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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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-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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-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.+_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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 - [Association of Independent Celebrants](https://independentcelebrants.com/) - [Association of Independent Celebrants](https://independentcelebrants.com/)
 - [Association of Natural Burial Grounds](https://natural-burial-grounds.co.uk/association-of-natural-burial-grounds/) - [Association of Natural Burial Grounds](https://natural-burial-grounds.co.uk/association-of-natural-burial-grounds/)
-- [Natural Death Centre](http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk/+- [Natural Death Centre](http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk/)
 - [Can you be buried anywhere?](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3630221.stm) - [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 - [Dying Matters](https://www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaigns/dying-matters) - raising awareness of dying, death and bereavement
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-## Specialists+ 
 +## Related topics 
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 +- [Tree/woodland management](wodl:woodland_management) 
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 +## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
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