Conservation Burial Alliance
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Our Mission

Our Mission

The Conservation Burial Alliance is a collaborative of conservation burial grounds and invested allies that fosters the conservation and sustainable management of land with natural burial for the benefit of people and the planet.

Our Vision

  • We envision conservation burial becoming a preferred choice for burial as we educate people about its environmental, psychological and economic benefits.
  • We work within social and ecological spaces to engage people in community through a shared commitment to leaving an environmental legacy.
  • We believe that natural burial is a viable strategy for conserving intrinsically valuable land and restoring depleted landscapes while improving ecological health and promoting sustainable climate change mitigation.

Our Values

  • We value social and ecological spaces that sustain us and sustain the planet.
  • We value the protection of land with conservation value for the benefit of all.
  • We value the restoration of depleted land to ecological health.
  • We value opportunities for meaningful engagement with the cycle of life through activities that affirm our connection to nature.
  • We value natural burial as a choice that connects grieving people with nature at a profound moment.
  • We value conservation burial for providing the environmental benefits of clean air, healthy natural habitats, carbon sequestration, and climate change mitigation.
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Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Mills River, NC

Our Purpose

  • to facilitate wide public understanding of what conservation burial is;
  • to provide meaningful ways to interact with the natural burial and conservation communities;
  • to create and provide best practices for conservation burial;
  • to educate professionals and the public about conservation burial; and
  • to facilitate cooperative strategies and programs that help to make conservation burial a choice that is accessible to as broad a segment of people as possible.
Conservation is a cause that has no end.
​There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.

​— Rachel Carson

About the CBA

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Conservation Burial
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Website design and content contributions by Lee Webster, SideEffects Publishing
  • Home
  • Meet Us
    • Our Mission >
      • Meet Our Founders
    • Board of Directors >
      • Board of Directors Application
    • Conservation Burial Grounds >
      • Cemetery Contact Information
      • At a Glance
  • For Land Trusts
    • Working Together >
      • Conservation Easement Language
    • Conservation Burial for Land Trusts
    • Conservation Burial Standards
    • Cremation Burial Options >
      • Differences Between Conservation Burial and Memorial Forests
      • Questions Land Trusts Need to Ask
  • Find Resources
    • The Conservation Burial Experience
    • Definitions
    • Photos, FAQs, Articles, and Stories >
      • Photo Gallery
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Books, Videos, Articles
      • Family Stories
    • Startup Resources >
      • Start Up Information
      • Building Relationships
    • Burying Cremated Remains
    • Pandemic Guidelines >
      • Pandemic Guidelines
  • Events
    • Webinars
  • Become a Member
    • Become a Member
    • CBA Members
  • Reach Out
    • Contact
    • Newsletters
    • For the Media
    • Find Assistance