Monthly Archives: March 2024

The Groundswell Project is the host organisation for Dying2Know Day, encouraging an essential conversation to have with our family and friends in preparation for the twilight years of our lives. Dying2Know Day on August 8th is by no means the … Continue reading →

Whatever rocks your boat or fills your sails, they differ widely across the socio-economic spectrum. For Saskia Kouwenberg it’s a plate. Not any old plate – one that keeps a dead body cool while family and friends prepare themselves and … Continue reading →

What happens after we die continues to fascinate, and inspire people to innovate. In: Death is not the end… well, not for sustainable living, anyway. Michaela Burns (Renew Issue 159, Apr-Jun 2022) investigates the intersection of sustainability and death. Extracts … Continue reading →

Our funeral practices have a high carbon footprint. In: How I planned my own green funeral, Becca Warner,   (BBC News,  22nd August 2023), explores how she could plan her own more environmentally-friendly burial. Not many of us like talking about … Continue reading →

Some people say that to stitch up a prepaid funeral plan was the best things they ever did. No more worries or having to think about that part of their ending of days.  But it’s not as clear cut as … Continue reading →

They say that old habits are hard to break. But once broken and once the alternatives are considered acceptable, then more and more people adopt them. Before long the old conventional rules get all shook up and the challengers start … Continue reading →

Why wait for Easter to enjoy hot cross buns, say the big supermarket chains. Have them now. Indulge yourself all the way from January to March or April – whenever Easter happens to be commemorated on the calendar. For some … Continue reading →

End of life is not for wimps. When Ma was very weak and the nurse came to insert her catheter, I sat listening from my bedroom next door. My mother still wanted dignity and privacy when she could get it. … Continue reading →

There are many rules and supposed regulations around the scattering of ‘ashes’ – the cremains – of someone who has died. This story reminds us that various authorities, namely those of a religious nature, have rules and protocols that they … Continue reading →