óróxór[r - we have done ourselves a disservice by not having a talk about dea th. oftentimes, they place a foot on the conveyor bebelt of end-of-life care and they're swept aw ay. - most anybody that i know has n ever experienced a home funeral or a natural bur ial. they don't know how to do it because no one's offering it. - everybody's life you leave a lega cy. and john would help their family remember that leg acy. but also, to put one foot in front of the ot her after losing someone close to y ou. - this will be the first of what

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tre as wereate this. [interpong vois]- i arted, rlistical in theuneral biness wh was probly six ose ven. i had small cetery the ee of t w oodsere i grewp on t f arm. d i woulfind the little d differt thin . and i dot know wt reallystrucke to stoand patribute to crea this moment remembrce, but did it and sck with throh my higschool days. and righafter hi school,my grafather psed aw . ani quicklbecame involvedn work g my locafuneral

me.after out 15 yrs in th convtional feral ind try, asn embalm and naging auneral homeand seng famils and plning furals on day-to-d bas isi realiz that thconventional fural indury, for me wasn good en gh. and didn't uly et the needs the indiduals wwere rving orhe envirme nt. ♪ the indust has perpeated mystery d myth sroun di ameran deathultu re myself, u, mos anyby that i nowhas ver expeenced a me funeral or natural burial. ey don'tw how too it cause none's offing it anthey're t offeri it cause itoesn't p fit the neral instry thas crted this methoth at's made them lot of m ey. and i'd anned mywhole fe to be th

person,his funel direor that red for op le t i justas like,here's g to be better w to do this. a stevens,ho is th founr of maglene h se and thise farms, d she's also the epispal prie over he at snt augusne's chapel, she callme and s saysi understand thatou have rticularintere in natul bu ri d end-ofife pracces d how to me those tt er. d then sheaid, cane ta lk formed nonproficalled laspur conrvation, w hich you have paperwork for in front of you.we areetting o to crea the ate's fit conser tion bual ground, whichis esstially aat ure eserve, ch like dnor ke, wheryou can alsobe laid r est. we hava 155-ac tract land inumner co unty at we'reurchasinfi rst. th particur land will probablyuse a quarr, if noa thir for actl buri . threst wilbeeft mpletelyatur

al d we wilcreate an on grn sp ac place e entireroject der conservation anit will protted forever. sohose peoe that are laid to rest there and buried t here don't have to be embalmed, they d on't have to spend excessive money on an expensive metal cask et no vaults are allowed, no metal caskets, no foreign materi als or contaminants are allo wed. people are laid to rest like they alw ays have been roughoutisto ry. and yourody has e last purpose at's vervalu ableand cahelp savland for yourommuni . a t ofeople alwa say, we, i'm st goingo be creted beuse i dot want to te up spa when i die. ll, thiss the ki of king up ace that g ood. so wre usingctuallyover mdead body-- you've hrd that ra se-- over my body,xactlywe're ing to se this land. istant cs and ds playing

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se that's huge spiritual be fit. mean, i believethat le never diesand althat we ve in a personoesn't ie. t you arstill ieving a ot. anso to havehe abili to ve theommunityartici te anbe closei think lps ople in e first eks, espeally aft a dea . i fi what hes the grieve pcess a probaytwo thin gs. one is just being re meing not burying self in lanage that medil, not bying m elf in the thnicalits of wh's goingn here oth erebut ju to be rl thway i would ta to a frnd, my sband, mkids abo j ust the ality ofheituation and metimes st how crummy i is. ctors puon whe coats,e

try ally harto put oour ga facenot foany othere ason but becae that'sow wee been tin ed. and think it impoant fope ople be ableo see th thisffects u too. cause grf is nnectiono other op le. d i thinthat giv peop some me ing. d i thinthe othe ing isrief ino rmal and it's aealthy reaion to ing ableo deal wh a lo . ani ink if wpretendthat onlweak peoplegrieve andtrong ople jus tougit out a are f e, think wee also missing e bo . it's a nmal reac on. i mean, we tch our ks-- en theirrandfather my father-in-lawassed away--it'sk to be sad.we'rcelebratg o he is d itok to sad infront each other beuse it's functioof how much thaperson meant t you. d that'sust a normal pt of l e.and i ink peop sometim forg the norlcy in that. - well, there's a book out there called smoke in youryes. and her and john

kind of followed the same prem ise that death needs to be real to peo ple. we've made it such a sanitary t hing that people will not-- now won't even take days o off from work to come to a funer al. life needs to stop for a little bit for folks to grie ve. with her, smoke in your eyes talks about different thin gs suchs seeing person unembal med, in their natural f orm. a lot of people don't see th at. a lot of people see thatfter w ve pumped them full of embalming fluid and put them in their nicest clothes and put them in a cask et. [wind and car noise] ruck enge]

