Presentations, Workshops, and Tabling Events

We tailor presentations to meet the specific needs of the group, including senior centers, hospice and hospital in-services for staff and volunteers, adult education in schools and churches, food co-ops, civic organizations, environmental and conservation groups, town cemetery trustees, and many more. To schedule an in-service, workshop, community presentation, or informational event, email [email protected].

On This Page

  • List of presenters
  • Presentations
  • Workshops
  • In-Services

Presentation Topics

Presentation Title Suggestions
  • Facts about contemporary disposition processes and products
  • Why natural burial is a sustainable disposition option
  • How and why natural burial works
  • Reducing funeral poverty
  • Natural burial in municipal cemeteries​
  • Burial as a Conservation Strategy
  • Going Out Green: Exploring Natural Burial Options
  • The Natural Burial Experience
  • Green Burial in Your Municipal Cemetery
  • Bringing After-Death Care Back Home: The Green Funeral Experience

Our Presenters

Lee Webster
Lakes Region, White Mtns, Upper Valley

Lee has been educating  about natural and conservation burial,  home funerals, and funeral reform since 2007. Her work in steering NH Funeral Resources & Education as well as several national nonprofits, including the Green Burial Council, informs her writing, speaking, and presenting. She is an instructor at OLLI, OSHER, and RedesigningtheEnd.com and the author of Changing Landscapes.
Sarah Arslanian
Seacoast and Southeastern NH

​Sarah is a practiced speaker on matters of death education, with a special interest in natural burial. ​She is the executive director of Lotus and Lavender Natural Burial, a nonprofit working to start a natural burial cemetery in the Seacoast. Sarah educates communities about natural burial and related topics, and advises private individuals and families about home burial and doula services.
Marsha Campaniello
Concord area and Southwestern NH
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Marsha ​is a veteran speaker, presenter, and trainer in the US and abroad in real estate valuation and banking software. Among her interests and areas of expertise, she has hosted and led garden tours for Central NH Permaculture, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire, and various garden clubs. She is a guest instructor at OLLI at UNH.

Hospice and Medical Professional In-Services

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Hospices, hospitals, emergency rooms, care facilities, government agencies, and other groups are often unaware of the liability issues involved when serving families who choose family-led after-death care. Hospices wishing to provide information to their staff will find everything they need in this 3-part in-service and training offered by Redesigning the End. I designed Hospice and Home Funerals to provide hospice staff with everything they need with a three-year access, including updates.

Knowing about the option of family-led after death care by all those who might be involved also increases professionals' and volunteers' ability to assist families in crisis, often before the death has occurred. Whether brief to cover the fine points, a more detailed session, or full day workshop, we've got you covered. And for funeral directors who may be asked for assistance from a home funeral family, we can explain the ins and outs what to expect. 

Educational Workshops

If you would like to schedule a workshop of 8+ participants from the general public, private groups or spiritual communities, we will come to you or prepare an online event.
Learn how to care for your own at home in this one-day, five-hour hands-on workshop and demonstration. We'll cover how to conduct a home funeral on your own terms from soup to nuts, including: legal responsibilities, paperwork and processes; how to perform basic body care; how to include family and friends, clergy and others; the roles of hospital, care facility, hospice personnel, home funeral guides and funeral directors; and explore the benefits of family-led, family-directed after-death care.