Articles, Interviews, Podcasts

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​2023
Why These Women Are Weaving Caskets Out of Willow by Sara Murphy, Fast Company, November 8, 2023
A new cemetery in Roxbury, Vermont, is ‘like going on a hike’ by Lexi Krupp, WGBH, November 8, 2023
Savvy Senior: How to plan a green funeral by Jim Miller, The Keene Sentinel, August 13, 2023
New Options Available for Vermonters Seeking Green Burials by Hailey Morgan featuring Lee Webster, WCAX-TV, April 25, 2023
Green Burials: The Growing Appeal of New Earth-Conscious Interment WYPR Maryland Public Radio with host Tom Hall featuring Lee Webster, April 20, 2023
Natural Burials Haven't Been Allowed at Many New England Cemeteries: Now They're Catching On by Lexi Krupp, Vermont Public Radio, April 20, 2023
Grief Without a Grave: Green Burial and Accessibility by Donelle Dreese, Psychology Today, April 15, 2023
Down to Earth:  Peaceful conservation burials benefit the planet—a final gift from loved ones by Cathy Jesse, The National Wildlife Federation, March 31, 2023
​Human Composting Comes to CA by Roxanne Hoorn, interview with Lee Webster, Good Times Santa Cruz, March 7, 2023
Death Has a Big Carbon Footprint by Esta Pratt-Kielley, interviewed outtakes with Lee Webster, Maine Public Radio, February 24, 2023
​Green Burial: What we need to know with Lee Webster, Green Burial Association of Maryland guest speaker, February 5, 2023​
​Unearthing the Options by Sophia Smith and Jacob Shaddock for C-Span's 2023 StudentCam Competition, January 18, 2023
​How Hospices Can Support Families Seeking Green Burials by Holly Vossel, Hospice News, January 4, 2023

2022
Back to the Earth: Non-traditional Burials by Rosie Wolf Williams, Next Avenue, November 16, 2022
Lee Webster interview on Guided Crossings with Andrea Sebastyan, Nashua Public TV, September 21, 2022
Lee Webster interview on What Mama Wants podcast with Kate Manahan, June 14, 2022
In These Cemeteries, Nature Also Rests in Peace by Xander Peters, National Geographic, April 2022
​From Dust You Came and to Dust You Shall Return by Raquel G. Frolich, Bull Magazine, June 2022
Saving the Environment and Cash Through Green Burials by Lindsay Kalter, MedScape, April 4, 2022
​New Hampshire's "Sustainable Funeral" Group Working to Change State's Embalming Law by Tom Anderson, Funeral Director Daily, February 7, 2022
Green Burials: The Sustainable Solution for Cemeteries, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, February 1, 2022
​The Push for Sustainable Death by Amanda Gokey, Concord Monitor, January 26, 2022
Cremation: Your Last Chance to Avoid Another Pandemic After Covid-19 by Dr. Diana Cunningham, New American Way of Death, January 14, 2022

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Going Out Green at Seacoast Village, Portsmouth, NH, May 9, 2023. Learn how we got here, what is changing, and how you can help.
Cremation Curious a short video that explores incomplete disposition processes, including flame cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, and natural organic reduction, Lee Webster, November 2022
​The Natural Burial Experience takes a visitor through a typical green burial with photos and information to helpful as well as see, Lee Webster, October 2022
​The Underground Truth About Vaults explains how grave liners came into being, Lee Webster, September 2022
Making Green Burial Happen in New Hampshire takes a look at the legal issues and possibilities of expanding green burial cemeteries in NH, Lee Webster, 2021
Caution Dead Ahead is designed for doulas who wish to participate in after-death care support, Lee Webster for the UVM Doula course, 2021
The Grave Realities of Graveyard Realty equity, inclusion, and diversity in the conservation burial space with Carlos Gonzales of Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery, EBECC, 2022
EOL 101: Green Burial with Michael Hebb of RoundGlass interview with Lee Webster, June 8, 2022
Deeply Rooted a film about conservation burial by the Conservation Burial Alliance, 2021
Green Burial in New Hampshire, 2021
​Reflections Julie Lanoie describes how storytelling has the power to heal at the end of life, hospice presentation, November 2021
How the Funeral Industry Continues to Profit Off the Cost of Dying Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, October 28, 2021
Deathcare Roles with Francesca Arnoldy and Lee Webster, UVM Doula Program video, July 14, 2021​
Caring for Our Own, Brattleboro, VT,  December 2020
Conservation Burial Wisdom, Trinity, FL, filmed February 2019, released 2020
Conservation Cemetery Pioneers — Laura Starkey of Heartwood Preserve, filmed February 2019, released 2020
Conservation Cemetery Pioneers — Freddie Johnson of Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery, filmed February 2019, released 2020
A Windham County Story, released August 2020
Bringing Death Back Home: Home Funerals and Green Burials, with Lee Webster, Moore Free Library, Newfane, VT, July 2019
The American Funeral Experience with Lee Webster, UNH lecture, October 27, 2019
Home Funeral and Green Burial Pearls of Wisdom, Interviews with home funeral guides, Chaska, MN, October 2019
​Taking Back the Process: The Handmade Funeral of Loie Knowles, Jan Sturmann, 2019

