Quote: everyone needs beauty as well as bread
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.” ~ John Muir
Continue reading →Quote: The folly of not valuing soil, Galileo Galilei
I recently came across this quote from Galileo, all those years ago, that I thought was very poignant. The care of our soils is of paramount importance, for it is from the soil that our life and livelihoods on the … Continue reading →
Video: Green Burial and Land Conservation
Members of OUR Ecovillage in Canada discuss the potentials of conservation and green burials. The model that OUR is working to set up is what we have already realized through the Windward Ecovillage and Herland Forest.
Continue reading →Video: Saving One Million Acres for Two Thousand Years: Billy Campbell talks conservation burial
Here is a video from Doctor Billy Campbell, a pioneer of conservation burial within the United States, wherein he discusses: The demographics and economics of death in contemporary America The nuts and bolts of conservation burial The long term consequences … Continue reading →
think outside the box
A short video that lays out the simple benefits of natural burial, for ourselves, our families and our future. Green Burial – Stay Out of the Box
Continue reading →Resource Consumption in Conventional Cemeteries
This video on Green Burial & Natural Burial was presented by Momdoulary Doula. For more information on these Doulas, visit the International End of Life Doula Association, an organization focused on training death midwives.
Continue reading →Welcome to Death Cafe
“At a Death Cafe, people gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives”. For more information: Welcome to … Continue reading →
Get to Know a Guardian – Lynn
A thoughtful letter from of Herland’s founding Guardians, Lynn. I found Herland from the Windward website. My friend Jonah in Portland sent me a link to Windward, and there was Herland. I’ve always wanted to simply be buried in the … Continue reading →
Get to Know a Guardian – Walker
Here is a thoughtful letter from one of Herland Forest’s founding Guardians on why he chose to invest in this land stewardship cemetery. As I get older and contemplate what I will leave to those who survive me, I think … Continue reading →
Herland is Now Licensed!
After several years of planning, fund-raising and development Herland Forest had received word from the Washington State Funeral and Cemetery Board that our Application is completed and we are officially licensed! Herland is now moving out of the initial phase … Continue reading →