Green Burial Council

Green Burial Council’s Board President, Darren Crouch and Board Treasurer, Rachel Essig were pleased to attend the 2024 DEATHCARE SUPERCONFERENCE, “Building Bridges in the Deathcare Landscape.” The GBC is a proud sponsor of this meaningful conference. Many thanks to Funeral Consumers Alliance National End of Life Doula Alliance National Home Funeral Alliance People's Memorial Association for organizing such an impactful conference and highlighting gaps in deathcare options in the United States. #funerals #greenburialcouncil #sustainability #cemeteries #naturalburial #deathdoula

Join us for our Peer-to-Peer Forum, Protecting Your Green Funeral Business: Legal Concerns & Regulations on Wednesday, October 23rd at 6pm CT/7pm ET. Poul Lemasters will be speaking on important regulatory updates and legal considerations, and we will leave time for a Q&A at the end. Don't miss your opportunity to hear from an expert in the field and make sure you are doing everything you can do protect your business. https://t.ly/MM0Pv

The GBC is excited to welcome Setas Eternal Living, a subsidiary of Setas Mushrooms LLC, as a certified 3-Leaf product provider with their mycellium casket, MyCoffin. To learn how to join the GBC family of certified green burial funeral homes, cemeteries and product providers, visit our website at www.greenburialcouncil.org or send us an e-mail at info@greenburialcouncil.org to start your certification journey!

We hope you'll be able to join us for this fantastic public webinar on Wednesday, August 28th at 6PM CT! GBC board members Emily Miller and Dawn Harth will share about how to make green funeral arrangements at any funeral home. Please share with your networks and customers that might find this of interest! https://bit.ly/4drSc3L

Part of the Green Burial Council’s mission is education and outreach. We strive for a community of death-care professionals that share the same standards of sustainability and care through certification + an educated public of consumers that know how to advocate for natural burial services for themselves and their families. Our webinars are a wonderful forum for connecting, and we always wrap up early to leave time for a Q&A. This is the place to ask your questions and hear from experts in our field. Next up: Peer-to-Peer Forum with Darren Crouch and Sam Bar on Wednesday, July 24th at 6PM CT. RSVP on our Eventbrite.

Calling peers and providers! We want to hear from you. Join Darren Crouch and Sam Bar on Wednesday, July 24th at 6PM CT for our Peer to Peer Webinar as they share news and updates from the GBC and collect feedback about what's next. Register at the link below. https://lnkd.in/d62CCG8x

All of our providers are featured on our interactive map! It is really helpful for consumers that are looking for green burial products, funeral homes and cemeteries near them. A lot of people learning about green burial start their learning journey with the Green Burial Council. If you are a provider of green burial services and aren't certified yet, learn how to become a part of our community of certified providers so that consumers can find you more easily: https://lnkd.in/e_q4p_z

This is a great opportunity for our providers to share with their communities. Spread the word about this FREE workshop on Advance Directives and Power of Attorney and get your communities planning ahead!

Register now for our FREE public webinar on Ensuring an Eco-Friendly Burial with Sam Perry, licensed mortician, mortuary science lecturer, and President of Green Burial Council International. Learn how to plan for and ensure a burial that honors your sustainable wishes on Thursday, May 23rd, 7pm ET/ 4pm PT via https://lnkd.in/diJ_8DQE

Have you listened to the Funeral Service Insider podcast from Kates-Boylston Publications yet? Funeral Service Insider brings that institutional knowledge to bear on current events with the aim of helping funeral service professionals better understand the present and plan for the future. Listen in as GBC Board President, Samuel Perry, discusses his journey from cemetery groundskeeper, to funeral director, to educator. https://lnkd.in/dH9DsXmG