As our own Operations Coordinator Kevin Moran describes it, "The camaraderie of meeting your friends out in the woods or meadow, getting your hands in the earth together, and providing an indispensable service for ecologically-sound death care, is fulfilling beyond any labor I had experienced prior to my time here." Read more about what it's like to volunteer in his blog post…

The Natural Burial community arises in part as a response to the enormous environmentally destructive footprint of wide-scale contemporary funerary practices. As such, it can be useful to reconnect with the raw figures of those practices as a way to invigorate our daily efforts as a conservation cemetery, and as a local hub of the Natural Burial community.  According to the Green Burial Council, each year the funerary industry in the United States uses approximately . . .

“As a community-driven project, PCCC provides the much needed option of a natural burial to repair our fractured relationship with the land, to embrace the cyclic principles encoded in nature, and to build a network of relationships which celebrate and uphold these principles.  With this in mind, it is also worthwhile to recognize that a natural burial in the context of conservation is more than simply a personal choice, but an act of environmental activism in a time when such acts are urgently needed.”

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Poem by Carly Zeffren, Operations Coordinator

“Conservation burial is about far more than just repairing our relationship to the land through more ecologically mindful practices. It gives us an opportunity to reclaim and redefine our relationship to grieving as a healing art, for the benefit of us all.”

Information on Conservation Burial, and how it differs from Natural and Green Burial options.

There are two main ecosystems here at PCCC, each of which is the focus of unique restoration efforts that serve the purpose of healing the landscape and revitalizing habitat for local flora and fauna.

As a Conservation Burial Ground, PCCC operates under a Conservation Easement to ensure proper ecological practices as we navigate the intersection between nature and community.