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Article: burial ground goes green.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2008
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By Steven G. Vegh
The Virginian-Pilot
BARHAMSVILLE
On a finger of lakeside forest at Makemie Woods, a Presbyterian camp, stout birch and oak trees stretch heavenward, trunks tied with blue ribbon.
At their base, decaying leaves and twigs return to the Earth. Soon, so will human ashes.
On Oct. 5, the grove will be consecrated as an Eco-Eternity memorial forest, an environmentally friendly burial ground for cremated remains. Over the coming years, up to 15 biodegradable urns could be interred in a ring around each of the ribbon-bound trees.
"We talk about ashes to ashes, dust to dust: In that sense, you're creating a ...