OPTIONS FOR BURIAL.
♪ >> I CAN COME ANY SEASON, AT
TWILIGHT, AND EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT ALL THE TIME.
WE WILL WALK OUT TO THE RIVER, WE WILL HIKE ON THE CONSERVATION
TRAILS.
♪ SEAN: FOR THESE SISTERS, CHANTI
AND KRYSTAL, VISITING THIS FORE ISTN HILLSBORO HAS EXTRA
MEANING.
IN 2020, THEY BURIED THEIR MOTHER HERE UNDERNEATH ISTH
TREE.
>> I FEEL LIKE OUR MOTHER REALLY VALUED NATURE AND I FEEL LIKE
SHE WOULD BE REALLY PROUD TO HELP SUSTAIN A FOREST LIKE THIS.
SEAN: WHICH IS WHAT ATTRACTED THEM TO THIS NEW, UNIQUE
CEMETERY CALLED LIFE FOREST.
>> LIFE FOREST IS A SPACE WE LIKE TO SAY PEOPLE CAN CELEBRATE
THE LIVES OF THEIR LOVED ONE AS WELL AS THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
AROUND THEM.
SEAN: MEL BENNET CO-FOUNDED LIFE FORESTEC BAUSE SHE WANTED A
PLACE BURY HER MOM’S ASHES WITH A TREE.
NOW THE WOODED AREA SURROUNDED BY CONSERVATION LAND HAS MORE
THAN 80 PLOTS PEOPLE CAN BUY TO BURY ASHES OR COMPOSTED HUMAN
REMAINS UNDER A GROWING TREE.
ALL OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED WITH GPS COORDINATES.
>> ANYTIME 70 PULLS UP THE LIFE RESTFO DEED OR TYPES IN THE NAME
OF A LOVED ONE, THEY SEE IT RECORDED HERE.
THAT PROTECTS FUTURE GENERATIONS TO THE SPACE.
SEAN: WHILE THE BURIAL CEREMONIES CAN BE TRADITIONAL
HERE, THE HEADSTONES ARE NOT.
INSTEAD EACH SITE HAS A SMALL , MARKER WITH A Q.R. CODE.
>> IF YOU ANSC THE Q.R. CODES, IT BRINGS YOU TO A CELEBRATION
OF LIFE PAGE FOR THE PERSON ALONG WITH PICTURES.
OPPELE CAN ADD VIDEOS.
SEAN: THEY PLAN TO ADD MORE OF THESE PLOTS AS THE FOREST FILLS
IN.
AND TO KEEP THE SPACE ALIVE WITH EVENTS LIKE CONCERTS.
A PLACE TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY, WALK THE DOG, AND
CONNECT WITH NATURE.
>> BEING AEBL TO BURY THE ASHES
IN A FOREST ATTH IS CONSERVATION LAND, YOU CAN VISIT YOUR LOVED
ONE AND ALSO OFFSET A LITTLE BIT OF THEAR CBON FOOTPRINT BY
INCLUDING A TREE, IT IS WONDERFUL.
♪ SE:AN WHETHER IT IS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS, COST OR SILYMP PREFERENCE, THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF AERIAL OPTIONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> NO ONE IS GOING TO POLICEOU Y FOR TAKING CARE OF YOUR OWN
DEAD.
YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO SO.
SEAN: LEE WEBSTER CALLS HERSELF A FUNERAL REFORM ADVOCATE AND
WRITES AND SPEAKS ON THE ISSUE OF DEATH.
ONE OF HER GOALS LIMIT THE , CARBON FOOTPRINT OF BURIALS
ARE USING MORE ECO-FERNLEY OPTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE USING THIS , BIODEGRADABLE BURIAL SHROUD
INSTEAD OF A CASKET OR CHANGING HOW CEMETERIES ARE USED.
>> WE’RE CREATING CONSERVATION
LEVEL CEMETERIES, WHERE THERE ARE LAND TRUST THAT HAVE
EASEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY.
WE CONTINUE TO USE THAT PROPERTY NOT JUST FOR BURIAL.
BUT F RORECREATION, AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION.
SE:AN LEE POISNTUT O GENERATIONS AGO, FAMILIES BURIED THEIR DEAD
AT HOME.
IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PERMITS, YOU CAN STILL DO SO TODAY.
>> MORE AND MORE NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING TO BURY IN
THEIR OWN BACKYARD,IN AGA IS PERFECTLY LEGAL.
♪ >> THROUGHOUT THE GARDEN, THIS
WILL BLEND TOGETHER AS IT GROWS.
SEAN: THIS GARDEN IN JENNIFER MORRISON'’ BACKYARD IN PLYMOUTH
IS A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO HER LATE HUSBAND.
>> BEING IN THE OUTDOORS WAS EVERYTHING TO HIM, HE WAS
CONNECTED TO NATURE IN A WAY NO ONE ELSE I KNOW IS.
SEAN: CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY WAS A DAD, HUSBAND AND WELL-KNOWN
NATURE LOVER WN HETHE FAMILY GOT A HEART BREAKING DIAGNOSIS.
>> CHRIS WAS DIAGNOSED IN DECEMBER OF 2019 WITH STAGE FOUR
LUNG CANCER.
IT WAS A HEUG SHOCK TO OUR WHOLE FAMILY.
SE:AN CHRIS PASSED AW IAYN JUNE OF 20 TYON -- 2020 WITH A HOME
AERIAL PLAN IN PLACE.
AFTER DOING THEIR RESEARCH, GETTING TOWN PERMITS, AND WITH
HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY, CHRISTOPHER WAS BURIED HERE NEAR
THE BACKYARD GARDEN AND MOUAINTN VIEWS HE LOVED SO MUCH.
>> HE LOVED THIS PROPERTY.
IT’S WHERE HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.
HAD AN IN PLYMOUTH PRETTY MUCH ALL OF HIS ADULT LIFE.
THIS IS PRET STYPECIAL I THINK.
♪ SE:AN IF ME BHOURIAL ISN’T FOR
YOU, THERE IS ANOTHER GREEN OPTION THAT IS SLOWLY BECOMING
MORE AILVAABLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
LIKE HERE AT URLAEL HILL CEMETERY IN WILTON.
>> THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE GOES FROM HERE ALL THE WAY BACK A
GOOD WAYS.
IT IS 56 PLOTS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS GREEN BURIAL
SECTION.
RIGHT HERE.
SEAN: AS A WILTON RESIDENT SANDY , LAFLEUR PURCHASED ONE THOSE
UNIQUE PLOTS.
SHE HELPED GET A SPECIAL SECTION OF THE CEMETERY OPEN TO WH ARE
KNOWN AS GREEN AERIALS.
>> THE THREE TENENTS OF GREEN BURIAL, ONE IS AN UN-EMBAEDLM
BODY, TWO IS A BIODEGRADABLE CASKET OR SHROUD.
NO RAIN FOREST HARDWOO,DS METAL, SCREWS, PLATES, PLASTIC.
AND THE THIRD IS NO-FAULT.
VAULTS ARE OFTEN MADE OUT OF REINFORCED STEELND A
CONCRETE, SOMETIMES PLASTIC.
SE:AN SANDY IS HOPING MEOR CEMETERIES AROUND THE STATE WILL
CREATE THIS GREEN OPTION, WHICH AT LEAST HERE IN WILTON WILL
LOOK VERY DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE.
>> WHEN ALOFL THE LOTS HAVE BEEN PURASCHED AND FAILED, THE
PLAN IS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE AREA WILL BE STOPPED AND THE
FOREST WILL BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK IN AND TAKE OVER.
♪