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FUNERAILLES ECOLOGIQUES [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Environment
CONT

A green funeral incorporates environmentally-friendly options [such as:] no embalming or embalming with formaldehyde-free products; the use of sustainable biodegradable clothing, shroud or casket; using recycled paper products, locally-grown organic flowers, organic food; carpooling; arranging a small memorial gathering in a natural setting; natural or green burial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Environnement
CONT

L'objectif des funérailles écologiques consiste à limiter au maximum les impacts des obsèques sur l'environnement. Les anciens cercueils de luxe en bois massif sont alors proscrits pour céder leur place à des modèles biodégradables.

OBS

Dans le contexte écologique, qui se veut économique et sobre, on emploie indifféremment les termes «obsèques» et «funérailles».

OBS

obsèques vertes; obsèques écologiques; éco-obsèques; funérailles vertes; funérailles écologiques; éco-funérailles : termes inusités au singulier.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

A green funeral home is a business that operates in an environmentally-responsible manner, implementing green business practices. Owners and staff comply with environmental protection, health, and safety laws and regulations ... A green funeral home is energy-efficient and follows resource-saving practices, operating in a manner that is sustainable. Sustainable in this sense means business practices that do not deplete resources and that only will have minimal impact on the environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Le coût des funérailles écologiques dépend des options choisies-du type de cercueil, du transport, de la pratique funéraire-inhumation ou crémation, de la pose ou pas d’une stèle, de la location d’une chambre funéraire dans un funérarium écologique, etc.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Funeral Services
  • Environment
OBS

The Green Burial Council (GBC) is an independent, tax-exempt nonprofit organization ... working to encourage environmentally sustainable death care and the use of burial as a new means of protecting natural areas.

OBS

The Green Burial Council is the environmental certification organization setting the standard for green burial in North America. We offer environmental certificates for funeral homes, cemeteries and product manufacturers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Environnement
OBS

[...] le Green Burial Council. Le GBC est une organisation à but non lucratif qui encourage les funérailles écologiques et durables. Le GBC a mis sur pied un programme de certification entre autres pour les entreprises funéraires qui offrent des funérailles écologiques.

Spanish

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