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Order of the Good Death

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Building a meaningful, eco-friendly, & equitable end-of-life through education, resources, & legislative advocacy https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com

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Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 2w ago

First, her sister died, then her mother. Both times, she was handed the same two options, and neither one felt right. So she built the third one. Meet the founder bringing aquamation to families who didn't know it was even on the table thestoryexchange.org/her-business...

Her Business, Born of Grief, Offers Mourners a Greener Goodbye Alternative

After her sister died, Candis Best struggled with how to handle her body. Best launched Leaf & Water to plan water cremations for families seeking a gentler option.

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Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3w ago

Art can help us understand death, it can help us grieve, and sometimes, it can even help us imagine a better death. This month's Mortal Media Club features artist and curator Brianna L. Hernandez, joining us to talk about death, art, and the ways creative work can shape how we understand mortality.

Mortal Media Club flyer/grqaphic featuring an off white backgrounbd and black and organge lettering with "Death and Art" and Brianna L Hernandez. A Photo of Brianna wearing a white, sleeveless shurt is also featured
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · last mo.

No Fixed Address is a powerful documentary that sheds light on a deeply overlooked aspect of the homelessness crisis: people’s grief following the death of someone they care about. the film explores what it means to grieve without a house & how loss echoes through a community struggling to survive

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Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 2mo ago

After nearly 5 years, a major victory for death education & the right to talk openly about death. In 2021, Indiana death doula Lauren Richwine received a complaint from within the funeral industry for the supposed crime of discussing end-of-life options without a funeral director's license.

graphic with side by side images. on the left a screen shot of an artcile about the Lauren Richwine case on The Order, on the right is a photo of Lauren standing in an office holding up a legal document
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A genealogical search led to a national struggle to protect historic Black cemeteries from neglect, development, and white supremacist vandalism capitalbnews.org/black-burial...

Black Burial Grounds Are Disappearing as Families Fight to Protect Them

The first time Terry O’Neal walked into an old cemetery, she found splintered coffins pushed up by storms and time, with “skeletons sitting outside of caskets.” In Chloe, Louisiana, the acre that hold...

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Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In artist Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Series, she pressed, carved, or traced the outline of her body into soil, sand, grass, and stone. Sometimes filled with flowers, fire, or water, these forms were never permanent. They eventually faded, were washed away, or burned out.

Artist Ana Mendieta lays her naked body on the ground, arms at her side. Her body is covered with white and green flowers
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Big news for sustainable death care: Maryland is now home to the largest human composting facility in the U.S., making natural organic reduction available to even more people. More options. Less environmental impact, & a growing reminder that death care can look different than what we’ve been told

Graphic with beige background at center is a pair of hands cupping dirt with a small plant growing from it. Text reads when I die, compost me
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Explore The Magic Box, an unusual and wonderful children’s book for adults about life and death, the seasonality of being, and the beauty that springs from our impermanence www.themarginalian.org/2015/07/02/t...

The Magic Box: A Whimsical Vintage Children’s Book for Grownups About Life, Death, and How To Be More Alive Every Day

“This book was written outside the cemetery wall … in memory of life, the wonder & pain of it & the unspeakable worthwhileness of every second of it.”

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Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1. When we talk about death, we aren’t just talking about an end; we’re talking about the lives that came before it. The stories we tell about death are often shaped by who gets remembered, who is forgotten, and who gets to define what is worth grieving. nerdist.com/article/deat...

The Death Positive Movement Encourages Us to Face Death Directly

The death positive movement is a social justice movement fighting for everyone's access to vital resources and informatiion for a better life and death.

