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The good people at the Groundswell Project would like to reiterate what could be a life changing and wonderfully refreshing act of kindness. About a subject we often prefer to turn away from, but one, that when engaged with, can … Continue reading →

Putting off having our affairs sorted from the time we leave home and go out into the big wide world is something that is thought to be a bit over the top. As if anything untoward would happen to us … Continue reading →

ABC Radio Melbourne | The Conversation Hour Talking about death isn’t easy and some of us are better at it than others. However, there is more to talking about death than the songs you want played at your funeral. Listen at … Continue reading →

It’s a familiar story. Don’t want to talk about it. So here we go again talking about death for what seems like the umpteenth time. In: Tassie Death Cafe helps visitors come to terms with the ‘morbid fear’ surrounding life’s … Continue reading →

Some things seem dead simple and yet so difficult to achieve. How we do burials and dispose of our dead bodies used to be a no dramas affair, with families burying their loved ones remains in the backyard or the … Continue reading →

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 →