Veterans Administration Offers Green Burial Option
Category: Estate Planning
January 14, 2025 – Green Burials are growing trend among very environmentally conscious people. The numbers are pretty small, but they are catching on. The idea is that your body is disposed of in a way that is friendly to the planet: no preservatives used in embalming, non-biodegradable materials, or burial methods that harm the environment.
The Veterans Administration is now making a green burial an option at certain of their cemeteries. In November 2024, VA’s National Cemetery Administration (NCA) officially opened Green Burial sections at the Pikes Peak National Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado; the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona, and Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. The number of green burial sites at each cemetery are 152, 155 and 222, respectively.
Comments on "Veterans Administration Offers Green Burial Option"
Stevo says:
I'm looking into this method. There is a place in SC that has a mountainside park where you can be buried naturally. They put your non-preserved body in a pine box and bury you along a hiking trail with a small marker. Cremation doesn't seem natural to me and I was never a fan of the infrastructure around the traditional burial.
Admin says:
Good for you Stevo. It is a very interesting concept, and one that is definitely a lot friendlier to the earth!