Natural Burial - What & Why?
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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