AWAKE is excited to announce our partnership with Canada’s newest natural burial ground in French Village, Nova Scotia. The natural burial site will offer full-body green burials and eco-friendly cremation interments with AWAKE’s patented planting kits.

Every year I wonder if I should post something today. And every year I feel ashamed when I feel the urge to post a picture of my friend on the day she died. Or her birthday. Or anytime I want to share her face with a world that is slowly forgetting her.

Cremated remains are actually more like fossils than “ashes”. And thinking of them as they are, sterilized bone, helps us understand their impact on the soil, water or plants and wildlife.

How long does it take a memorial tree to offset carbon emissions from cremation? We crunched the numbers—here’s what we found.

It’s easy to think that our grief is solely the pain of losing the person we cared for so deeply, but our grief is also the pain of subsequent losses resulting from the death. These can be referred to as “secondary losses,” not in the sense that their impact is secondary, but rather that they are a secondary result of the primary loss.

Grief does not take time off around the holidays. Instead it tends to be more intense, the constant pressure to be cheerful can be overwhelming when your heart is suffering. Now, add the high cost of living into the mix and December can be incredibly stressful. Many of us are struggling to get groceries—let alone prepare an elaborate holiday meal.

Canada’s new green burial option combines cultural tradition and environmental impact. AWAKE’s cotton burial shroud is 100 percent biodegradable, and designed for natural burial (or planting) of cremation ashes.

Funeral Floral Arrangement - Designed by AWAKE

When someone you love has died, grief can seem like a never-ending journey. It can feel like people in your life have moved on without you. Everyday occurrences can spark new memories, feelings, or an ache in your chest. If this is you, try starting a Memorial Candle ritual, with these easy steps.