The Green Funeral - An Eco Farewell to our Four Legged Friends

13/06/2017

We still need your help!

Please sign the below petition to help us keep the Green Funeral around!

Share with your friends and family to really help make an impact!

https://www.change.org/p/you-help-us-continue-the-work-of-the-green-funeral-cairns?recruiter=729513380&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink

The Green Funeral creates Flora & Fauna Habitat. We create natural space for your enjoyment. We operate Landcare programs. We do this in partnership with Local and National Government. We provide the public with a final resting place for their family pet, where each headstone is a living...

05/06/2017

When something good and is held up with government procedure at the expense of common sense what do you do. Well for the last 12 months or so the world has been witnessing the power of people who are sick of politics interfering with expediency.

The Green Funeral needs your help.

9 years after the Cairns Mayor Val Shier, the council C.E.O, the Manager of Works and Councillor Sno Bonneau, followed by a full meeting of Council, gave the Green Funeral the go ahead, a council employee Monique Berry, has decided that “Boxes needed to be ticked” and weren’t.
So our business of creating and repairing Flora & Fauna habitat will be on hold until a resolution is found.
Fortunately Councillors Richie Bates and Brett Olsen are 100% behind the environmental care objectives of “The Green Funeral” and want additional space allocations to be resumed immediately.
To do this they need your help. So, if you believe our service is important, then it would be appreciated if you could contact your friends and ask them to email the above-mentioned councillors with the following message or a message of their own.

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[1] [email protected]
[2] [email protected]

The message:

Hello my name is ###### and I live in the SUBURB. I understand that the Cairns Flora & Fauna habitat initiatives run by The Green Funeral, with their Pet Burial Service, is on hold. I am disappointed in the actions of council in respect of this service to the public, and would like to see it reinstated as soon as possible.
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In March this year, Stephen Hawking announced that we have about 100 years left to get humans onto another planet, and he cited care for our environment as one of the reasons.
I haven’t given up on this world, which is why “The Green Funeral” business was initiated by me, Rod Putna as a way of putting something good back into a world that has given me a wonderful life. Its objective is to create Flora & Fauna Habitat without the need for government funding. It was developed as a means of showing that environmental issues could be addressed by being smart, rather than the government way of throwing our money at the issue.
The seed that was to grow into The Green Funeral began as a chance meeting with Steve Erwin. He pointed out that I consistently used the words “they” and “someone” when talking about addressing global warming and environmental degradation issues. He went on to point out that to make a difference we all must start using the words “I” and “we”.
So I created the business model for a self-funding means of addressing environmental issues.
Where the Green Funeral provides an emotionally superior, cheaper product to the public, at a price that will always be the cheapest responsible option. A by-product of this service is the creation of Flora and Fauna habitat. Because our objective is “Self Funding” not “profit” our prices have not changed in 9 years, and will not change.
We take the life force which is the family pet and turn it into a living tree, using the circle of life.
Let’s start using the word “I” and “we”, and help Richie and Brett do their job.

Thanks for your support to date.

29/05/2017

Our beloved pomeranian dachshund Trixi was born on 10th July 2001 and passed away on
19th May 2017.

Trixi joined our little family in September 2001 when she was about 9 weeks old. From the moment I saw her outside the pet shop she stole my heart and I knew she belonged to me. Trixi showered me with so much unconditional love and all Trixi wanted in return was lots of cuddles and belly rubs.
Always in my arms my sweet baby girl Trixi (aka Harriet Houdini). Love you forever and will never forget you and all the happy memories you gave us. xoxoxoxoxo

Your human brother (Haydon) said - I will truly miss you little one as you got me through some dark times with your endless cuddles and jumping up to lick at my face. You kept me on my toes as you escaped from every backyard no matter how fortified we made it, only to then sit at the front door and bark before running off when we answered it. Always in my thoughts and heart.

Your human sister (Rebecca) said - Trixi was the fourth member of our little family that we never knew we needed. She completed us. I still remember when we took her home for the first time, she was in a box and she couldn't stop jumping up and down and licking us. Even after I moved out of home down here to Melbourne I'd come back home and she'd recognise me and jump up and down licking me to death. Trixi made the worst days better and was our piece of heaven from above.
Nearly 16 years old and Trixi looked as beautiful as ever. Trixi touched our lives, and we will never forget her.
Rest in Peace Trixi ❤️

28/05/2017

How does The Green Funeral work?

24/05/2017

These two trees are called Rusty Pittosporum.

They grow approx 10m tall and their fruit are round yellow berries. The foliage from these trees are food for the caterpillars of several Australian Butterflies and Moths.

23/05/2017

R.I.P Major
"Thank you for being the unexpected love in our lives, We wouldn't change you for the world and we will miss you every day and Love you forever."

22/05/2017

Another Local Native Animal that was interested in what we were doing today.
A gorgeous Goanna.
Another example of the amazing wildlife that you are supporting when you choose The Green Funeral for your loved pets final resting place.
Again, THANKYOU from the Native Wildlife.

22/05/2017

"Rusty was our beloved companion and very much part of our family for over 13 years. To the very last day of his life he showed us as much love as we did him. He will always be part of our lives and in our memories."

14/05/2017

This morning while we were watering the trees we had so many lovely local native visitors including this guy!
This is the wonderful native wildlife that you are supporting through The Green Funeral.
So THANKYOU from the Native Wildlife!

12/05/2017

A slow little walk around The Green Funeral site.
It's just a lovely little spot!

10/05/2017

Abbi - "Forever a puppy in our hearts"
Rest in Peace.

09/05/2017

A little fast forward video of the beautiful walk you can do through the flora and fauna natural space where your for legged friends find their final resting place.
It really is such a peaceful place. You can hear the so many of the native Australian animals that also call this space home.
Early on Sunday morning we had a lovely welcome by a bunch of 5 kookaburras.

03/05/2017

02/05/2017

Did you know?

26/04/2017

RIP Bindi
loyal companion
Loving family member
Forever missed by all who loved her.

22/04/2017

Welcome to all of our new followers.

The Green Funeral provides environmentally friendly cemeteries,
replacing the traditional headstone with a living tree,
replacing the headstone inscription with the story of a LIFE as it was LIVED

Our cemeteries do not to look like cemeteries, they look like forests.
There are no visible headstones or plaques and they are not manicured landscapes.They create flora & fauna habitat, providing natural landscapes to be enjoyed as such.
Every green funeral memorial tree is a living record of the life of the recipient, allowing access to the life story, photos and the family relationships of the deceased.

This information is made available using the Green Funeral website. www.thegreenfuneral.com

Our system of placing the remains into the trees root system, allows for each memorial tree to be selected at any time, and the remains put in place when the time is right.

Because our objective is to create natural landscape, all of our memorial trees are planted as saplings, and protected by those that have selected this option.

28/03/2017