This is where you can find links and further information on topics mentioned in posts.
CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO BURIAL RESOURCES
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END-OF-LIFE/PALLIATIVE CARE INFORMATION
Alberta Health Services: https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page14778.aspx
Death Doula information, including finding one close to you https://endoflifedoulaassociation.org/
CALGARY-BASED HOSPICES
Alberta Health Services: https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page13766.aspx
CALGARY CEMETERIES + BURIAL ALTERNATIVES
City of Calgary information webpage: https://www.calgary.ca/parks/cemeteries.html
Find a Grave (Alberta) https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/Canada/Alberta?id=state_823
Wicker Caskets: Local resource online: https://www.myalternatives.ca/hope/products/green
Bookshelf to Coffin source: https://www.homecrux.com/bookshelf-transforms-into-coffin/142911/
CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES
EARTH-BASED ALTERNATIVES
Bio urns: https://en.urnebiodegradable.com/
Environmental cremains option: https://awake-afterlife.com/
Personalized ceramic urns: some local artists will create personalized urns to keep cremains; some will also use cremains in the glaze
COMPOSTING (currently NOT legal in Alberta)
HUMAN COMPOSTING: Legal in four USA states read more from founder Katrina Spade here https://recompose.life
or watch a VIDEO http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ask-mortician-composting-dead
or read about it here https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/science/a-project-to-turn-corpses-into-compost.html?_r=0
Cremain Tree Urns – Capsula Mundi(Italy – not legal everywhere; cremains are not nutritionally beneficial to plant life – require soil with nutrients to counter the high salt content, as well as add missing nutrients) https://www.capsulamundi.it/en/
WATER-BASED ALTERNATIVES
Living reefs: https://livingreefmemorial.com/
WATER CREMATION: Not available in Alberta but other provinces do allow it
More information from Cremation Association of North America: https://www.cremationassociation.org/page/alkalinehydrolysis
SPACE-BASED ALTERNATIVES
Memorial Spaceflights: https://www.celestis.com/blog/send-ashes-to-space/
Fireworks (not legal in all places – confirm with local authorities):
UK BASED: https://heavenlystarsfireworks.com/
CREATIVE CREMAINS ALTERNATIVES
Arts Activities – grief and remembrance www.equinoxvigil.ca ; https://www.beceremonial.com/
Ashes to Vinyl Records – https://www.andvinyly.com/
Diamonds – https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montrealer-s-company-turns-ashes-of-the-dead-into-diamonds-1.4650140 ; https://www.eterneva.com/
Painting: https://naturecycle.wixsite.com/marinanelson
RIP T-shirts https://www.talkdeath.com/7-elements-of-african-american-mourning-practices- burial-traditions/
Glassworks: https://www.fireweedglassstudio.ca/ashes-to-art-order-online
Photography: https://joshneufeldphotography.com/meeting-mortality/
Digital stories: https://mymeander.com ; https://memlife.com/home
Memorial Rings: (USA based: https://partingstone.com/ Alberta based: Dale Carsen Designs Airdrie FB page: https://www.facebook.com/dalecarlsondesigns/
Jewellery: https://www.eternitystouch.com/