Attend a Presentation

Bringing After-Death Care Back Home: an intro to home funerals and natural burials
with Lee Webster, Natural Burial New Hampshire
​Benz Center
Sandwich NH
May 13, 2026
6:30 pm
Free and open to the public

Going Out Green: Natural Burial
with Michele Lovell, Natural Burial New Hampshire
Rice Library
Kittery, ME
May 16, 2026
10:30 am - noon
Free and open to the public

Natural Burial in the Seacoast in Portsmouth
with Sarah Arslanian of Lotus and Lavender Natural Burial
Portsmouth Library
Portsmouth NH
May 19, 2026
2 - 3:30 pm
Free and open to the public

Natural Burial in the Seacoast in Portsmouth
with Sarah Arslanian of Lotus and Lavender Natural Burial
Gaffney Library
Sanbornville NH
May 28, 2026
5:30 - 7 pm
Free and open to the public

Your Final Affair: Creating Natural Burial Grounds in NH
with Michele Lovell and Deanna Pilkenton
RiverWoods Exeter
Exeter NH
June 1, 2026
7 pm
​Free and open to the public

The Case for Natural Burial
with Lee Webster of Natural Burial NH
Waterville Valley Recreation Center
Waterville Valley NH
June 5, 2026
6:00 pm
Free and open to the public

Natural Burial in the Seacoast in Portsmouth
with Sarah Arslanian of Lotus and Lavender Natural Burial
Madbury Library
Madbury NH
September 16, 2026
5:30 - 7 pm
Free and open to the public

Natural Burial in the Seacoast in Rochester
with Sarah Arslanian of Lotus and Lavender Natural Burial
​Rochester Library
Rochester NH
September 23, 2026
6 - 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public

Take a Class

Before the Natural Burial:
Bringing Death Care Back Home 
In-Person Half-Day Workshop

1 Bridge Street
Plymouth NH
Sunday, May 17, 2026
1-4 pm

Norwich Library
Norwich VT
Sunday, June 14, 2026
1-4 pm
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Join us for a hands-on demonstration on how to care for and prepare our dead for natural burial. We'll also cover legal requirements, transportation logistics, practical tips, recommendations for working with authorities and systems, and how to manage a community care committee. Admission is free; donations are welcome.

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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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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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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.
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Cemetery operator certification course
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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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