Green Burials

After the death of their son Kyle in 2019, Terry Moore and his wife Shirley launched the Haliburton Highlands Green Burial Society seven years ago with the hope of establishing a green burial site here. Sadly now both Shirley and Kyle are buried in St. Stephens Cemetery in Algonquin Highlands, the first green burial site in the region. It's a bittersweet accomplishment but one Moore takes comfort in.A green burial—or natural burial—is an eco-friendly approach to death care that allows a body to decompose naturally and return to the earth. It eliminates the use of embalming chemicals, concrete vaults, and non-biodegradable caskets, instead utilizing sustainable materials to minimize environmental impactMoore recently invited CanoeFM to visit the cemetery where his wife is the first person to be buried in the green burial site.