Caitlin Doughty, international death advocate and author of the New York Times bestseller, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory visited Crestone in June 2015 to meet with the Crestone End of Life Project (CEOLP) and learn…
For doctors like me, and anyone who has been at the bedside of a dying person, end-of-life planning can make at least some order out of chaos. And such planning appears to be gaining acceptance, according to a report issued…
The Crestone End-of-Life Project director/founder Stephanie Gaines talks to us about her organization and its singular open-air cremation site. Read the complete 2-part interview at the Seven Ponds Blog-site.
An essay on the cremation ceremony of Ed Rosenberg… Our son Bothe told us about Ed Rosenberg’s death. The funeral was to be in two days, an open-air cremation at sunrise in Crestone. I felt hesitant about attending the funeral,…
When Michelle wrote her Advanced Directives, preparing her own end-of-life wishes, she chose an open-air cremation as her first choice of disposition. The method appealed to her because she valued the idea of disintegrating into the air, surrounded by her…
The Crestone Cemetery is probably the only active cemetery in Colorado that made it all the way through the 20th century without requiring embalming, caskets, concrete vaults, and/or monuments. It is in pinon-juniper open woodland with sand and native ground…
Crestone End of Life Project volunteers recently completed a renovation and upgrade to the open air cremation site located on the Dragon Mountain Zen Center land in Crestone, Colorado. Improvements included a more permanent fencing structure, bamboo screening, and a…
Stephanie Gaines appeared on Colorado Public Radio on August 27th, 2010, for an extended interview about the Crestone End of Life Project. The full audio transcript can be heard here.
Anna Louise Stewart will represent the Crestone End of Life Project at the upcoming Green Burial Conference in Boulder, Colorado, October 8-10, 2010. Visit the Natural Transitions website for more information.
We dedicate ourselves to a world in which end-of-life choices are well-understood and supported; end-of-life rights are universally respected; end-of-life wishes are fulfilled by family and community taking responsibility in caring for their deceased loved ones, and death is embraced…