http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2009/06/30/green-funerals-yes/ Rockford Woman editor Jennie Pollock knows that we’re not going to transform our lifestyles overnight, but she looks for ways big and mostly small to protect our planet. Read about her experiences (she’s tried giving up plastic and meat, for example) and share your possible solutions here. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:19:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2009/06/30/green-funerals-yes/#comment-393 hokumboy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:11:02 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2009/06/30/green-funerals-yes/#comment-393 What's the price range? One can also get a "plain pine box" from http://www.trappistcaskets.com/index.asp for under $1,000. Pine's one of the most renewable woods and you'd be supporting a good cause, the monks of New Melleray Abbey What’s the price range?
One can also get a “plain pine box” from
http://www.trappistcaskets.com/index.asp
for under $1,000.
Pine’s one of the most renewable woods and you’d be supporting a good cause, the monks of New Melleray Abbey

]]> http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2009/06/30/green-funerals-yes/#comment-388 Rick Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:17:50 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/gogreen/2009/06/30/green-funerals-yes/#comment-388 This is a very good and necessary start BUT....Why must we have ANY embalming product foisted upon us? When animals die they fall to the forest floor and become food for other animals and as they decay they become plant food. Why must death in humans be toxified and treated like a final medical procedure? This is a very good and necessary start BUT….Why must we have ANY embalming product foisted upon us? When animals die they fall to the forest floor and become food for other animals and as they decay they become plant food. Why must death in humans be toxified and treated like a final medical procedure?

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