Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
My guest Gillian Nye has served at the Forest Memorials Manager at Better Place Forests for the past 6 years. She helps families create meaningful, nature-centered ceremonies that honor their loved ones in a unique and sustainable manner. She will tell us how and why to choose a special tree as a memorial for ourselves or those we love. If you love trees (as I do) and want to learn about sustainable options for disposition after death don't miss this conversation! Learn more at the website:
betterplaceforests.com
This episode includes:
🍃 The story behind how Better Place Forests got started
🍂 Where the forests are located
🍃 The process for choosing a memorial tree (online or in-forest)
🍂 How families can return over time to visit the tree they've chosen
🍃 Reforestation of other forests through partnership with Arbor Day Foundation
🍂 Examples of nature-centered ceremonies that have taken place in the forests
🍃 How families benefit from choosing a tree as a memorial (rather than a tombstone)
🍂 The "spreading grove" as a less-expensive forest option for disposition
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My guest Gillian Nye has served at the Forest Memorials Manager at Better Place Forests for the past 6 years. She helps families create meaningful, nature-centered ceremonies that honor their loved ones in a unique and sustainable manner. She will tell us how and why to choose a special tree as a memorial for ourselves or those we love. If you love trees (as I do) and want to learn about sustainable options for disposition after death don't miss this conversation! Learn more at the website:
betterplaceforests.com
This episode includes:
🍃 The story behind how Better Place Forests got started
🍂 Where the forests are located
🍃 The process for choosing a memorial tree (online or in-forest)
🍂 How families can return over time to visit the tree they've chosen
🍃 Reforestation of other forests through partnership with Arbor Day Foundation
🍂 Examples of nature-centered ceremonies that have taken place in the forests
🍃 How families benefit from choosing a tree as a memorial (rather than a tombstone)
🍂 The "spreading grove" as a less-expensive forest option for disposition
_________________________________________________________________________
🍃 Subscribe to my email list: eepurl.com/ExfLL
🍂 Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop: bookshop.org/lists/books-by-karen-wyatt-md and Indiebound:
7 Lessons for Living from the Dying : indiebound.org/book/9781786783110
The Journey from Ego to Soul: indiebound.org/book/9780982685563
🍃 Subscribe to this podcast on
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/end-of-life-university/id1033282990
Google: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9sZXNzb25zZnJvbWR5aW5nLndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20vZmVlZC8
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7bdr4odBlaaDy8NoJhcFsL
iHeart Radio: iheart.com/podcast/256-end-of-life-university-31099550
Stitcher Radio: stitcher.com/show/endoflife-university
🍂 Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past: eolupodcast.com/series
🍃 Join the team at my Patreon page patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
🍂 Intro Music Credit:
"Bright Wish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
