Home Funeral Network
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The “Home Funeral Network,” assists families to personally handle end-of-life issues in order to provide more personal, healing and meaningful ways of honoring the lives of loved ones.
The “Home Funeral Network ” provides support to families with local resources, laws, instructional materials and assistance through organizing community lead programs intended to increase awareness of alternatives to traditional funeral practices.
We believe home funeral and green burial care are more meaningful, affordable and environmentally responsible options.
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This project will be an end-of-life resource providing families with do-it-yourself tools for handling their own death and dying issues at home and in more naturally sustainable ways. The project goals include:
• Educating families on end-of-life issues and how they may exercise their rights to more meaningful endings
• Providing information that assists families to make decisions without the help of a funeral director.
• Guidance that assists families in the creation of meaningful, unique, dignified, beautiful, and compassionate celebrations of a loved one’s life.
• Referrals for local consultants who can personally assist in carrying out home-funerals
• Additional emotional support
Submit your email and receive our e-newsletter with information on upcoming events and news related to the do-it-yourself home-funeral and natural burial movement.
Thank you for your interest in FateCare. We look forward to working with you. JOIN NOW Joining the FateCare Network is absolutely free, and we do not share your personal contact information with others inside or outside the group unless specified. If possible, please include your mailing address, although your city is usually enough to find the assistance you desire within your local area. We wionfirm once your information is processed and you will begin receiving the cooperative newsletter shortly.
Thank you for your interest in FateCare. We look forward to hearing from you. |
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Resource
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News
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Consumer
Advocate |
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NY
Times: Home Funerals |
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Elisabeth
Kubler-Ross |
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| Ventura
County Star: Pet Options |
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Headstone
If they are not too close to a highway or past a certain height, city
planning permission is not required to place a headstone in a backyard. |
Natures
Caskets
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Coffins
and caskets take a variety of forms from a retangular to anthropoidal,
and even more unique forms befitting of the deceased’s personality.
Many people believe that their departed loved one needs a proper
send-off in a coffin that reflects his status, profession and
or interests during his time on earth, thereby making conventional
coffins too impersonal.
Additionally, as environmentally conscious consumers are learning
of the waste of precious natural resources involved in manufacturing
traditional coffins, the demand for eco-friendly coffins has grown.
There are now choices of coffins and caskets made of earth friendly
materials such as corrugated paper, bamboo, willow or Banana Leaf.
It is important to note that no coffin can preserve the body indefinitely.
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Studies
have shown that coffins that are porous enough to allow air to pass
through them result in aerobic decomposition and clean skeletonization.
By contrast, the airtight coffin actually encourages anaerobic bacteria,
hence speeding up the liquification of the body (the opposite effect
of what one imagines for their loved one when selecting an airtight
coffin).
Under a U.S. federal law, 16 CFR Part 453 (known as the Funeral
Rule), if a family provides a casket they purchased elsewhere, the
establishment is required to accept the casket and use it in the
services. If the casket is delivered direct to the funeral home
from the manufacturer or store, they are required to accept delivery
of the casket. The funeral home may not add any extra charges or
fees to the overall bill if a family decides to purchase a casket
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EcoShrouds |
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- A
burial shroud is a distinguished wrap for the body also referred
to as burial sheets, winding-cloths or winding sheets.
- Shrouds
can be made from white cotton, wool, linen or other material
that is made of natural fibers. Originally shrouds were widely
used to conserve clothing. A few religions still use burial
shrouds (some Orthodox Christians, Muslims and Jews).
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shroud is used to honor a person's unique qualities. If a
person did not wear formal business clothing for fun, why
would anyone wish to bury them in such an uncharacteristic
garment for their final rest?
- A
burial shroud is permitted by law. No federal
state or local laws require container (coffin/casket) burials.
Such a requirement is only made by individual cemeteries and
for those buried on private property or in green cemeteries,
no containers are necessary - in fact, shrouds are preferrable.
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A
shroud is much lighter than the typical
200 lb. coffin, and more earth friendly. |
Organic
Urns
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Ashes
Ashes can be freely scattered in their garden or buried in a
container under a favorite plant or tree. Currently there are
no laws preventing the burial of cremains on private property.
The state of California asks that ashes be scattered in a cemetery,
however there are no “cremains police” of sorts
to hinder scattering elsewhere.
(Read
more about ash scattering.)
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History
of Urns
It is believed that cremations began in Europe as early as 3,000
BCE. The popularity of cremations rose so that it was the most
common way of handling the dead until Christianity nearly ended
the practice in 400 CE in favor of burials. However, around 1900
CE cremation regained popularity and crematories could be found
in Europe and America. Today, it is estimated that over 25% of
all American deaths end with cremation – leading to an ever-increasing
need for urns.
Ref: http://learnurns.com
Modern Urn Choices
Although urns started out as functional pottery, they have now
taken on a wide variety of shapes and forms to allow individuals
to select a style to commemorate a loved one best. Urns can range
from the most dignified piece to a more whimsical one. While some
might choose an urn that is befitting of the loved one being memorialized,
others might choose an urn that depicts how much the person meant
to them. Some even choose urns that playfully depict cats or dolphins,
or whatever the person may have fancied in life. |
Pets
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can be buried in the garden of the domestic property where the pet
lived as long as it is not within the definition of hazardous waste.
If it qualifies as hazardous waste, one must obtain local authority
consent to clear the burial. |
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