Welcome to the Green Burial Council
The Green Burial Council is a non-profit organization working to make burial more sustainable, economically viable, and meaningful.
We aim to reduce the carbon emissions, waste and the use of toxic chemicals in the cemetery/funeral field and utilize burial as a means of acquiring, restoring, and stewarding natural areas.
Founded in 2005, the Council has emerged as the "gold standard" among consumers, land trusts, park service agencies, cemetery operators, funeral homes, cremation companies and product suppliers.
How are we doing it?
- By developing a certification program that is bringing about a new ethic in deathcare rooted in transparency, accountability and ecological responsibility;
- By building out an international network of "approved providers" ;
- By educating the environmental/conservation community and the deathcare profession about opportunities to make burial better serve the planet; and
- By supporting legislative efforts aimed at protecting the legitimate ecological/social benefits associated with eco-friendly deathcare.
For more information about the Green Burial Council not found on this website, please contact us at 888-966-3330.