Speaking at a funeral, memorial, or celebration of life can feel intimidating. Follow these guidelines to speak from the heart and be true to who they were.

Co-Founder, Amanda Kelly, met with Global News reporter Sawyer Brogdan on natural burial options in Canada. Kelly was interviewed alongside industry leaders from the Green Burial Council and Natural Burial Association.

Deciding where to scatter ashes after death is very personal, and your choice can vary based on personal preferences, cultural or religious beliefs, and sentimental attachments. Here are six of the most common places to scatter ashes.

A shared resting place where ashes are spread or scattered on the soil, rather than buried below the ground.

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.