Presentations
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, and many more. To schedule a workshop, presentation, or tabling event, call us at 603.236.9495 or email nhfrea@gmail.com. We do not charge presentations, but are often asked for a ballpark suggested donation — ask when you make the call.
- It's Your Funeral, Do It Your Way: Learning about all the options
- Home Funerals and Green Burials, Naturally
- Affordable and Environmentally Friendly Funeral Hacks
- Mushroom Suits and Other Solutions to Invented Problems
- Going Out Green: What's a green burial and why would I want one?
- How Communities Can Work Together to Create Green Cemeteries
- Forming Faith Community After-death Care Committees
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. Suggested donation $75 per person; scholarships available
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.
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.
Information tables
Staffed tables with brochures, educational information, take-away materials
Wow visitors at your next eco-fair, church open house, or other gathering by hosting an information table about home funerals and green burials. Our staff is eager to engage with the public regarding their environmental and cultural concerns around current funeral and disposition practices—without scaring them to death.
Wow visitors at your next eco-fair, church open house, or other gathering by hosting an information table about home funerals and green burials. Our staff is eager to engage with the public regarding their environmental and cultural concerns around current funeral and disposition practices—without scaring them to death.