Giving Life Back to the Earth
Natural burial is an environmentally sustainable funeral alternative that embraces the natural cycle of life. Choosing a natural burial when planning our own funeral, or in planning the service of a loved one who has passed away helps to renew our environment while providing friends and family with an endearing, meaningful ritual. Natural Burial is a statement of personal values, and creates a natural legacy for those who live on after we are gone.
Rather than encouraging the unnecessary consumption of resources such as concrete vaults, metal caskets, and chemical preservation... a natural burial creates a living memorial using native trees, shrubs and plants. These living memorials then create natural sanctuaries for friends and family to visit and remember loved ones.
The Natural Burial Co-operative is committed to developing natural burial funeral services, products and memorials, which enhance, protect, and preserve our natural environment. Our members can choose end of life ceremonies and celebrations which;
- Create a lasting natural legacy of life
- Renew and protect valuable natural resources
- Give back to the planet, our community, family and friends
- Reduce the consumption of natural resources.
We need more people who want to help make natural burial possible in all areas of Canada. Get involved in making the vision a reality.
2009 Annual General Meeting
We would like to invite you to join us for a review of the past year’s activities at our 2nd Annual General Meeting:
April 25th, 2009 - 2:00 pm
10 Carden St., Guelph Ontario
The Natural Burial Co-operative continues to steadily build its membership and we are now widely recognized as leaders in the development and promotion of the natural burial movement in Canada.
This year’s AGM will be an opportunity for us to meet and share thoughts and the chance for you to ask questions of the founding members. Several initiatives have been undertaken by the founding members this year in developing a range of natural burial products and services in addition to a number of twists and turns in our continuing efforts to establish natural burial cemeteries across Canada. We look forward to discussing these in greater detail at the meeting.
Thank you for your interest and confidence in natural burial, your membership is key to bringing our dream to reality. We hope to see you at the AGM….we will continue to keep you informed thorough our newsletter…watch for the next issue to arrive late May.
We look forward to seeing you on the 25th, and thank you again for your continued support.