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RECORDING OF...Green Funerals Week: The Environmental Impact of Conventional Burial

Friday, June 30, 2023
12:00 pm1:00 pm

THIS SESSION HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. TO PURCHASE THE RECORDING OF THE EVENT, PLEASE GO THROUGH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
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Roughly 80% of Washingtonians choose cremation (vs about 54% nationally!), and many of those families cite concerns over the environmental impact of a conventional burial. It takes a lot of materials to build a casket, a lot of chemicals to embalm a person, and a lot of industrial tools to maintain a perfectly manicured, sprawling cemetery lawn. …But what does "a lot" really mean?

Join PMA’s Beverly Tryk as we consider the environmental impact of our funeral choices and take a critical eye to what we thought we knew about choosing burial.

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