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Talk on Green Burials

By Funeral Consumers of Princeton
FUNERAL CONSUMERS ALLIANCE OF PRINCETON
PHONE: 609-924-3320 EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: www.princetonol.com/groups/fcap/
An all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting advance planning for funeral and memorial arrangements.
News for Immediate Release
Date: March 13, 2009
Press contact: Mea Kaemmerlen, 609-799-1419, [email protected]
Laurie Powsner, 609-577-1948, [email protected]
Website: www.princetonol.com/groups/fcap/
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phone: 610-954-8375
Green Burial
Mark Harris, author of “Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial,” will be the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Princeton (FCAP).
In his talk, Mr. Harris will explore the topic of “Green Burials.” The meeting will be held on Sunday, April 19, at Erdman Hall, Princeton Theological Seminary, 20 Library Place in Princeton, NJ, at 2 pm.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
Green burial looks to return one’s remains to the elements thus avoiding chemical embalming, fancy and expensive caskets, and elaborate and costly funerals. It takes a natural, economic and highly personal approach to death and burial that was once standard practice. Harris’s presentation will be a visual tour of this country’s growing green burial movement and is drawn from his research and travels to backyard grave sites, the sea, artificial reef sites created by ashes of the deceased, and “natural” cemeteries.
Harris is a former environmental columnist for the “Los Angeles Times.” His articles have appeared in the “Chicago Tribune,” “Readers Digest” and “Hope.” He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists. He has been a guest on Terry Gross’s NPR show, Fresh Air, and has been interviewed by CNN, MSNBC, ABC World News, and many other national publications and national broadcasts. His Website is www.gravematters.us
Funeral Consumers Alliance of Princeton (FCAP) is a 501(c) non-profit all-volunteer organization dedicated to informing consumers of their options in end-of-life issues and to protecting their right to choose meaningful, dignified, affordable funerals and cremations.
Further information is available at www.princetonol.com/groups/fcap/ and 609-924-3320 and [email protected].