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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi GRENers - hope you’ve all had a great summer!</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FYI, I’ve been working on a plan to compost dead people and then turn them into trees and have now finished the details of a Good Green Death Forum on Sat. Oct. 28 from 1 – 4 pm. Here are details for you to share: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is the Facebook Event page to share: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/171476293399205/?active_tab=about">https://www.facebook.com/events/171476293399205/?active_tab=about</a> and it’s public, but people must register on Eventbrite (it’s free, though!) which is <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/good-green-death-forum-tickets-36208279940">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/good-green-death-forum-tickets-36208279940</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’ve also attached a copy of the promo flyer for your use in jpeg. If you need it in another format, please let me know. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Just want to add this into the mix of the discussion of end of life and death practices...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Quebec has an extensive network of funeral home cooperatives that can serve as a model for our community. I spoke with Peter Cameron from the Ontario Cooperatives Association in Guelph, who shared that there are currently two in Ontario – in Ottawa and Sudbury. I think it fits in well with the concept of a Good Green Death. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.fcfq.coop/en/funeral-cooperatives/">http://www.fcfq.coop/en/funeral-cooperatives/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Susan Koswan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>