Become a Member of the Conservation Burial Alliance
Please Help us grow the Conservation Burial Movement!
Membership in the CBA is a yearly renewable opportunity to support education, awareness, best practices, and the work of many people who believe in and practice our mission and vision and purpose.
The CBA is not a certifying body, we are an educational, networking, and resource sharing organization, helping to promote best practices for conservation burial.
We list suggested membership pricing below, and we believe in the sliding scale honesty model:
If you can give only at a Community Supported rate, please join as a Student - If you can afford to join at a Community Supporter rate, please consider helping make these resources more widely available by making a donation.
We believe accessibility and equity are crucial to the future of all land conservation efforts, and all are welcome here.
Membership in the CBA is a yearly renewable opportunity to support education, awareness, best practices, and the work of many people who believe in and practice our mission and vision and purpose.
The CBA is not a certifying body, we are an educational, networking, and resource sharing organization, helping to promote best practices for conservation burial.
We list suggested membership pricing below, and we believe in the sliding scale honesty model:
If you can give only at a Community Supported rate, please join as a Student - If you can afford to join at a Community Supporter rate, please consider helping make these resources more widely available by making a donation.
We believe accessibility and equity are crucial to the future of all land conservation efforts, and all are welcome here.
Conservation Burial Operators
We welcome other conservation burial ground managers from cemeteries that meet the criteria for conservation burial, including a land trust relationship, and have adopted conservation best practices. We recommend certification with the Green Burial Council but it is not required.
The CBA is not a certifying body, we are an educational, networking, and resource sharing organization, helping to promote best practices for conservation burial. To Join: $100 yearly - individual $200 yearly - organizational Community Start Up Projects
We are here to support the growth of Conservation Burial and provide Best Practice standards and community brainstorming for Start Up efforts in local communities. Our Start Up Connection group and google group forum can be a valuable resource for peer connections to help navigate the path toward founding Conservation Burial Ground near you. If you are a member of a community effort - you are in good company. To Join: $100 yearly - individual $200 yearly - organizational |
Supporters and Advocates
We welcome people with a deep knowledge of death care, the conservation burial movement, and outreach skills that will help us move that information into the mainstream. Connections to other organizations involved in complementary work are valued. Students, death care professionals, and business sponsors all contribute to growing awareness around this work.
To Join: Students - $25 yearly Individual - $100 yearly Death Care Professionals - $100 yearly Corporate/Business Supporters - $100 -$250 (or more...) yearly Donors
Help support the CBA's mission and vision with your tax-deductible donation - we envision an earth where land is stewarded wisely, remediated with care, and protected from development. Conservation Burial is a powerful tool in this work to help communities bury their dead and to conserve endangered wild spaces. |
Land Trust RepresentativesWe welcome land trust agents, representatives, academics, policy writers, and other experts in the conservation world who are committed to helping foster the relationship between landowners, easement holders, conservation entities, and cemeterians. The partnership between existing Land Trust organizations and community-led efforts to start new Conservation Burial Grounds is inspiring.
To Join: $100 yearly - individual $200 yearly - organizational Annual Membership Benefits:
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Become a CBA Member to connect with other CBA Cemetery Operators.
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Trying to start a Conservation Burial Ground in your area? Join our Start Up Connection Group to find resources and support.
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in,
where nature may heal and give strength
to body and soul alike.”
— The Yosemite (1912) John Muir
