Green Renewal Caskets

10/03/2022

Hello Friends 🙂 The Green Burial Council's 2022 Virtual Conference is happening Oct 20-23. This is a wonderful opportunity for in-depth learning and community building!

3rd annual virtual Green Burial Conference, October 20 - 23, 2022!

05/14/2022

All set up for the Wilson Creek Woodsmithing WoodSale!

04/05/2022

The interesting tale of how modern death care came to be https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-lincolns-embrace-embalming-birthed-american-funeral-industry-180967038/ #:~:text=Upon%20the%20death%20of%20Lincoln's,resting%20place%20in%20Springfield%2C%20Illinois.

The president was an "early adopter" of embalming technology, helping to bring the modern death industry to the mainstream

03/11/2022

Hey Friends! We will be hosting informal drop-in green burial discussion groups at The Crib coffee shop in Marquette. Our first session is on April 5th and will run from 2-4pm. Pop in to get your questions answered, share your story, or just listen and learn. . 🍃 Free and open to everyone.

09/14/2021

After a bit of a break from social media to deal with the hustle and bustle of summer, we're back! 🙌 And just in time to tell you about a green burial cemetery tour in the Keweenaw this Saturday, Sept, 18. Check it out! 🍂
https://kgba.weebly.com/news

CHASSELL--Everyone is invited to enjoy a beautiful walk in the woods on Saturday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. While appreciating nature, you can also experience the Keweenaw's largest green burial area,...

05/11/2021

Our website is now live 🎉 We've got casket pics and green burial info galore. Check it out! 🍃

www.GreenRenewalCaskets.com

caskets for green burial

05/07/2021

There's something about your business cards showing up in the mail that makes it feel official 😄🌿🎉 Here's a little sneak peek at what we've been up to. GRC official website is coming very soon!!

08/19/2020

Check out this quick PBS interview & trailer for "Dying Green", a 2012 documentary on the formation of Ramsey Creek Preserve, the first green burial ground in the US and the first conservation cemetery in the world. The full film (24 minutes) is available on Amazon or at GreenPlanetFilms.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKLqB0CGubo

Learn more: http://to.pbs.org/HxY7Ph A new documentary explores environmentally friendly burial - and how it can be used to conserve land - by following a pi...

08/05/2020

🌹If you are making arrangements for a loved one who has passed in these strange times, the Green Burial Council has some guidlines. Thankfully, The CDC states that decedents with COVID-19 may be buried or cremated according to the family's preference. 🍃 https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/green_burial_and_covid-19.html

Can green burial still occur in a pandemic? Yes - learn how here

07/28/2020

💡If you don't find death care or world burial practices interesting, you will after reading "From Here To Eternity: Traveling the world to find the good death" This book has been foundational in the formation of GRC and I highly recommend adding it to your summer reading list. 🌅📖 It's available to order online from Snowbound!
https://www.snowboundbooks.com/search/site/From%2520here%2520to%2520eternity%2520doughty

07/22/2020

✨Green Burial gets a shout out on the Joe Rogan Podcast! 🙏 Surprisingly, he hadn't heard of it yet. This episode is mostly about bringing food systems full circle for resiliency and structuring them in harmony with nature. An interesting listen and a concept that runs parallel to the full circle approach of green burial 🍃 GB mention is at 1:09:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-7O3fOXXKo

Joel Salatin is an American farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include Folks, This Ain’t Normal, You Can Farm and Salad Bar Beef. His latest book, co-a...

07/16/2020

🌱So what exactly is green burial? This article from 2018 covers the basics. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/smarter-living/green-funeral-burial-environment.html

A typical American funeral usually involves a few hallmarks we’ve come to expect. But how necessary are those embellishments?