A death cafe is an informal event, held at a cafe, where the attendees have a casual discussion about death and dying. Death cafes are a great way to get comfortable with discussing death and understanding death positivity. Death positivity is a belief that people...
Viking Funerals are an ancient viking funeral practice in which the body is placed on a boat and set on fire by an arrow, partially cremating the body. Though it’s commonly thought that the boat sailed and the body burned at sea, this usually didn’t happen. Though...
In a historic first, Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn has become the first cemetery in New York to offer human composting. This is great news, and we hope more cemeteries in the tri-state area and everywhere will do this! Human composting is the most natural after...
Our webinar on February 10th features Shari Haber, and I wanted to spotlight her because she’s done a lot of great work. Shari is the founder of My Great Goodbye, a business helping people with advance planning. She is also a Certified Conscious Dying Coach. Below are...
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery in Newark, NJ. One of the most scenic cemeteries in Northern New Jersey, it first opened in 1844, though some tombs have been there since the mid 1700s. Historically, it focused on wealthy, elite people. There are still some burials...
