuring
Tools Needed for Digging Deep
Going Underground
Lowering the Body
Troubleshooting Unseen Issues
SECTION TWELVE: GREEN BURIALS OF THE FAMOUS
Joey Feek
Lynn Redgrave
Andy Griffith
Cesar Chavez
A Will for the Woods Movie
SECTION THIRTEEN: OTHER GREEN DISPOSITION OPTIONS
Burial at Sea
Body Farm
Religion and Green Burial
Scene of a Native American Burial
SECTION FOURTEEN: GREEN BURIAL IN OTHER CULTURES
Upright (Vertical) Burial
Human Composting ? Promessa
Capsula Mundi
Hanging Coffins
Tibetan Sky Burials
Turning of the Bones
SECTION FIFTEEN: GREENING YOUR CREMAINS
Crestone End-of-Life Project
Alkaline Hydrolysis
Dryer Lint Urns
Eternal Reefs
Bio Urn
Let Your Love Grow
Rest in Pieces
Sustainable Art
SECTION SIXTEEN: GREENING YOUR LAST HURRAH
Sustainable Mourning Meals
Hold the Flowers
Send a Tree
Seed Cards
Memory Cards
Carpooling
SECTION SEVENTEEN: CONCLUSION
Resources
Index
Photo Credits