Green burials

NEWS                  

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July 2006              ABC News - Green Burials Increase in Popularity

September 2005    National Geographic - Green Burials Offer...

May 2004              The Ithica Journal - Green Burial Plans Move Forward

July/August 2004   AARP - Green Graveyards - a natural way to go

November 2003     MSNBC - Green Graves Give Back to Nature

Summer 1998         Synapse - After Death - A Return to Mother Earth

                             Mother Earth News - Greener Ways to the Great Beyond

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Feb. 6, 2005          Los Angeles TIMES - Crying and Digging

RESEARCH and MISC. INFORMATION

The Cremation Association of North America predicts the national cremation rate will rise from 27% currently to 35% by 2010 and over 42% by 2025.  This must not take into account the growing number of people interested in green burials.

The United Kingdom opened their first green cemetery in 1993...over 200 exist today.

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