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Natural Burials in Green Cemeteries: Reuniting People with the Environment

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Page 1: Natural Burial - What & Why?

Natural Burials in Green Cemeteries: Reuniting People with the Environment

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Burial choicesFamily empowermentLand protectionOpen discussion

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Burial through the Ages

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Civil War Era

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High Tech Disposal Options

Promession (freeze dry)

Resomation (alkaline hydrolysis)

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Burial at Sea

Funeral Pyre (open burning)

Other options in some areas

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Evergreen CemeterySoutheast Gainesville

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Religion-affiliated cemeteries

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Cemetery businesses

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Embalming / Vault Burials (per year)• 1.6 million tons concrete• 104,000 tons of steel• 2,700 tons copper/bronze• 827,000 gallons formaldehyde• Worker/groundwater impacts• Costs consumer: $6,000 - $10,000

Environmental Impacts of Conventional Burial

Source: Casket & Funeral Association of America and Cremation Association of America

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• Releases pollutants such as mercury and greenhouse gases

• Fossil fuel for 1400o F. for 2 hours• 32% of U.S. burials in 2005,

more than 50% in Florida• Costs consumer: $1,000 - $5,000

Environmental Impacts of Cremation

Source: Cremation Association of America

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Conservation Burial:• Protects land in perpetuity• Accomplishes ecological restoration• Funds further land acquisition• Costs consumer: $2000 for cemetery costs

Source: Green Burial Council

Finding Harmony with Nature

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Green Burial Council

Three certification levels:

Hybrid Burial Grounds

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Green Burial Council

Three certification levels:

Hybrid Burial Grounds

Natural Burial Grounds

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Green Burial Council

Three certification levels:

Hybrid Burial Grounds

Natural Burial Grounds

Conservation Burial Grounds

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Green Burial Council

Three certification levels:

Hybrid Burial Grounds

Natural Burial Grounds

Conservation Burial Grounds

Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery is the first certified cemetery in Florida

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Green Burial in other places

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Ramsey Creek Preserve –Memorial Ecosystems, SC

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Foxfield Preserve, Ohio

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Glendale Memorial Preserve, near DeFuniak Springs,

Florida

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Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery

Service of Blessing – October, 2010

First burial: Dr. Kathy Cantwell July, 2010

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CONSERVATION & RESTORATION

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PRAIRIE CREEK CONSERVATION CEMETERY

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Biodegradable Burial Containers

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Professional funeral director Family or friend as Acting Funeral Director

Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery

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Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery

Costs:

Human burial . . . . . . . . . . $2000Cremated remains . . . . . . $ 250Pet remains . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100 - $400 (based on size)

Prices include opening and closing, grave marker, and all proceeds go for perpetual land management and acquisition of additional conservation lands.

Prices do not include: transport to the cemetery, optional funeral director services, and optional rental of Lodge

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The mission of CONSERVATION BURIAL, INC.

is to promote natural burial practices

in cemeteries that conserve land and

re-unite people with the environment.

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Website:www.ConservationBurialinc.org

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CONSERVATION BURIAL, INC.

DIRECTORS Allan Moynihan, President

Sven Hanson, Vice President

Susan Marynowski, Secretary

Robert Hutchinson, Treasurer

Laurie Jennings, Board member

Mickey Milam, Board member

Jim Wagner, Board member

ADVISORSTom Ankersen, Advisor

Fred Cantrell, Advisor

Donna Isaacs, Advisor

LoraKim Joyner, Advisor

Larry Schwandes, Advisor

Gardner, Bist, Wiener, Wadsworth, & Bowden, PA – Legal counsel

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QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION

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Freddie Johnson, Executive DirectorPRAIRIE CREEK CONSERVATION CEMETERY7204 SE County Road 234Gainesville, FL 32641(352) 317-7307www.ConservationBurialinc.org