From Sacred to Sustainable: Funeral Services Going ‘Green’

It’s bureaucratic poetry, a brave new world in which even salvation must now meet its emissions targets.
From Sacred to Sustainable: Funeral Services Going ‘Green’
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The Blue Mountains City Council in New South Wales (NSW) has gone where few dare tread: the afterlife.

Or, more precisely, the administration of it. In their new master plan, they’ve decided to streamline the afterlife which, in practice, means that when you finally shuffle off this mortal coil, you’ll be sorted not by faith but by aesthetic.

Nicole James
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Nicole James is a freelance journalist for The Epoch Times based in Australia. She is an award-winning short story writer, journalist, columnist, and editor. Her work has appeared in newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sun-Herald, The Australian, the Sunday Times, and the Sunday Telegraph. She holds a BA Communications majoring in journalism and two post graduate degrees, one in creative writing.