THE PROPOSED VALLEY CONSERVATION CEMETERY
The Valley Conservation Cemetery will be a non-profit cemetery that offers individuals and families a simple, natural, and final resting place memorialized in nature. Aligned with environmental values and practices, the green cemetery will be located on conserved land, providing a sustainable alternative to conventional burial. In the model of conservation burial, individuals are buried simply using only biodegradable products, and memorialized naturally with markers that lie flat to the ground. Conservation cemeteries are sacred places that offer friends, family, and the wider community, a restorative place for experiencing death, loss, grief, and the healing properties of nature.
The Project is a collaborative partnership between Kestrel Land Trust and Green Burial Massachusetts and we are grateful to have seed funding and a personal story from Mary Ann Cofrin in order to make the Valley Conservation Cemetery Project a final resting place, open to all.
Conservation and community organizations are invited to join the partnership. Get in touch.
The Project is a collaborative partnership between Kestrel Land Trust and Green Burial Massachusetts and we are grateful to have seed funding and a personal story from Mary Ann Cofrin in order to make the Valley Conservation Cemetery Project a final resting place, open to all.
Conservation and community organizations are invited to join the partnership. Get in touch.
FOR PEOPLE
Providing the option of green burial.
Honoring the memory of loved ones. Creating a living healing sanctuary. GREEN BURIAL MASSACHUSETTS
Judith Lorei and Candace Currie Board Members info@greenburialma.org (617) 393-5011 |
FOR LAND
Conserving a treasured Pioneer Valley landscape.
Protecting native wildlife habitat. Returning to nature only that which is biodegradable. |