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Mashable Features Farewelling!
We're all pretty excited over here at the Farewelling offices! Everyone on the team is working so hard to get the message out about what we're trying to do (in a nutshell: revolutionize everything about how we look at death and dying), so when a big...
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OUR HEROES: LAUREN CARROLL ENVISIONS A MORE NATURAL RELATIONSHIP WITH DEATH
A Funeral Industry Insider Who Helps Families Understand and Appreciate More Earth-Friendly Options.Lauren Carroll is a green funeral director at Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado Springs, and co-founder at Deathwives, a death care collective...
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When Design Meets Death Care: Keith Crawford and David Odusanya of Solace
What Happens When Two Creative Geniuses Join Forces to Build a Better Experience for Families Dealing with a Death?Today we’re talking to Keith Crawford and David Odusanya of Solace, an affordable direct cremation company serving Portland, Oregon, Se...
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OUR HEROES: Meet Matthew Fiorillo, Funeral Director
When you think of a funeral home, what do you imagine? A dark, outdated and somber atmosphere, perhaps? But if you were actually grieving, wouldn’t you welcome a funeral home space that felt light, positive, warm and, dare we say it, uplifting? Would...
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OUR HEROES: TAMARA BULLOCK ON SERVICE, STYLE, AND BALANCING IT ALL
Funeral director Tamara “T” Bullock was born and raised in the South Bronx. She didn’t come to her career in death care via a family connection, but through a passion for service she discovered when she experienced loss several times in her own famil...
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Alternatives to Traditional Burial
While traditional burial was the only choice for many decades, we've entered a new phase, and people are looking for something different. Innovations abound, some of which are a reaction to increasingly scarce land or other environmental concerns. He...
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