FEBRUARY FORUM: GREEN BURIAL IN TEXAS
Join Us at February's Forum: Hybrid Cemeteries
We are excited to invite you to our FIRST forum of the year: Green Burial in Texas! Join us and special guests Sarah Wamwold, Jim Bates, Bethany Foshee, Campbell Ringel, and Addison Funeral Home and Tranquility Oaks Cemetery on Thursday, February 6th!
Tune in and engage in a discussion with green cemeteries, funeral providers, and educators/advocates about the green burial movement in Texas! Learn about the availability and growth of eco-friendly funeral options in the Lone Star State. Insights for consumers and providers alike.
About Our Guests:
Sarah Wambold - Funeral Director and Manager of Campo de Estrellas Conservation Cemetery:
Campo de Estrellas Conservation Cemetery, located in Smithville, Texas, serves the surrounding rural communities in East Texas through natural burial while restoring degraded farmland to a protected, flourishing ecosystem.
Learn More Here:
Jim Bates - President of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of North Texas:
Jim is a retired engineer and experienced home funeral guide and trainer.
Provider of Home Funeral education, training and advocacy. Cooperative design and support of family home funeral events. Expert on Texas law concerning home funerals, death registrar process, regulatory law/practices, healthcare system antagonistic incidents, and retail funeral industry opposition.
Learn More Here:
https://www.fcant.org/
Campbell Ringer - Cemetery Caretaker and Licensed Funeral Director of Eloise Woods Natural Burial Park:
Eloise Woods Natural Burial Park, located in Cedar Creek, Texas, provides people and their pets a peaceful park-like atmosphere where burials are performed in harmony with nature.
Learn More Here:
https://eloisewoods.com/
Bethany Fooshee - Stewardship and Outreach Director of the Blazing Star Sanctuary Conservation Cemetery:
The Blazing Star Sanctuary located in Brookshire, Texas, is a conservation cemetery that occupies 8 acres within a critical conservation area of the Katy Prairie Preserve, a designated Globally Important Bird Area by the National Audubon. The site is set aside for green burials while also being managed as a nature sanctuary.
Learn More:
https://naturesburial.org
Addison Funeral Home and Tranquility Oaks Cemetery:
Addison Funeral Home and Tranquility Oaks Cemetery, located in Spring, Texas, is owned by Glen and Lorie Addison who have years of experience caring for families from all walks of life, providing quality service with the highest integrity and offering natural burial.
Learn More Here:
https://www.addisonfuneralhomes.com/
Hugo Salazar - Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home and Mountain Creek Cemetery:
Located in Grand Prairie, Texas, Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home and Mountain Creek Cemetery offer eco-friendly funeral services just outside of Dallas.
Learn More:
Event Details:
Date: February 6th, 2025
Time: 4 PM PST, 5 PM MST, 6 PM CST, and 7 PM EST
Location: Zoom
Admission: FREE
RSVP: globalgreenburialalliance@gmail.com
Save the Date and RSVP!
Date: Thursday, February 6th, 2025
Time: 4pm PST, 5pm MST, 6pm CST, 7pm EST
Duration: +/- 1 hour and 15 minutes
RSVP: Email globalgreenburialalliance@gmail.com to receive the zoom link.
ASK AN EXPERT: JANUARY 2025
The Importance of Pre-Arrangement with Patricia Kimie
Join us on January 23rd, 2025, and receive a step-by-step guide for making pre-arrangements, from funeral home to cemetery services. Tune in to learn about how pre-arrangement is important not only financially, but emotionally for loved ones and their families.
Event Details:
Date: January 23rd, 2025
Time: 4 PM PST, 5 PM MST, 6 PM CST, and 7 PM EST
Location: YouTube and Facebook Live
