Green Burial

In British Columbia, we have two legal options when it comes to body disposition: burial and cremation. That’s it. Burial in BC: Traditional vs. Green Burial Traditional burial is what most people picture when they think of a cemetery: caskets, flat lawns, and headstones. The grave is dug, a concrete liner (basically a big concrete…

Burying our dead is possibly the most earthly expression of our grief. An open graves confronts mourners with a stark reminder of the reality of loss. In our death denying culture, this is a rare sight, but with green burial there is often a comforting sense that we are honouring our loved one’s earthly shell…