There isn’t a choice when it comes to dying, we will all pass on.
Paul Taylor, former general manager at Woodlawn, had the expansion for the cemetery underway and passed the torch onto Kit when he retired.
There is a requirement for a concrete vault in the ground the casket is laid in, so it would not tick off the direct earth burial standard for green burials.
Another option is a pine casket for the deceased to be placed in made with wooden dowels instead of metal, no glue or varnish are used.
“Given that it doesn’t cost as much to maintain a natural burial ground, there’s no mowing, no pesticides.
“Our last choice in this earth can be a positive one.
“I also think the political climate right now requires that cemeteries look to the possibility that conservation authorities, conservation lands need us as much as we need them and a natural burial provides us that perfect partnership to work together,” said Robinson.