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A Goth Girl’s Guide to Funerals
After my mom passed away, I convinced myself that I had brought death to her front door. After all, my mother’s in-home visiting ...
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Careers in Death Care: A Day in the Life of a Hospice Physician
The death care profession is more than just dealing with dead bodies, and we want to educate you about all the different career ...
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Five Things You Didn’t Know About Water Cremation
For many unfounded reasons, water cremation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, aquamation and resomation, has a bad reputation ( I don’t give a ...
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The Environmental Impact of Funerals and Cremation Infographic
TalkDeath has always been an advocate for environmentally conscious body disposition options and sustainable choices. Way back in 2014, when TalkDeath was in ...
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How to Make a Traditional Burial Environmentally Friendly
Seeing as it’s Earth Month, we wanted to address the myriad of simple things Earth-loving folks can do to help make traditional burial ...
Culture & Politics
Death-Friendly Communities Ease Fear of Aging and Dying
Death looms larger than usual during a global pandemic. An age-friendly community works to make sure people are connected, healthy and active throughout ...
Environment
Cemetery and Graveyard Trees: Folklore, Superstition and History
Why are certain trees (specifically the yew, cypress, and Eastern red cedar) common to cemeteries and older graveyards?
Grief Support & Resources
How to Grieve the Person You Used to Be
Here’s how to grieve the person you used to be, featuring helpful excerpts from the daily grief book, Your Grief, Your Way.
Culture & Politics
How Horror Movies Show the True Terror of Grief
A person in distressed blood-spattered clothing wearing a mask annihilates a house of attractive young people armed only with a knife and inhuman ...
Death Care
Careers in Deathcare: A Day in the Life of A Green Cemetery Director
We caught up with John Christian Phifer to talk about what a green cemetery director does and how his work helps people control ...
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Pushing Up Daisies: Why Grave Gardening Should be the Latest Gardening Trend
Graveyards and cemeteries are spaces for burial and mourning, but they can also be spaces for life, community, and healing. ...
