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Order of the Good Death
Home Funerals
Order of the Good Death - Home Funerals
From the Order of the Good Death,
“Here are some articles and videos that can give you a sense of what’s possible:
An author’s father and father-in-law died within days of each other. One had a conventional funeral, the other a home funeral. Here’s what he experienced.
This article provides a lovely account about what it’s like to have a home funeral. There’s a podcast episode that also discusses this funeral.
This long read from our own director, Sarah, covers the story of a home funeral and what we’ve lost as our society as moved from family-led deathcare to corporate-led care.
Here’s an in-depth feature from the New York Times on home funerals, called The Movement to Bring Death Closer.
In this feature in Esquire, through an article and accompanying videos, you’ll meet Deloy Oberlin, and his wife Kate.
If you’re more a film type, A Family Undertaking is one of the first documentary pieces made about the subject, and is still the gold standard.”
Green Burial Council
o Defining Green Burial video by GBC
o GBC Certification for Cemeteries
o The Science Behind Green and Conventional Burial In Lay Terms
Conservation Burial Alliance
Conservation Burial Alliance (see 20 minute video: Deeply Rooted on this page)