Quote: everyone needs beauty as well as bread
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike. ~John Muir
Quote: The folly of not valuing soil, Galileo Galilei
I recently came across this quote from Galileo, all those years ago, that I thought was very poignant. The care of our soils is of paramount importance, for it is from the soil that our life and livelihoods on the … Continued
Video: Green Burial and Land Conservation
Members of O.U.R. Ecovillage in Canada talk about the potentials of conservation and green burials. The model that the ecovillage in the video is trying to set up is something that we have already realized through the Windward Ecovillage and … Continued
Video: Saving One Million Acres for Two Thousand Years: Billy Campbell talks conservation burial
Here is a video from Doctor Billy Campbell, a pioneer of conservation burial within the United States. Wherein he discusses 1.) The demographics and economics of death in contemporary America 2.) The nuts and bolts of conservation burial 3.) The … Continued
think outside the box
A short video that lays out the simple benefits of natural burial, for ourselves, our families and our future.
Video outlines resource consumption in conventional cemetery
This video was presented by MourningDoula.com, an organization focused on training death midwives.
Get to Know a Guardian – Lynn
A thoughtful letter from of Herland’s founding Guardians, Lynn. I found Herland from the Windward website. My friend Jonah in Portland sent me a link to Windward, and there was Herland. I’ve always wanted to simply be buried in the … Continued
Get to Know a Guardian – Walker
Here is a thoughtful letter from one of Herland Forest’s founding Guardians on why he chose to invest in this land stewardship cemetery. As I get older and contemplate what I will leave to those who survive me, I think … Continued
Herland in Now Licensed!
After several years of planning, fund-raising and development Herland Forest had received word from the Washington State Funeral and Cemetery Board that our Application is completed and we are officially licensed! Herland is now moving out of the initial phase … Continued
Herland’s Application is in!
This past Winter has been a momentous time for the Windward Community and Herland Forest. Many a long cold winter night was spent reviewing and sorting the documents for the cemetery’s license application. With the endowment care fund filled, and … Continued
Starting the Fall Thinning Season
Fall through Winter is a busy time for forestry work in the Eastern Cascades. Thinning and limbing trees in the fall and winter, when the trees are dormant, helps to mitigate the spread of pest and diseases and facilitate the … Continued
A Working Stewardship Forest.
A core aspect of the Windward Community’s (Herland’s stewarding organization) long-term ecological research and modeling revolves around creating a holistic economy based upon the stewardship of healthy, diverse and well functioning ecosystems; ecosystems which provide for the material well-being of … Continued
Herland Forest Bird List
2011 was was a good year for bird watching on-site. Over 60 species were seen in Herland and in the surrounding 100 acre woodland of the Windward Community. However, the relatively cold damp spring on the plateau seemed to deter … Continued
Creating a Haven for fungi
Last night I had the opportunity to see fungi expert and all around visionary Paul Stamets give a presentation at the Provender Alliance conference in Hood River, Oregon. In many ways it is through the work of Paul that … Continued
Hello and Welcome!
Hello and Welcome! This blog is a platform for The Directors, Trustees and Guardians of Herland Forest Natural Burial Cemetery to give updates about the cemetery, its research and the intermingling of our lives with it. Meditations of death and … Continued