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P. O. Box 7501
Cotati, CA 94931
707.568.7684
info@funeral.org

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Redwood Funeral Society
To protect and defend individual choice for dignified, ethical, and fairly priced death care, through education, referral, and advocacy.

Serving the California Counties of Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano and Sonoma

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Califonria Funeral & Cemetary Bureau
Green/Eco-Friendly Alternatives
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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Related Sites of Interest

 

Nonprofit Organizations
   Funeral Consumers Alliance (National)

   FCA's National Directory of Funeral/Memorial Societies

   Funeral Ethics Organization

   Bay Area Funeral Society (BAFS)
   Covers Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and San Francisco counties

 

 

State of California
   
Cemetary & Funeral Bureau (Agencia de Cementerios y Servicios Funerarios)

   Consumer Guide to Funeral and Cemetary Purchases (Web, PDF)

   Guía del Consumidor Servicios Funerarios y de Cementerios (PDF)

 

La Comisión Federal de Comercio
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
    Pre-Planning Funerals Helps Make Decisions Easier

   Funerals: A Consumer's Guide (PDF)

   Funerals: Consumer Rights Under the Funeral Rule

   Funerales: Una Guía para el Consumidor (PDF)

   Funerales: Guía para el Consumidor

FTC Publications for the Funeral Industry
   Complying with the Funeral Rule

   FTC's Funeral Industry Investigations & Review

 

Sites of Interest

Bay Area Funeral Society (BAFS)

EthicalBurial.org

Final Passages (Home Funerals)

Funeral Consumers Alliance

Jessica Mitford

 

Green / Eco-Friendly After-Death Alternatives

Build your own coffins and caskets (Google links)

An Intimate Farewell

Brothers Seek Green Burials at Family Farm

Freeze-Drying Touted as New Green Burial

'Green Cemetery' Concept Comes to Humboldt

Green Graves Give Back to Nature

Green Graveyards: The Natural Way to Go

The Green Reaper

Greener Ways to the Great Beyond

Go gentle: Green burial can save the earth – and your pocketbook.

Multi-Task Caskets

Natural Death Care Project and Home Funeral Ministry: An Interview with Jerri Lyons

North American Woodland Burial Society

 

California
Forever Fernwood

Outside of California
Glendale Memorial Nature Preserve
Ramsey Creek Preserve

 

There are an increasing number of individuals and companies making biodegradable cremains urns and shrouds as well as plain wood and paper product caskets. To locate online and local sources, you can use your favorite search engine (such as Google, or Dogpile) and search for "green burial", "green funeral", "eco funeral", "alternative funeral", "burial alternatives", "biodegradable urns", "biodegradable coffins", "natural burial", etc.

 

For articles related to funerals and funeral planning, be sure to check out our Articles section.

 

 

 

 

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707.568.7684
info@funeral.org

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