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Bob Butz, investigative reporter, humorist, and amateur natualist is on assignment: He's planning his own natural burial in three months.
Through memoir, boots on the ground research, conversations with his wife, and a serious degree of levity, Butz considers the options for his final act on Earth.
In chapters like, "Wherein a memory of worms offers a glimpse into the future," and "Wherein the spirit of a natural burial is compromised by people looking to make a buck," Butz thinks about the unthinkable, and tells it like he finds it.
• What happens to our body when we die?
• Is six-feet-under enough?
• What about grave robbers?
• Is it okay to be placed in a hole with nothing but the clothes on your back?
• Is natural burial even legal?
Going Out Green includes back ground on the growing movement toward natural burial preserves and cemeteries int he U.S. and Canada, as well as source information and a bibliography.
Advance praise for Going Out Green:
"At once elegant and funny as hell, Bob Butz has written the most useful book I've seen all year." —Doug Peacock, author of Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
"If you want to go out like Ed Abbey — and who doesn't — here's the guide you need." —Bill McKibben, bestselling author, educator, and environmentalist
"This book is a must for anyone who might someday die — and yes, I'm talking about you." —Steven Rinella, author of The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine and American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
"A wonderful, uplifting little book whose relentless sense of humor is utterly appropriate." —David Petersen, author of On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural Life
"A light-hearted introduction to a heavy subject that's going to be of increasing importance to Americans." —Joe Sehee, executive director, Green Burial Council
"[I]f more people would talk about death and dying in the demystifying way that Butz does, I, for one, believe we'd be much better off as a society." —Wendy Lyons, president, Funeral Consumers Information Society
Through memoir, boots on the ground research, conversations with his wife, and a serious degree of levity, Butz considers the options for his final act on Earth.
In chapters like, "Wherein a memory of worms offers a glimpse into the future," and "Wherein the spirit of a natural burial is compromised by people looking to make a buck," Butz thinks about the unthinkable, and tells it like he finds it.
• What happens to our body when we die?
• Is six-feet-under enough?
• What about grave robbers?
• Is it okay to be placed in a hole with nothing but the clothes on your back?
• Is natural burial even legal?
Going Out Green includes back ground on the growing movement toward natural burial preserves and cemeteries int he U.S. and Canada, as well as source information and a bibliography.
Advance praise for Going Out Green:
"At once elegant and funny as hell, Bob Butz has written the most useful book I've seen all year." —Doug Peacock, author of Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
"If you want to go out like Ed Abbey — and who doesn't — here's the guide you need." —Bill McKibben, bestselling author, educator, and environmentalist
"This book is a must for anyone who might someday die — and yes, I'm talking about you." —Steven Rinella, author of The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine and American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
"A wonderful, uplifting little book whose relentless sense of humor is utterly appropriate." —David Petersen, author of On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural Life
"A light-hearted introduction to a heavy subject that's going to be of increasing importance to Americans." —Joe Sehee, executive director, Green Burial Council
"[I]f more people would talk about death and dying in the demystifying way that Butz does, I, for one, believe we'd be much better off as a society." —Wendy Lyons, president, Funeral Consumers Information Society
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