Green Burial

Green Burial — the Ultimate Back-to-the-Land-Movement

Have you considered that Natural Burial can be a fitting conclusion to an environmentally responsible life? Think about what’s buried along with our loved ones in American cemeteries every year: More than 800,000 pounds of embalming fluid, over 180 million pounds of steel, more than 5 million pounds of copper and bronze, and over 30 million board feet of hardwoods.

Contrast this to the U.K., where there’s a burgeoning new movement in which people are burying loved ones in biodegradable containers — without embalming fluid or synthetics — and returning bodies to the Earth to compost into soil nutrients with a forest of trees marking the spot.

Real Goods has formed a strategic partnership with The Natural Burial Company and with EcoPod in the U.K. to provide products to our customer base, from pet caskets and ash urns made of recycled materials to eco-friendly coffins.