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Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

IL friends please take moment to support the bill legalizing human composting. There's an organized letter writing campaign led by the Catholic Church to oppose the bill. Regardless of personal beliefs laws should reflect EVERYONE's values & end-of-life wishes

Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Over the next few weeks, a hearing for Illinois Bill HB5425, an act to legalize natural organic reduction (aka human composting), will be heard in the Senate. This is a critical moment for the future of the bill and for expanding green funeral options in the Midwest, and we really need your help!

graphic with blue background surrounded by green leaves. In center text reads Illinois call to action
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

IL friends please take moment to support the bill legalizing human composting. There's an organized letter writing campaign led by the Catholic Church to oppose the bill. Regardless of personal beliefs laws should reflect EVERYONE's values & end-of-life wishes

Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Over the next few weeks, a hearing for Illinois Bill HB5425, an act to legalize natural organic reduction (aka human composting), will be heard in the Senate. This is a critical moment for the future of the bill and for expanding green funeral options in the Midwest, and we really need your help!

graphic with blue background surrounded by green leaves. In center text reads Illinois call to action
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This year, The Order is harnessing the power of end-of-life documentaries, films that invite us to witness the realities of death that are often hidden to spark meaningful conversations, highlight systemic issues, and reimagine what meaningful, sustainable, and equitable deathcare can look like.

Graphic for Reel Mortality series. Photo of a hallway lit by red and white neon lights that form an archway.
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Dr. Adeti Sethi, founder of the Center for Conscious Living and Dying, will be joining us on May 6th for a conversation about community-based approaches to deathcare, how we care for the dying, support the grieving, and build systems rooted in dignity, presence, and collective responsibility.

graphic for mortal media club, featuring a headshot of dr. sethi and an illusttation of a skull with flowers emerging from it
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1. Sacred Spaces: Green Resting Places | Natural Path Sanctuary In our new Sacred Spaces: Green Resting Places series, we’re highlighting green burial grounds and the people caring for them. Cemeteries where the goal isn’t preservation, but participation in the same ecosystem that sustains life.

Photo of the wooden sign for the Farley Center and Natural Path sanctuary in a lush green meadow with white flowers. Behind the sign is a large tree and blue skies.
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Over the next few weeks, a hearing for Illinois Bill HB5425, an act to legalize natural organic reduction (aka human composting), will be heard in the Senate. This is a critical moment for the future of the bill and for expanding green funeral options in the Midwest, and we really need your help!

graphic with blue background surrounded by green leaves. In center text reads Illinois call to action
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW ARTICLE for #EarthDay "Earth-Friendly Endings" As concerns about cost, climate, and meaning converge, more people are turning to funeral practices that nourish ecosystems instead of depleting them. www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/eart...

Earth-Friendly Endings | The Order of the Good Death

As concerns about cost, climate, and meaning converge, more people are turning to funeral practices that nourish ecosystems instead of depleting them.

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Lauren Smith, PhD@lkmsmith.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy to have had the chance to talk about this topic with @raresites.bsky.social last night! We have the knowledge to be greener in #death, just as we do in life. I believe this can help us foster both climate and psychological resilience!

Dr. Smith stands in front of their presentation on sustainable death care showing a slide that states "What's available in Ontario?"Dr. Smith at her laptop in front of her presentation slide showing Green Burial in Canada and a map of sites certified by the Green Burial Society of Canada
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Every Earth Day we talk about sustainable living. But what about sustainable dying? Modern deathcare can carry a surprising environmental footprint. Conventional burial often involves hardwood caskets, concrete vaults, & embalming chemicals. Cremation relies on fossil fuels & produces emissions.

graphic with blue sky background with images of distorted flowers. Text reads every Earth Day we talk about sustainable living but what about sustainable dying?
Order of the Good Death@ordergooddeath.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Every Earth Day we talk about sustainable living. But what about sustainable dying? Modern deathcare can carry a surprising environmental footprint. Conventional burial often involves hardwood caskets, concrete vaults, & embalming chemicals. Cremation relies on fossil fuels & produces emissions.

graphic with blue sky background with images of distorted flowers. Text reads every Earth Day we talk about sustainable living but what about sustainable dying?