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Oct 2, 2009 7:40 am US/Mountain

Group Says 'Green' Burials Can Save Money

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) ― A group in Boulder is promoting funerals that are eco-friendly.

The non-profit Natural Transitions supports keeping a loved one's body at home on dry ice for a viewing instead of using embalming chemicals at a funeral home. It also advocates burying the dead in biodegradable caskets or a shroud.

Jan Kelly, who held a home funeral for her mother-in-law on Thursday, said the concept is easier on both the environment and family members.

"To have it in the intimacy of your home, it's such a wonderful memory for us -- it's like doing a home birth," Kelly said.

Karen Van Vuuren of Natural Transitions said green funerals cost half of what a conventional one does, and can be a meaningful alternative.

"Baby boomers are really wanting to do things their own way and this is reclaiming something that used to be the preserve of families and giving them an option that for them is more meaningful," Van Vuuren said.

Roselawn Cemetery in Fort Collins is one of the few cemeteries in Colorado that has reserved land for natural burials.

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