{"product_id":"9781608685233","title":"The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite the widespread attention garnered by Jessica Mitford's 1963 exposé of the funeral industry, \u003ci\u003eThe American Way of Death\u003c\/i\u003e , the American way of death still includes average funeral expenses of between $8,000 and $12,000. What's more, every year conventional burials in the U.S. bury 800,000 gallons of embalming fluid, containing carcinogenic formaldehyde; hundreds of thousands of tons of wood, steel, copper, and bronze caskets; and millions of tons of concrete vaults. There \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e a better way and Fournier, affectionately dubbed the \"Green Reaper,\" walks readers through it, step-by-step. With green burial and home funeral basics to legal how and what's; choices in practices (at home, at sea, etc.); and even detours into examples of celebrity green burials; this is comprehensive and compassionate guidance. The idea of a \"good death\" has been much discussed. Fournier points the way to good post-deaths, ones that consider the environmental well-being of the planet and the economic well-being of loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New World Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036523282672,"sku":"9781608685233","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608685233_p0.jpg?v=1763832307","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608685233","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}