Jan 31, 2017 | Death conversation, Green funeral, Sustainable
There’s a whole lot of learning events on the calendar, that lift the spirit to approach a different way of thinking about death. The Sustainable Living Festival’s round the corner, and for Kinship Ritual it’s an annual event. This year it’s Thursday 16th February in...
Sep 28, 2016 | Death conversation, Family led funerals, Funeral options, Green funeral, Uncategorized
The US social landscape is unique in the way it makes room for the vocation and concern of citizenship. I’ve learned this through being a practitioner in deliberative democracy over many years. Today Trump and Clinton strut the last days of their campaign in the...
Mar 5, 2015 | Death conversation, Environment, Funeral options, Green funeral, Sustainable, Vigil
The Funeral event in the 2015 Sustainable Living Festival (SLF). Can I say it was like a party? You don’t know who’s going to make it. Low grade anxiety. It’s a hot night. You’ve done your best with watermelon and snacks and cold bubbly water....
Feb 13, 2015 | Family led funerals, Green funeral, Remembering, Vigil
In this post I use the word vigil, but not in a religious sense. I’ve made vigil the topic for the Sustainable Funeral event at this year’s Sustainable Living Festival (SLF) event. I think of a vigil as a continuous, intimate thread of care. Some want to...
Jan 20, 2015 | Death conversation, Green funeral, Sustainable
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Apr 9, 2014 | Family led funerals, Green funeral, Services
Thirty years’ ago Australians’ life expectancy grew substantially. This post looks at the implications for funeral options. Thirty years’ ago public health initiatives had cut down infant mortality. TAC style campaigns reduced teenage drunk driving...
