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Bringing After-Death Care Back Home: an intro to home funerals, natural burials, green cemeteries, and more
with Lee Webster
This program is being offered twice to accommodate different schedules. It is part of a 3-part series that delves into empowering us to care for our own dead and to understand how family and community-centric after-death choices can be made and facilitated in our area.
TBA
Free and open to the public

Green Burial on the Seacoast
with Sarah Arslanian of Lotus and Lavender Natural Burial
Learn green burial basics and about our efforts to create a natural burial cemetery in the Seacoast.
Rochester Public Library
Rochester NH
Monday, January 26, 2026
5:30 pm

Seacoast NH Permaculture
with Sarah Arslanian of Lotus and Lavender Natural Burial
Learn green burial basics and about our efforts to create a natural burial cemetery in the Seacoast.
February 1, 2026
3:30 pm
Online

Opportunities in Green Burial
Redesigning the End online course
What is green and natural burial? Why do people choose it? How can faith communities, cemeteries, universities, municipalities and others begin to offer natural burial?
Free
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Making After Death Decisions: A Caregiver Conversation
with Lee Webster
When faced with the death of a loved one, making decisions about what will happen after the death occurs can be difficult for caregivers. Completed advance directives don't necessarily cover funeral wishes, nor might they be realistic or affordable when the time comes. In this presentation and discussion, we'll talk about options, including how to hire a funeral home for what is needed, what parts of the process we might want to take on ourselves, and ways to start the conversation about what we and our loved one would like to have happen during and after death. We'll share tools and tips to help you and your family prepare to make the transition from caregivers to funeral consumers. Items we'll also cover include: what the law requires and how it can support you; what the process is and what the goals are for hiring professional help; partnering with other helpers and tapping into potential community resources; what things can be done differently to be more environmentally friendly; checklists, forms, and other aids; and how to ensure you got it right for yourself, your family, and your person.
Aging Resource Center DHMC
March 27, 2026
10 am - 11:30 am
Online
Register after January 1

Burial as a Conservation Strategy
with Lee Webster
This course is designed to help land trusts, landowners, and the public understand the principles and practicalities of using burial as a conservation strategy.
Redesigning the End online course
Free
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Becoming a Hybrid Cemetery
Redesigning the End online course
This course was created and presented by cemetery experts at Life Forest. In this 1-hour presentation you will learn what a green burial is, what a hybrid cemetery is, and what considerations should be taken when establishing a hybrid cemetery.
Free
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Green Burial Masterclass
with Lee Webster and Holly Blue Hawkins
This 12-week comprehensive course focuses on the tools, techniques, and technology used in operating a natural cemetery. Students learn about natural cemetery: organization options; property management; grave operations; site design; documentation platforms; records and data management programs; money management, including endowments; marketing; differences between laws, bylaws, regulations, policies; writing guidebooks and guidelines; communication necessities; and sales, products and services. We also explore best practices as informed by science, the conservation community, and cemetery operator experience, plus religious and cultural needs and the ethics of environmental justice within the context of demand for more eco-friendly, affordable, and authentic disposition options.
Cemetery operator certification course
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