3. Simple

6. • Each Year, 22,500 cemeteries across the
United States bury approximately:
• 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid which
includes formaldehyde.
• 90,272 tons of steel
• 2,700 tons of copper
• 30-plus million board feet of precious
hardwoods
• 1,636,000 tons of reinforced concrete in vaults
• 14,000 tons of steel in vaults
• Greenhaven Preserve is a member of the
Green Burial Council

16. • Greenhaven Perpetual
• $ 1595.00 Plot $ 3,000.00
• $ 0.00 Vault $ 2,000.00
• $ 0.00 Marker $ 2,500.00
• $ 500.00 O/C $ 1,700.00
• $ 2095.00 Total $ 9,200.00

17. Meaningful

26. Sustainable

27. Myths about green burial:
Green Burial is illegal.
You must be embalmed.
You must use a funeral home.

28. Resources
Online Resources
Greenburialcouncil.org
Congareelt.org
Funerals.org/fcasc
Books on the topic of green burial
Grave Matters by Mark Harris
Graceful Exits by Sushila Blackman
Final Gifts by Maggie Callahan & Patricia Kelley
Living Into Dying by Nancy Poer
The American Way of Death Revisited
Grave Expectations: Planning The End Like There’s No Tomorrow
by Sue Bailey and Carmen Flowers