71) The environmental impact of modern day burials we should know with eco mortician Elizabeth Fournier

Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

kaméa chayne

Nature, Alternative Health, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Health & Fitness, Science

4.9 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

What do we need to know about the environmental impact of modern-day burials, and what are "green burials" all about? Given that our burial methods used to be eco-friendly, how did we come to accept an environmentally harmful and financially costly way of running our funeral services as the norm?

'The Green Reaper' Elizabeth Fournier, who's the Founder of Cornerstone Funeral Services in Boring, Oregon and author of The Green Burial Guidebook shares her wisdom with us on this episode.

HIGHLIGHTS:

[3:16] How Elizabeth came to become a "green mortician."

[8:16] Elizabeth explains what's involved in a traditional burial process versus a "green" burial process.

[11:24] Kaméa: "How did we as a society come to accept an environmentally harmful and economically costly way of doing burials?"

[14:11] Elizabeth: "You have the right to ask questions."

[15:08] A few things Elizabeth says everyone should know about the laws and requirements around burials.

[20:35] Kaméa: "What's been your biggest struggle building your business by yourself?"

[21:43] What's kept Elizabeth going during the moments when she has felt imbalanced in life.

[24:54] Elizabeth: "Love is the answer, I can't say that enough."

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1:22.4	Families are now realizing you have the right to ask the questions and little did we know that all of this stuff is our own rights as being the family of this person who has died.
1:36.6	What do we need to know about the environmental impact of modern day burials?
1:41.6	And what are green burials all about?
1:46.7	Given that our burial methods used to be environmentally friendly and green, how do we come to accept an environmentally harmful
1:52.3	and financially costly way of running our funeral services as the norm? That's just the tip of the
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