Apr 13, 2026 | Blog, Natural Burial & End‑of‑Life Options
Most people who start pre-planning a natural burial expect paperwork. What they find instead is a set of decisions that feel personal, grounded, and far more specific than they anticipated. Pre-planning a natural burial asks you to think about the land, the vessel,...
Mar 30, 2026 | Blog, Burial
On April 22, 2026, EARTHDAY.ORG marks the occasion with an official theme titled Our Power, Our Planet. The theme responds directly to more than 400 rollbacks of environmental protections in 2025. From clean air standards to land use rules, communities spent decades...
Jan 14, 2026 | Blog, Green Burial
Cremation seems like a lighter choice, but it leaves behind more carbon than most people expect. When you compare how cremation adds to the atmosphere with how natural burial sequestration heals the earth over time, the difference becomes practical, not just symbolic....
Jan 2, 2026 | Blog, Green Burial, News
The site of the first “green” burial in Serenity Ridge, a cemetery and nature reserve in Windsor Mill, Md. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post) By Tara Bahrampour, The Washington Post (Read the full article) Mia Zinn was a member of her middle school ecology...
Dec 18, 2025 | Burial, Green Burial, News
Howard Berg (left), founder and owner of the Serenity Ridge Natural Burial Cemetery and Arboretum in Maryland, stands with general manager Kelly Joseph (center) and community outreach liaison Chelsea Berg in a burial area called Inspiration Point. (David Harp) By...
