Northwoods Casket made the front page of the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen today (November 14, 2011). I spent an hour with Assistant Editor, Ken Thomas, last week for a nice chat at
Blackwaters Coffee House. Here is the article contributed by Ken Thomas.
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| Jonas Zahn is shown with a Northwoods Casket.
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When it comes to the end of life, many are getting back to
basics.
Part of the latest groundswell in funeral planning is replacing
the fancy steel and bronze confection that served as a casket with
a simple pine box. A Beaver Dam manufacturer has taken that box one
step further, and is making it “green” in every sense of the word.
Northwoods Casket Company not only uses materials that would be
classified as waste, but promises to plant 100 trees for every
casket built.
Read the rest of this article at Beaver Dam Daily Citizen.
A ‘green’ funeral is a term often used to describe a simple ceremony followed by burial in a grave in a woodland or meadowed area. Often for these funerals the use of a cardboard or other form of biodegradable coffin is considered more environmentally friendly than using wood.
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