[GREN-Exec] green burial documentary

[Susan Bryant]

I think GREN should support this initiative!!
I'll help too, Susan K.
Susan B 

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> On Mar 23, 2017, at 10:38 PM, Susan <susankoswan at execulink.com> wrote:
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> Hi GREN Exec,
> On my mission to compost the dead, I am making the first public step. Would GREN be interested in being a sponsor for this? I’d like a few community group logos.
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> See below for details I just forwarded to the Unitarians.
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> Susan K
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> I just got the final confirmation today from John Tutt at The Princess to show the documentary A Will for the Woods on Thursday May 11 @ 6:30 pm and we’ll also have panelists for Q & A afterwards. Same format as SEED. It will be open to the public, regular Princess admission fees. http://www.awillforthewoods.com/
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> So I need to quickly firm up the panelists and sponsors. I will pay for the theatre rental and will be taking the proceeds of the door to start a fund for a prototype human composter, starting with a mock-up CAD drawing of it.
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> I have confirmed either Mark or Ellen or both from the Green Burial Society, and John, my composter manufacturer, so far.
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> The GBS connected me with Marion Wilms, a departure nurse in Guelph who runs regular death cafes there who would like to participate. I was hoping to have Bryce, the cemetery manager from the city of Waterloo to talk about the new green burial sites, but he will be out of town that week.
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> Bryce connected me with Matthew Bailey-Dyck, but he has never responded to my email. He had a number of coffee in the cemetery events last year and shared his thoughts with Bryce about green burials.
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> Would you or Jessica be interested/willing to be on the panel? Would GRUC be interested in being a sponsor? No money needed – just a partner in the event.
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> Susan
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> From: Michele Cadotte [mailto:mrcadotte at gmail.com] 
> Sent: 23 March 2017 21:42
> To: 'Susan'
> Subject: FW: green burial?
>  
> Hi Susan,
>  
> I received the message below from our minister, Jess.
> Have you made a decision about whether or not you would like to put something together if we offer you the space (which we would!).
> Unfortunately Susan, I’m now working 5 days a week until May and can’t commit to anything more right now – I’m sorry!
> I hope your course (& composting the dead) and all is going well!
>  
> Michele
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> From: Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela [mailto:jprodela at uuma.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 4:20 PM
> To: Michele Cadotte
> Subject: green burial?
>  
> hiya-- I'm putting together quest material for the newsletter -- any decision on whether or not a GREEN BURIAL forum/discussion/meeting might take place?  If likely but no date yet, even a 'teaser' blurb would be good .  Cheers, Jess.
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>  In faith,  Rev. Jess
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