Listen to what Mama wants when it comes to funerals and dispositions

2021
​All Things Green Burial on the inaugural episode WWHR's Let's Have Words with Lara Samuel, December 9, 2021
Green Burial? Home Funeral? Local Advocates Want You to Know Your Options by Abby Hamilton, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, October 25, 2021
​How to Hold a Funeral at Home by Christina Leimer, BeSide, April 29, 2021
Green Burial Wants to Clean Up American Funerals by Jake Maynard, Slate, February 5, 2021
​A Brush with Death: Interview of Amy Cunningham of Fitting Tribute Funeral Service, NFDA, April 13, 2021
Put Me in a Wooden Box by Nick Wooten, Associated Press/The Ledger Enquirer, April 24, 2021
What It's Like to Have a Funeral at Home by Christina Leimer, NextAvenue, March 24, 2021
Forest Burial and What it Means, a webinar with Mel Bennett of The Life Forest, a cremation cemetery in Hillsborough, NH, Reimagining the End, February 19, 2021
​Pearls of Wisdom, a video about home funeral guides, by Andrika Donovan
People Who Love the Land Are Getting Interested in Green Burials by Amanda Gokee, VTDigger, January 10, 2021

2020
Home Funerals, Green Burials, A Windham County Story video by Andrika Donovan
The Movement to Bring Death Closer by Maggie Jones, The New York Times, December 19, 2020, audio version
Interest Grows for Green Burials in New Hampshire by Tat Bellamy-Walker, New Hampshire Public Radio, November 16, 2020
Sustainable Death Care Improves Water, Soil and Air Quality, Interview with Lee Webster by Julia Brunner, EcoSpotlight, October 12, 2020 
​How We Manage Death is Changing Fast by Lisa De Bode, Vice, June 16, 2020
​This is What Happens to Unclaimed Bodies in America TalkDeath, June 30, 2020
Brooklyn Neighbors Come Together to Bury a Stranger by Julie Walker, AP News, May 1, 2020
The ‘green death’ movement: Scientific advances give more eco-friendly funeral options by Emily Gillespie, Fortune Magazine, April 9, 2020 featuring Lee Webster
Green Burial: We’re All In the Same Cycle of Life by Nancy DeVault, Natural Awakenings, April 4, 2020
More Catholics choose green burials, hoping for a lighter footprint by Valerie Zehl, US Catholic Magazine, April 21, 2020
What is a Home Funeral” How to Care for Sick or Deceased Loved Ones at Home During Coronavirus Pandemic by Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek.com, March 26, 2020 with the video prepared by Lee Webster
It takes Less Than 30 Days to Compost a Human Body by Jef Akst, The Scientist, February 17, 2020
​The iPhone at the Deathbed, by Penelope Green, The New York Times, February 18, 2020
Home Funerals and Green Burials, group think in Windham County, VT, a film by Andrika Donovan, January, 2020
​"Mushroom Burial Suit" Called Into Question by Diane Ionescu, Connecting Directors, February 10, 2020
The Emotional Wallop of My Friend’s Green Burial by Janet Siroto, NextAvenue, January 30, 2020

2019
The Movement to Bring Death Closer by Maggie Jones, The New York Times Magazine, December 19, 2019, featuring Lee Webster
Millennials Aren't Killing the Funeral Industry‚ But They Are Changing It by Heather Morrison, Rewire, December 2, 2019
​How Death Doulas, Home Funeral Guides, and Funeral Professionals Can Serve Families Together ​by Lee Webster, Order of the Golden Rule, October 2, 2019
More People Want a Green Burial But Cemetery Law Hasn't Caught Up by Alex Brown, Pew Charitable Trusts, November 20, 2019, featuring Lee Webster
​Return to Nature by Lynne Freehill-Maye and Philip Pantuso, YES Magazine, August 14, 2019, featuring Lee Webster
Aging in Nola: the Earth as your vessel, by Kate Stevens, Nola Family Magazine, July 7, 2019
What is Human Composting by Katherine Hignett, Newsweek.com, April 23, 2019​
In the Business of Death by Kelly Burch, Upper Valley News Enterprise, April 19, 2019
Lebanon cemetery officials research possibility of green burial by Tim Camerato, Valley News, April 14, 2019
Basic Tenets of Green Burial by Lee Webster, Port of Harlem Magazine, March 25, 2019
Home Wakes, Home Funerals Suzanne O'Brien of DoulaGivers with Lee Webster, January 30, 2019

