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PRINCETON: Going ‘green’ — forever

Author Mark Harris will explore the topic of ‘Green Burials.’

Mark Harris
    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 2 p.m., in Erdman Hall at Princeton Theological Seminary, located at 20 Library Place, Princeton.
    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.
    Mr. 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.
    Mr. Harris is a former environmental columnist for the Los Angeles Times. His articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune and Reader’s 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 Web site is www.gravematters.us.
    More information is available at www.princetonol.com/ groups/fcap/ or by calling 609-924-3320.