Sorry to be so late in posting this!
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Dear Friends of Greensprings,
We're inaugurating a lecture series --- the Greensprings Lecture
Series. Our kick-off speaker is Mark Harris, author of Grave Matters,
which tells the story of the natural burial movement in North
America. This lecture commemorates our 3rd anniversary. Save the
date: Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m., at the Unitarian Church, 306 North
Aurora Street, Ithaca.
Mark's presentation is a visual tour of North America's growing green
burial movement. Drawn from his research and travels, his images of
natural burials include those that take place in backyard gravesites,
at sea, and in natural cemeteries. Mark also surveys home funerals
and burial via memorial reef ball, a honeycombed dome that contains
cremains---ashes of the deceased. Archival photographs show early
American funerals and their progression to the more involved
send-offs of today.
The presentation begins with a 5-minute slideshow about Greensprings.
There'll be plenty of time to chat with Mark Harris afterward or have
your book signed.
Our cosponsor for the lecture series is Greg Garvan and Money With a
Mission, a comprehensive fee-only financial life planning and asset
management service that helps people connect their financial lives to
their green values.
Coming attractions:
Stop by our table at the Gorges Green Expo on May 31 at Stewart Park
on Cayuga Lake, sponsored by the Ithaca Festival.
Come to our Annual Meeting and Picnic at Greensprings on Saturday,
June 6 at noon.
Dates to remember:
May 20th - Presentation by Mark Harris, author of Grave Matters
May 31st - Gorges Green Expo at Stewart Park
June 6th - Annual Meeting and Picnic at Greensprings
--
Mary M. Woodsen
607 233 4174 home
917 842 0987 cell
Greensprings Natural Cemetery Association
P.O. Box 415, 293 Irish Hill Road
Newfield, NY 14867
607 564 7577 * www.naturalburial.org
Greensprings--breaking new ground
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