2018
​Why Caring for Our Own Dead is an Act of Social Justice from theWake Forest Law Review by Lee Webster, March 1, 2018
Lee Webster speaking with Bodhi Be on DeathTracks December 4, 2018
#TalkDeath Episode 5: Who Owns Your Body with Tanya Marsh and Lee Webster, YouTube Qeepr
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2017
The Exit Interview with Michael Whitman, by Jaimie Seaton, May 29, 2017 
Blended Funeral Directing: Tips for Finding the Right Balance by Lee Webster with Amy Cunningham and Char Barrett Funeral Business Advisor Magazine December, 2017
Kate’s Still Here by Libby Copeland Esquire Magazine November 14, 2017
Want to be green even after you’re gone? Here’s how by Ray Routhier Portland Press Herald August 13, 2017
Can You Bury Someone in Your Backyard by Dave Roos Science March 17, 2017
Bonus Episode: 3 ½ Feet Under with Lee Webster, NHPR, Outside/In, first aired March 9, 2017
Home Funerals are Here to Stay Deanna Cochran of Quality of Life Care with Lee Webster, January 7, 2017

2016
​​​Home Funerals by Jennifer Rooks with Chuck Lakin Maine Public Radio podcast November 3, 2016
Opting for a Home Funeral: Challenging Cultural Norms Interview with Lee Webster PhillyVoice August 28, 2016
Natural Burial: Bringing Death Back Down to Earth by Mark Harris The Progressive August 3, 2016
Your Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Green Funeral Terms by Lee Webster FuneralOne June 3, 2016
The Redeeming Possibilities of Green Burial by Lee Webster Funeral Business Advisor March 21, 2016
​Green Burials Bring Awareness to Environmental Concerns by Allyson Chiu U.S. News & World Report March 4, 2016
​Green Burial radio interview with Lee Webster on Phaneuf Funeral Home's Dying to Talk on 107.7 FM January, 2016
Janet Ellis speaking at How to Bury Your Loved One at Home - How to Have a Home Funeral March 23, 2016

2015
​The Power of Home Funerals and History of the NHFA with Lee Webster, End of Life University with Karen Wyatt, M.D., August 13, 2015
The Journey Radio Podcast with Lee Webster July 22, 2015
Who Owns the Dead Lee Webster interviewed by Libby Copeland in The New Republic June 24, 2015
Home Funeral Guides with Julie Lanoie and Lee Webster MedPage Today April 16, 2015
At the End of Life: Death Doulas and Home Funeral Guides on MedPage Today with Julie Lanoie and Lee Webster, April 11, 2015

2014
The Rise of Back-to-Basics Funerals: Baby Boomers Are Drawn to Green and Eco-Friendly Funerals by Susan Chumsky The New York Times March 14, 2014
Home Funerals with Julie Lanoie at the UU of the Eastern Slopes on home funerals March 2, 2014
Lasting Matters with Lee Webster NHFREA on NHPR's Word of Mouth January 30, 2014

2013
DIY Home Funerals WBURCommonHealth November 22, 2013
Home Funerals Grow Lee Webster interviewed for the story by Jaweed Kaleem Huffington Post January 25, 2013

