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-You can choose the ceremony, the music, the readings and the style to suit the deceased, and the natural setting will provide the perfect backdrop.
+_You can choose the ceremony, the music, the readings and the style to suit the deceased, and the natural setting will provide the perfect backdrop._
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-Coffins can be made of a range of biodegradable materials, including [FSC](https://www.fsc-uk.org/en-uk)\-approved timber, cardboard, strengthened papier maché, or wicker.
+_Coffins can be made of a range of biodegradable materials, including [FSC](https://www.fsc-uk.org/en-uk)\-approved timber, cardboard, strengthened papier maché, or wicker._
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-Burial avoids the fuel requirements and emissions of cremation.
+_Burial avoids the fuel requirements and emissions of cremation._
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-Caitlin Doughty explains what's wrong with the conventional funeral industry (plus alternatives) in this TED talk.
+_Caitlin Doughty explains what's wrong with the conventional funeral industry (plus alternatives) in this TED talk._
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-A woodland burial site slowly becomes a beautiful mature woodland.
+_A woodland burial site slowly becomes a beautiful mature woodland._
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-Some natural burial sites allow flowers, plaques, stones, markers of some kind – others don’t, preferring to maintain a natural woodland.
+_Some natural burial sites allow flowers, plaques, stones, markers of some kind – others don’t, preferring to maintain a natural woodland._
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-A natural burial site in the US: showing that there is no contradiction between a natural and a religious burial - quite the opposite.
+_A natural burial site in the US: showing that there is no contradiction between a natural and a religious burial - quite the opposite._
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-The use of wicker coffins helps sustain a traditional craft industry.
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-Green funerals can be an informal and natural celebration and remembrance of the life of the deceased; here a group of friends carry a wooden coffin to a woodland burial site.
+_Green funerals can be an informal and natural celebration and remembrance of the life of the deceased; here a group of friends carry a wooden coffin to a woodland burial site._
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 ## Further resources
+- [Association of Green Funeral Directors](https://www.greenfd.org.uk/)
+- [Woodland Burial Trust](https://woodlandburialtrust.com/)
+- [Association of Independent Celebrants](https://independentcelebrants.com/)
+- [Association of Natural Burial Grounds](https://natural-burial-grounds.co.uk/association-of-natural-burial-grounds/)
+- [Natural Death Centre](http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk/)
+- [Can you be buried anywhere?](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3630221.stm)
+- [Dying Matters](https://www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaigns/dying-matters) - raising awareness of dying, death and bereavement
+- [The Ecologist](https://theecologist.org/2019/jan/14/case-natural-burial) - the case for natural burial
+- [Good Funeral Awards](https://www.agfdgoodfuneralawards.co.uk/) - non-profit aiming to bring natural funerals into the mainstream
-## Specialist(s)
+## Specialist curators of this topic