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March 9: Going Green with New Trends in Death Care
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Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert
Albuquerque, NM
Tuesday, March 6, 2018


Gail Rubin, CT, The Doyenne of Death
 

Fathers Building Futures casketsHow can you make your funeral and final arrangements more eco-friendly? There are more ways than you may realize. Take a death positive approach and learn what you need to know before you go!

If you live in the Denver area, on March 9, come hear Certified Thanatologist Gail Rubin speak on Going Green: New Trends in Death Care.

The modern funeral is changing. When you learn about new death care trends in the United States, you'll say, "We can do that?" Gail will use film clips to illustrate issues regarding green burial, embalming, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, other developing body disposition methods, and DIY/home funerals.

The talk is sponsored by Heflebower Funeral & Cremation Services of Highlands Ranch and Seven Stones Botanical Garden Cemetery in Littleton.

There's also a feel-good story associated with this talk. Fathers Building Futures (FBF) is an Albuquerque nonprofit that provides jobs and skills to previously incarcerated parents. The goal is to keep these folks from returning to jail. Unemployment is the #1 reason for recidivism.
 
One FBF training program involves woodworking. In their workshop, they make caskets and urns, as well as cutting boards, lazy Susans and keepsake boxes. Their affordable plain pine boxes and urns of other woods are available to the funeral industry and the general public. A casket built by Fathers Building Futures will be on display at the talk.

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What: Free talk on Going Green: New Trends in Death Care by pioneering death educator Gail Rubin, CT.

Who: Gail Rubin is a death educator who brings a light touch to a serious subject. She's the author of A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die and Kicking The Bucket List: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die.

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When: Friday, March 9, 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Where: Telluride/Monarch Room, Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 S University Blvd, Highlands Ranch, CO, 80126.

RSVP: Call Seven Stones to express your interest in attending: 303-717-7117 or register online: http://www.discoversevenstones.com/events/

Here's a preview video about alkaline hydrolysis, which will be featured in the presentation.

Gail Rubin, CT, is author and host of the award-winning book and television series, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die.

Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist (that's a death educator) and a popular speaker who uses humor and films to get the end-of-life and funeral planning conversation started. She "knocked 'em dead" with her TEDx talk, A Good Goodbye. She provides continuing education credit classes for attorneys, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, financial planners, funeral directors and other professionals. She's a Certified Funeral Celebrant and funeral planning consultant who has been interviewed in national and local print, broadcast and online media.

Known as The Doyenne of Death®, she is the event coordinator of the Before I Die ABQ Festival. She also hosts A Good Goodbye Internet radio show and produces Mortality Minute radio and online video spots. Her YouTube Channel features more than 400 videos!

Rubin is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association, Toastmasters International and the National Speakers Association New Mexico Chapter. Her speaking profile is available at eSpeakers.com.

Gail Rubin has been interviewed about funeral planning issues in national and local broadcast, print and online media. Outlets include The Huffington Post, Money Magazine, Kiplinger, CBS Radio News, WGN-TV,  and local affiliates for NPR, PBS, FOX, ABC-TV, CBS-TV and NBC-TV.

Sign up for a free planning form and occasional informative newsletter at her website, AGoodGoodbye.com.
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Dateline: Albuquerque, NM United States
Direct Phone: 505-265-7215
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