Death Cafes – New Ones in San Diego (and How to Start One)
Find out more about the latest Death Cafe in San Diego. And learn how to start one.
What Happens to Gold Teeth After Death?
This may be a weird question. Can we get the gold teeth back? When a family is having a loved one cremated, many ask this question. We hear it on almost a daily basis. So we don’t find it weird at Read More →
California legalizes human composting as an eco-friendly burial option
“The cycle of returning back to life is nothing new," said Assemblywoman Garcia. "It’s compost, it’s soil, so that can be used to plant trees, that can be used to plant a garden. It’s also good for the environment."
What Is Aquamation?
Aquamation – also known as biocremation, resomation, flameless cremation, and water cremation – uses alkaline hydrolysis to dispose of human or animal remains. Touted as an eco-friendly alternative to cremation, it uses a heated alkaline solution to break down the body, leaving behind only the skeleton.
Planning a Funeral | 5 Key Tips
Planning a Funeral and/or making funeral arrangements at the last minute can be stressful, expensive, and disappointing in terms of services received. Planning ahead can provide the following benefits: Large cost savings, quite possibly cutting funeral costs by half.• Funeral service Read More →
Life After Death: Burial Options in a Sustainable Future
Embalming, cremation and casket-making are far from eco-friendly. Some researchers want to return human bodies to the earth naturally. By Joan Meiners August 6, 2020 What might sustainable cemeteries of the future look like? Seattle-based Recompose says human compost, trees and Read More →
Is Home Burial Right For You?
Home burials were commonplace until the 1860's, according to the home funeral alliance. Death and grieving are often a highly personalized experience and before the 1860s the common practice was for a family to prepare the deceased body of their loved Read More →
Body Composting
We compost everything else in California. Why not dead bodies? By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD MARCH 4, 2020 Addressing climate change doesn’t just mean taking cars off the roads and shutting down coal-burning plants. It requires rethinking everything humans do that contributes Read More →
Leaving a legacy: Why everyone needs an estate plan
Do you really need an estate plan? No one wants to talk about the possibility of dying, or what will happen to your loved ones after you’re gone. While it’s an understandably sensitive and difficult subject to broach, a lack of Read More →
Biohazard Cleanup After Death
Review of Eco Bear Services Eco Bear provides a comprehensive range of biohazard remediation services throughout Southern California. This includes San Diego County. These services include: unattended death cleanup up accidental death cleanup homicide cleanup We are family and vet owned Read More →