The government has proposed a new Clean Air Strategy, which aims to reduce harmful particles and rapidly improve the air quality by 2025. This new strategy will regulate the amount of wood-burning stoves, traditional house coals, diesel vehicle drivers and the gas emissions of ammonia from British farmers. By 2022, there will be a requirement […]
Death
Wake up to Death: Extra content
Extra content from the project, including six strange methods of disposing of bodies, an interview with MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey Gordon Henderson on his efforts on trying to open up a natural burial ground on the Isle of Sheppey to help add burial space, as well as offer a environmentally friendly option. Additionally, a […]
Wake up to Death
We may not wish to talk about what happens to us after we die, but there is much to be considered. It’s Halloween and fittingly, death is on the agenda at Bournemouth’s Death Café in Southbourne. Eight of us, including those from the funeral industries, sit around a pub table, surrounded by lit pumpkins, in […]
Wake up to Death: An Insight into Harbour View Woodland Burial
A woodland Burial ground, crematorium and funeral home are some of the services Harbour View offer on site in Lychett Minster near Poole. The facility is certainly unique to the area. Chris Fitch speaks on the services they offer, the issue of burial space, as well as consumer trends they have noticed over the years. […]
Wake up to Death: The Death Cafe – Why we need to talk about death
An insight into the motifs behind a Death Cafe, including interviews with people involved, explaining why they feel it is important to normalise conversations around death, in an attempt to help raise awareness of the options available to us for the end of our lives and change people’s perception of such an inevitable life event. […]