2009
The Surprising Satisfactions of a Home Funeral by Max Alexander Smithsonian Magazine March, 2009

Books

Topics of Interest

Recompose, the human composting alternative by Brendan Kiley, The Seattle Times, November 19, 2019
We Need a Greener Way to Die by Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, May 23, 2019
Why Some Are Ditching the Vault and Coffin for Natural Burials and At-Home Funerals by Kay Manning, Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2019
Baby Boomers Are Fueling an Industry That is Ripe for Disruption. The Rise of The Funeral Concierge by Bernard Schroeder, Forbes Magazine, April 15, 2019
When Cemeteries Became Natural Sanctuaries by Allison Meier, JSTOR Daily, April 11, 2019
What is Human Composting? by Katherine Hignett, Newsweek, April 23, 2019
Green Burials: There are a number of environmentally friendly alternatives by Janelle Janci, Lancaster Online, April 28, 2019
More eco-friendly Americans are making a final statement by planning a ‘green’ burial by Deena Yellin, North Jersey Record, April 15, 2019
Boston’s Other Housing Crisis: The Cemeteries by Nora Caplan-Bricker, Boston Magazine, April 11, 2019
Opinion: Why we should save the last tiny scraps of nature by William Laurance, Ensia, March 21, 2019
The Practical Guide to Green Burial by Anne Murphy, Minnesota Women's Press, March 1, 2019
Meet the Wisconsin men who still dig graves by hand — even when the cemetery ground is frozen by Rick Rommel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 27, 2019
A Way Back to the Wildness of Death by Suzanne Kelly, On Being, January 27, 2019
More Americans are skipping traditional funerals in favor of green burials by Walecia Konrad, Considerable, January 28, 2019
Green Graveyard Aims to Preserve Lake Champlain/Adirondack Animal Corridor by Janet Lindholm, Matthew F. Smith, and Sam Gale Rosen, Vermont Public Radio, January 17, 2019 
Why I Chose a Green Burial: The case for “cremation conversion” by June Smith, Good Times, January 16, 2019
The Case for Natural Burial by Ken West, The Ecologist, January 14, 2019
I Dug a Green Grave and Learned the Truth About the Dirty Death Industry by Brian Kahn, Earther, January 3, 2019
Epilogue. Life Lessons from the people we call to lay someone to rest with Jennifer Downs and David Zinner, by Amanda Long, Annys Shin, and Harrison Smith, Washington Post, December 10, 2018
Make Death Green Again, by Tim Lydon, The Revelator, November 28, 2018
Green Burials: At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin by Wendy McNaughton, The New York Times, November 15, 2018
A Return Home: How Funeral Homes Can Support Home Funerals by Rochelle Rietow, FuneralOne, November 13, 2018
Pushing Up Trees: Is natural burial the answer to crowded cemeteries? by Saimi Jeong, The Guardian, November 10, 2018
Natural Burials Are Rising, and That’s Good for the Planet by Sophie Yeo, Pacific Standard, July 30, 2018
Green Burials: When Everything Old is New by Roz Braun, WXPR from San Juan Islander, July 27, 2018
Make an Eco-Conscious Final Exit by Katie O’Reilly, Sierra Club, July 22, 2018
The changing face of funerals: why we did it our own way by Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian, July 22, 2018
DIY or Family Led Funeral-Arranging a Funeral Yourself by Hannah Wessel and Oliver Chapple, Stoneletters.com, June 8, 2018
Doing Death Differently: Embracing the Home Funeral by Kelly Notaras, Best Self Magazine
Bringing James Home by Catherine Ashe, Slate, May 20, 2018
Back to the land by Andre Mayer, CBC News, May 16, 2018
Opinion: Green funeral are a must by Noah Wingard, The Tacoma Ledger, May 7, 2018
The green final frontier: eco-burial, by Gary May, The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2018
Thinking About Having A Green Funeral? Here's What To Know, by Sonya Vatomsky, The New York Times, March 22, 2018
The final act of love: reclaiming the rites of modern death by Bonnie Malkin, The Guardian, December 27, 2017
How to Die: Sustainable Practices are Changing the Future of Burials by Kristin Hugo, Newsweek, November 17, 2017
8 Myths About Dead Bodies You Probably Think Are True by Sonya Vatomsky, Mental Floss, November 13, 2017
Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife, by Alice Klein, Daily News, New Scientist, November 17, 2017
Green funerals keep growing in popularity by Ken Hall, Times Herald-Record, August 28, 2017
Want to be green even after you’re gone? Here's how by Ray Routhier, Portland Press Herald, August 13, 2017
This is How I Want to Be Dead by Richard Conniff, The New York Times, July 7, 2017
Mushroom Suits, Burial Pods, and Other Thoughtful but Ultimately Useless Green Burial Innovations by Billy Campbell Memorial Ecosystems blog, March 27, 2017
The Dirt on DIY Funerals: What is legal? By Sami Grover, MNN.com, March 2, 2017
Creating a Living Shoreline with Reef Balls by Linda Conner Lambeck CTPost December 6, 2016 
Let’s Get Beyond the Idea of Perpetual Care by Anne Hoffner Green Burial Naturally blog December 2, 2016
Challenging the High-Priced Funeral Industry, More Americans Are Choosing Home Funerals and Death Midwives by April Short, AlterNet October 15, 2016
Cemeteries, Ecological Restoration, Deep Time, and Net Present Value by Billy Campbell, MD Memorial Ecosystems blog October 9, 2016
But WHY Can’t I Have a Tibetan Sky Burial by Tanya Marsh TalkDeath , August 18, 2016
What a Dying Industry Can Learn From the Death Industry by Steven Waldman Fortune Magazine May 17, 2016
Could the Funeral of the Future Help Heal the Environment? by Erin Blackmore, Smithsonian Magazine, February 1, 2016
A Project to Turn Corpses into Compost: The Urban Death Project by Catrin Einhorn The New York Times April 13, 2015
What to Do with Our Bodies After We Die by Katrina Spade Huffington Post February 23, 2015
Eco-Friendly Funerals and Death in America Today WBUR April 10, 2014
Ashes to Ashes, but First a Nice Pine Box New York Times February 3, 2014
Alkaline Hydrolysis NHPR April 2, 2013
How Doctors Die New York Times November 18, 2013
I'd Rather Be Dissected Aeon Magazine October 4, 2013
Why Doctors Die Differently Wall Street Journal February 25, 2012