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⇧The Green Burial Council's website has an interactive map of all of the green burial sites in the U.S.
Green burials minimize the impact on the land and environment by avoiding embalming, hardwood or metal caskets, and vaults or grave liners. Instead, dry ice helps preserve the body, a biodegradable casket or shroud replaces a casket, and the body is interred directly into the ground.
Hybrid Cemeteries are traditional cemeteries with a 'green' section.
Natural Burial Grounds are dedicated exclusively to green burials and minimizing environmental impact.
Conservation Burial Grounds are natural cemeteries that have partnered with a conservation group to assure the land stays wild.
Refridgeration and dry ice can prevent decay long enough for a viewing. Any Funeral Director that tells you otherwise is not working in your best interest, and any funeral home without refridgeration is probably more interested in you paying for all of the services tha tembalming entails.
Small stone markers or plaques can be used in lieu of headstones. GPS can also be used to locate interred remains!
If Green Burial interests you, plan ahead.
That's true for any unique interment option, but Green Burial allows you to write a script for your final passage.
The Green Burial Council is your source for all the info you'll need.
A more extensive FAQ can be found on the website of the first green burial location in the U.S., Ramsey Creek in South Carolina.
Use the above navigation to explore your other options.