Green Burial for Reforestation and Land Conservation in Mexico: Honouring the Past, Responsible in the Present, Leaving a Significant and Valuable Legacy for our Future Generations Online Informative Event by the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation Mexico Centro based in San Miguel de Allende, in collaboration with the Green Burial Council.
- Learn about the history, requirements, functions and services of ecological burial and conservation cemeteries
- Learn about the best ecological practices for handling our remains, and their social and spiritual aspects
– Discover how we can collaborate and contribute to a cause as noble as green burial for reforestation and conservation of natural resources, which promotes a healthy relationship with death, our funeral rites, the earth, and our legacy for future generations
– Consider your significant contribution to making this option a reality for all.
The Green Burial Council is a non-profit organization that inspires and advocates for environmentally sustainable care of death through education and certification.
Our values are to respect rituals that create meaning for both the living and the dead, to honor the land and recognize the importance of caring for it in the way we bury the dead, recognizing and honoring that funeral and burial traditions are sacred.
It is a priority of the Green Burial Council to make care for death both environmentally and operationally sustainable so that future generations can benefit from this effort. We strive for integrity in all aspects of our operation by maintaining the highest standards and are leaders in making certified and sustainable practices of death care available to everyone.
Presentation of the Green Burial Council: Ed Bixby, president of the Green Burial Council, is the owner and operator of Steelmantown Green Burial Preserve in Steelmantown, NJ, as well as Purissima Natural Cemetery in Half Moon Bay, CA. Ed’s extensive experience in land use and development includes being a real estate agent and owner of Fox & Fox Builders, LLC. Ed’s experience in the development industry has given him a great understanding of best land use practices and drives his passion for the natural burial movement and the benefits it brings to present and future generations. Ed has led green burial presentations for many organizations and provided educational training to both funeral directors and cemetery managers.
Host of EKR Mexico Centro Foundation: Wilka Roig, president of the EKR Mexico Centro Foundation and social activist-defender of human rights at the end of life, in death, and after death. Wilka is a master of transpersonal psychology specializing in women’s psychology, trauma, loss and grief, and end-of-life support. She is a death doula, ordained ecumenical minister, instructor of Tai Chi and QiGong, dream worker, practitioner of archetypal and intercultural psychology, integrated grief therapist, psychosynthesis therapist, biomagnetism and biodecoding. Wilka is a transpersonal educator, teaching courses in academic writing, death-intuitive research, creativity and innovation, dream work, compassionate accompaniment and griefwork.
