In Bolivia Fiesta de las Natitas is a time when the important bond between the living and the dead is celebrated www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/to-l...

1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!

Join us on 10/30 for an exclusive talk by @sarahcalavera.bsky.social The Women, the Witch, & the Dead: How Women & Death Shaped Halloween. This event is exclusively for our Tier Two members. Not a member yet? Now's the perfect time to join www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership

✨Announcing our Death Positive Library Giveaway! Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!

1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!

1. Our archive is full of conversations that continue to resonate, and this one is no exception. In “Therapy, Mental Health, and Death Positivity,” we explore the complex experience of bringing death positive ideas into your therapy session.

“I also find myself asking what it means to grieve when grief itself must be justified—when mourning is a privilege and memory, like safety, that can feel so unevenly distributed.” www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

We believe everyone struggles with fear of death. Being death positive is about our willingness to better understand those fears, how they manifest in ourselves, others, & the world around us. We’ve created resources to help: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fe...

Mandy Shunnarah’s moving essay, Love Lives in This Place, which traces a journey from fear and death anxiety to finding comfort and connection among the gravestones. Read it here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/love...

We’re taking it back to the early days of The Order & the event that started it all: Death Salons. Inspired by 18th century intellectual salons, we brought together academics, artists, funeral professionals, and the public to talk about the one thing we all have in common: death.

1. Some stories are timeless; they stick with you, revealing new layers of meaning the more you think about them. This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite articles from the archives: “Death for Sale: Content, Consumption, and Compassion of Estate Sales”.

Tired of capitalism controlling deathcare? Same. That’s why we’re building a community that is reimagining deathcare, and we need volunteers (and volunteer wranglers) to make it happen. Interested in volunteering? Learn more and apply here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/volunteer/

Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being forgotten? And what is the meaning of life if your death doesn’t matter to others? www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...

CALL TO ACTION The bill to legalize human composting in MA is scheduled for a hearing on MONDAY. You can help by spending a few minutes sending an email of support, or testifying in person. Info & instructions here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/.../calls-to...

"The path that leads someone to a potter’s field as their final resting place is a complex, layered, messy one. Actually, there isn’t just one path, but many, which often begin long before the death bed." www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir...

THIS FRIDAY Join authors Amy Shea, Evie King, & Beth Winegarner for a thoughtful, necessary dialogue on justice, remembrance, & reimagining how we care for one another through death. Event is free, register at the link:: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

NEW ARTICLE! Author Beth Winegarner reveals the dead who still lie beneath some of San Francisco’s most cherished destinations in her book, “San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History.” www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/left...

It’s official! New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed NJ bill A-4085/S-3007 legalizing human composting & expanding options for greener & more meaningful deathcare! Learn more about this and other sustainable forms of deathcare here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/gr... 📷 Yumi Yoshida

It’s hungry ghost season and that means it’s time to feed your dead. www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...

NEW ARTICLE! What happens if you die without family or money? In this excerpt from “Ashes to Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer,” you’ll meet Evie King who is charged with carrying out Section 46 funerals. www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...

Join authors Evie King, Amy Shea, and Beth Winegarner for a powerful conversation on funeral poverty and the stark inequalities that shape how we die and how we’re remembered.

There's an excerpt from my book on the @ordergooddeath.bsky.social site ahead of our free event this month. www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...

Discover how these talented artisans create beautiful and unique eco-friendly coffins, shrouds and urns that celebrate life and honor our loved ones. It's not just about death; it’s about connection, creativity, and remembrance.

For World Photography Day, check out our list of recommended books on death & photography—from post mortem photos, to jazz funerals, & hidden ossuaries www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/bo...

Discover how these talented artisans create beautiful and unique eco-friendly coffins, shrouds and urns that celebrate life and honor our loved ones. It's not just about death; it’s about connection, creativity, and remembrance.

The Order Supports Death Positive Programming on PBS On August 6, 2025 PBS will be premiering a new documentary, The Last Ecstatic Days, an intimate look at a man with brain cancer in search of a community and his hospice doctor who gives up everything to honor his dying wish.

