Our panelists discuss the way the funeral industry is changing and the latest options in today’s funerals. We’ll also discuss green funerals, natural burial options and green cemeteries.
Guests
Alison Rector, Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maine board member
Chuck Lakin, retired Colby College librarian and home funeral advocate
Mike Hall, president of Hall Funeral Homes
Resources
- Have The Talk Of A Lifetime
- FCA Annual Meeting & Conference, Nov. 10, Falmouth
- Last Things
- Maine green burial ground options
- Bangor Daily News: Maine still has one of the highest cremation rates in the US. Here’s how it works.
- Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maine: Body Burial Options
- Selected Independent Funeral Homes
- NPR: You Could Pay Thousands Less For A Funeral Just By Crossing The Street
- "Caring for the Dead: Your Final Act of Love," by Lisa Carlson
- "Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death," by Josh Slocum and Lisa Carlson
- Chabad.org: Basic Laws of a Jewish Funeral
- Portland Jewish Funeral Home
- University of New England body donor program
- Funeral Consumers Alliance: Embalming: What You Should Know
- National Funeral Directors Association: Trends in Funeral Service
- Quartz: “We’ve mastered weddings—but the funeral needs a lot of work”: Inside the new death industry