Green Burial Council

The Green Burial Council (GBC) is an independent, nonprofit organization founded to encourage ethical and environmentally sustainable deathcare practices, and to use the burial process as a means of facilitating the acquisition, restoration and stewardship of natural areas.

In addition to reducing the use of toxins and waste in the cemetery and funeral industry, GBC aims to protect one million acres over the next decade by allowing ones last act to really mean something.

How are they doing it?

  • By developing the first certification program that guarantees transparency and accountability on the part of deathcare providers, along with a commitment that they operate in an ecologically sound manner.
  • By educating consumers about opportunities for working with funeral providers, cemetery operators, and cremation companies willing to make end of life rituals more simple, meaningful, and beneficial to the healing process.
  • And by creating an endowment fund to aid conservation entities in developing GBC approved “Conservation Burial Grounds.”

For more information about how to support the work of the Green Burial Council