Life after death? A wave of states move to legalize human composting as people seek out funeral practices that better reflect their own values, personalities, traditions and preferences. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Read more about how our Good Death Fellow Finalist, Resting Reef's project to turn cremated remains into underwater memorials has attracted 46 new marine species www.fastcompany.com/91332902/res...

Fashion studies professor, Sherry Haar, designed several funeral garments and textiles as a way to start conversations about green burial practices www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anb9...

The Order Supports Death Positive Programming on PBS On August 6, 2025 PBS will be premiering a new documentary, The Last Ecstatic Days, an intimate look at a man with brain cancer in search of a community and his hospice doctor who gives up everything to honor his dying wish.

A funeral is a ceremony that many may take for granted, but that was not the case for African Americans for a large portion of history in the U.S. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyuH...

Many of us still cannot bear to talk about death. Even when we know it’s important. Even though we may want to. So why not? And what would we stand to gain if, instead, we learned to speak about dying more openly? www.vox.com/advice/42078...

The history of death masks stretches back millennia, deep into antiquity. Often created for elite members of society as protective armour that could help the deceased to navigate the afterlife or ward off evil spirits. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

"Hair has always been as political as the rest of one’s body and skin" -- read "Unruly: Hair, Politics, and Memorial" dilettantearmy.com/articles/unr...

In 1883 four bodysnatchers approached a Philadelphia cemetery to dig up the graves of people who had recently been laid to rest there. Their arrest would lead to the creation of a law that decides the fate of Pennsylvania’s unclaimed dead to this day www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...

Does the fear of death push people toward authoritarianism, and can greener funeral practices help? www.sower.world/green-burial...

Saw this camera with the phrase “We’re all gonna die, say “Cheese!” on it and was reminded of Susan Sontag’s quote “All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s mortality…all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.”

A researcher and photographer documents the secretive, colorful world of Ghanaian funerals www.cnn.com/style/ghana-...

We are thrilled to announce that New Jersey's body composting bill has passed, & is currently awaiting Gov. Murphy's signature, making NJ the 14th state to legalize body composting! pressofatlanticcity.com/news/state-r...

Residents on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, have been blocked from their ancestral cemetery by gates erected by property owners. capitalbnews.org/gullah-geech...

In June we are so honored to hav Dr. Kimberly Acquaviva with us to discuss LGBTQIA+ end-of-life care. Become an Order Member today & get access to all of our upcoming events, an archive of past ones, & SO much more: orderofthegooddeath.com/membership

A Washington teenager who died unexpectedly chose to have his body composted. Although Fritz's death was unexpected his mother Eileen knew that he wanted to donate his organs and be composted because they had open conversations about death as a family. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j3O...

Our LGBTQ+ Death Positive Conversation Starter Cards are one of our favorite items in The Order store! Featuring questions that center queer issues & experiences, each pack helps fund our LGBTQ+ End-Of-Life Guide Project! the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/products/lgb...

Anyways, please enjoy my annual PSA about concrete & #gravestones 🪦🏺 blackcatcemeterypreservation.ca/2025/06/17/g...

“I approach end-of-life planning as a form of self-protection. It’s a way of defining who is family to me and who I trust to make decisions on my behalf. It sure as hell isn’t the state or the people I’m related to by blood.” xtramagazine.com/health/queer...

Rhode Island is one step closer to legalizing aquamation and human composting! www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

We’re loving the new video for Leith Ross’ new song, ‘Grieving’, which details a beautiful living wake/funeral 🌸 (a "funeral" that honors the life of a person while they're still living). Watch it here: youtu.be/K_Mbs2ad6jo?...

Propaganda we’re not falling for and neither should you

New @theguardian.com article by our CDAS visiting fellow @mollyconisbee.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Taking action to ensure your end-of-life and death care wishes can be daunting, but we assure you that it can be done, and we’re here to help! www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/en...