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Green Last Requests, Part One
Amy Weik has a will drawn up that specifies a green burial (Photo by Todd Melby)
Memorial Day is coming up. Many people still visit the graves of family and friends, maybe bring flowers. When a loved one dies, grieving prevents most of us from thinking about the environmental consequences of conventional funerals and burial. But some people are beginning to weigh the environmental costs of caskets, burial vaults and grave markers. Todd Melby reports on the green death movement:
Todd Melby and Diane Richard produced a documentary on green burial called "Death's Footprint." You can listen to it here .
Wikipedia's page on natural burial
The rest of the series on green burial
Producer: Todd Melby
Release Date: May 18, 2009
Running Time: 3:15