Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Featured Guest Article - Green Funerals -- Karen Jones is the published author of: Death for Beginners Your No-Nonsense, Money-Saving Guide to Planning for the Inevitable .  She has taught writing in the past and truly believes in leaving the world a better place. Her humorous, money-saving, pragmatic workbook approach to planning for their end-of-life, for people interested in frugal and environmentally sound choices, and those wishing to avoid the nearly $10,000 a traditional burial now costs. Karen can be found at: www.DeathForBeginners.com Green Funerals Why not make a final eco-friendly statement by having a green burial? Stay with me here and breath!. Green burial, rapidly becoming one of the most popular types of burial, is where your body is prepared without chemical preservatives, put in a biodegradable container, then placed in the earth to decompose naturally. Talk about getting rid of your carbon footprint! There is no federal law and few state laws requiri...