Natural Burial on The Green Room

Links to resources relevant to Washtenaw County's "The Green Room" shows on End-of-Life Choices, which aired on WEMU public radio 89.1 FM, and on CTN television Channel 19.

• May 26, 2017 WEMU radio show "The Cultural Colors of Green Burial"
•  January 31, 2014 WEMU radio show "Green Departures: Natural Burial and Cremation"
• March 29, 2013 WEMU radio show "Green Burial"
• March 6, 2012 CTN TV interview with Merilynne Rush

Mentioned in the Shows

• After Death Home Care
• Death Cafe
• Marble Park Cemetery, Milan
• Machpelah Cemetery, Ferndale
• Milan Vault
• Natural Burial Company
• The Preserve at All Saints Cemetery, Rochester
• Ridgeview Memorial Gardens, Grandville
• Tri-County Cremation Services, Ypsilanti

Handmade, Wooden Coffins

• Michigan White Pine Casket Company
• Nelnamar, Bliss
• Scott’s Woodworking, Jackson

Additional Resources

• Green Burial Conference October 11th, 2014, Ann Arbor
• Green Burial Council
• List (incomplete) of the cemeteries in Michigan that allow burials without a vault
  • Additionally, several Jewish cemeteries
• Michigan Affiliate of the Funeral Consumers Alliance
• Michigan-specific Laws and rules re: funeral, after death care or disposition
• Survey of prices for funeral home services and products in Michigan