Final Footprint

Final Footprint offers a biodegradable casket option to assist families eager to arrange a greener final footprint as well as a family directed end-of-life ceremony for families to have a meaningful farewell event. We help families learn about the impact of a natural burial and how it is very meaningful to the family, because they participate in the rituals and are in control of the process it is very cathartic, rather than giving over the care of their loved one to strangers. Natural burial sites also help preserve beautiful open space. With trees and birds, pathways and streams, what nicer place could there be to be laid to rest. Earth to Earth

7 Articles Not to Be Missed

The Timing of Death

Finding Meaning in the Mystery

Composting Bodies is Now Legal in 14 States

Honoring Earth Day with a new kind of return to nature

“Hand to Earth” Book Review: Andy Goldworthy makes art in the natural environment

Goldsworthy’s work using natural, found resources can serve as inspiration for incorporating art into loss

A Unique Way to Mourn: Photo Shoots with Cardboard Cutouts

The therapeutic company of life-sized cardboard cutouts of dead loved ones

Groundbreaking Study on the Risks of Formaldehyde Released

Study calls into question the long-standing use of formaldehyde in the funeral industry

The Bizarre Phenomenon of Terminal Lucidity

This curious and profound experience stumps scientists to this day

I Had to See My Mother Dead at the Crematorium and No, It Wasn’t Macabre

Seeing her — and, later, her bones in the retort — was one of the most meaningful experiences of my life

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Final Footprint

7 Articles Not to Be Missed

The Timing of Death Finding Meaning in the Mystery

Composting Bodies is Now Legal in 14 States Honoring Earth Day with a new kind of return to nature

“Hand to Earth” Book Review: Andy Goldworthy makes art in the natural environment Goldsworthy’s work using natural, found resources can serve as inspiration for incorporating art into loss

A Unique Way to Mourn: Photo Shoots with Cardboard Cutouts The therapeutic company of life-sized cardboard cutouts of dead loved ones

Groundbreaking Study on the Risks of Formaldehyde Released Study calls into question the long-standing use of formaldehyde in the funeral industry

The Bizarre Phenomenon of Terminal Lucidity This curious and profound experience stumps scientists to this day

I Had to See My Mother Dead at the Crematorium and No, It Wasn’t Macabre Seeing her — and, later, her bones in the retort — was one of the most meaningful experiences of my life