The First Natural Earth Burial in Aldinga by Signature Funeral Services

Published on Dec 8, 2016 CALL (08) 82810260 24 Hrs or 1300199299 Adelaide Website www.signaturefuneralservices.com.au Email: [email protected] Introduction Signature Funeral Services Pioneered the introduction of the Natural Earth Burial in South Australia. This video was produced with the permission of the family involved, and demonstrates Signature Funeral Services comprehensive logistics incorporated into our Natural Earth Burial, the music "In The Mood" was arranged with the family and fits well with the celebration of life. Conducted at the Aldinga Arts-Eco Village Natural Burial Ground Making history being the first internment after years of legislative development, and equipment design to provide a truly Natural Earth Burial, Our staff feel a great privilege and responsibility in caring for you, your family and your loved one, we have published this video so as to provide you with a clearer understanding in what you receive from us as your dedicated funeral director. Audio All the voices you hear are mostly from our staff, and "top shelf" contract celebrants that we very carefully incorporate. Music Way Back When by Kodaline In A Perfect World (Deluxe), Will the Circle Be Unbroken by The Staple Singers Freedom Highway, In The Mood BBC Big Band Big Band Classics, in which we do not own the copyright nor claim any copyrights to this work. All rights are retained by the copyright owners. Overview Plan for enviro-friendly burials Natural burial is said to be more environmentally friendly than cremation or traditional burial. (ABC News) An invention to make burials more environmentally friendly has been invested into by Signature Funerals : a strong advocate of 'natural burial', or being put in the ground without a coffin. We have invested into an invention to make burials more natural while still incorporating the elements of a traditional funeral. The Biopod® is used to replace an ordinary high end casket, just by way of 4 braded ropes lowered into the ground encased in nothing but a shroud. Signature Funerals says the result is much more environmentally friendly than cremation or coffin burials. "It [cremation] burns tonnes of fossil fuels, generates in Australia 10 million 400,000 kilograms of co2 every year and it's completely unnecessary," "If you take a human being and you put it in a plastic-lined container and bury that six feet underground, you're not actually returning that body to nature, you're simply sealed away from nature and you're not going to get natural decomposition." Political support South Australian Independent MP Bob Such is a long time advocate of natural burial. He says one of the great attractions, apart from cutting carbon emissions, is that unlike overcrowded traditional cemeteries with 50 or 99 year leases, once a person is in a natural burial ground, it is forever. "Anyone else can basically have their remains dug up, and other people put on top, not necessarily your relatives," he said. "If you can't pay the lease renewal someone else can be put in your burial plot." "What I'm talking about is taking a piece of denuded paddock land, and we've identified some land down at Aldinga and set that up as a burial ground, begin interring people there, having burials and then gradually reforesting that area, revegetating it back to the way it should have been so what we end up creating is a permanent, natural burial ground," Breaking Ground Signature Funerals has conducted the first internment in the new natural burial ground owned by the Aldinga Arts Eco Village Aldinga, south of Adelaide, on the 7th day of December 2016. With the government support, and years of legislative development this has become the state's first stand alone Natural Burial Ground. Copyright all rights reserved not to be duplicated or re published