- so othe righ here i178 acre of lan that th natureonservan o wns. - knn as tayr hollowstate naral ar a clasii statescientic natur a rea. it'sne of thmost odiversere in tenn see. it is own for s prolif wildower popat ion.seral endaered ecies flrish there. - here'shere we' gointo be tuing injohn cistian aays nts to gfarther rst. d our la does ru downo the ro h er and for other 20or 30yards, uthe ro with t creek rning into it- so a this thugh he . in 1998,y grdfather ed, and s moved

the experience. d i wento the neral ho that summer and hung out on the evening of a thunderst orm because the embalmer had called and s aid, if you're considering potentia lly being a funeral director, you sh ould come join me when i embalm someone to make sure that you can handle it. i met him and we went into the basement of the funeral ho me. i watched this gentleman be embal med. and the electrical storm killed all the power halfway thro ugh. and all you could hear was water running down the porcelain table while this man's blood was being drai ned. that was my first experience with some one ing embaed or being close to dead pe on. anright afr th, i gan workg part time athe funer h ome. d that fl, it wa1998 i went into mortuary col lege inashvilletennesseat a llege

caed joha. gup n and ded up worng at stockdalmalin inam den, tookare of fily mbers, fen ds neighbor old e, tragide ath. yoname i i ved abovthe funel homefter graat ion. moved innd creat my o environ nt. i evenemember ving iends o lost cld ren d they, ter havi a vitation a seeing the dyand beg downstrs wi the public, i rember thecoming uto mypartmento just b athe and t it all go.i was attockdalealin foa few ars. and the company that owned the funeral home asked me ttransfer to din, tenneee, wh h waa small to betweencamden a nashville. and i wathe primy personthat did a of the balm in and ok care all ofhe bod s anwent outn all of the fer

als. ain, t company at i word for d a posion for aeed foa funeradire ct d embalm in nashlle. d i ded uptakinghat posi on. d i rked in shvillefor abouseven years, probly, befo takingmy leap of f th. i've beeable to rk algside hifor ny years i ickly proted himonto o leadersp te am he reallhad buil a stng reput ion of being a great embal mer. and then when he started seeing families and ma kingarrangents, th respt grew en more fohow wellound he is that, noonly is talen d in helpi with thcare ofthe lod one thselv es li the embming d prepat ion, but so with beg ab to see mili es toelp themhrough their jo

ney.and noeverybodthat's iour pression iable to b oth and do themell,nd he .when hserves afamilyhe does not look at it as setting service times, writing an obitua ry hang a famy select a seice and rchand e. takes ifar beyo t hat. and th's one othe thin that've alwa respe edand mired abou him. heooks forhe thingthat an somethingo the mi ly. it'she smallhings that make the biggest impact d it mea the ost. ere was a rvice that he d had for young gi that hapassed ay and s loved pnces seanhe gave r a prcess fun al. it w just sothing that wod take yr breath a way. when someone would come in to the visitati on literally, she was like a sleeping princ ess. he took so much time in setting everything up. and that's the service that i can say that i will al ways remember and i associate john

christian with beca use of what he gave to the parents that have had such a tragic loss of a ch ild. everybody's life you leave a lega cy. and john christian has always looked for what their legacy is and what would help their family remember that leg acy but also have that healthy jour ney that it takes to be able to put one foot in front of the o therafter sing someone close to y ou. [sber mu c] - i me, the marityf thgood stu that i' seenis alonghis way,here weame thatay w hethe por lines t thro h.it's reay good rht throh here a right p in he and th around is way d then kind of uin h er anthen up here,t's really uhigh andid gy. d you rember up here, it's higand ridg too. but thers possibities r burialhere

t . meow restotion isthe fun rt, and ople li flowersnd stu . sohe oppornity to able thave opeme adow bual with ldflows gring thatn the siat io wherwe wld do a rn off or we wod do a ctrol d burnr bring gos to eat ff--- the ats are etty f . - --thbad stufevery ye thers a lot naturalur ial ounds th are doi t hat. anfrom wt i'veundetood, ey get lot of gd presabout .- ye . - ey're li, oh, t's takethe ki to the ats and fun stf like that, butny way. bl-eyed ma grows l along at wat way, l the way downn frt of ourrope rt- that c ool.- i notid that wn weere therthat d . i'm justmazed th this maybe the oy entrance to taylor ll ow. i think is. iteally isrotect

.- ye ah. - aryou apprensi abouanythinggoing in this et ing?no?- pe. - what areou filmi? - i don'kn ow. me, i guess. 're workg on aocumenta over thr-year proc es - re ly? ye ah. - inrest in sw eeye ahhave a gd one. anks. - we're king a-- - i ld have said p n. porn you shod see wh's gog on in e back seat. - [lau s] - i think ally theain rpose ofoday's m ting is just talk out this a ltle re. we actuay thoughthat keepingur 25 acs down tords the ad, thatt's going to

aually gi you gu easier cess rticular up in aoss he . - ye ah - ye ah - wel work iout once insteaof goingack like hat- yeahit goes re that way. - mm mm. - d i woullikeo take this to ddy's la er. really wt youall to he it. thisas goty father'sname wrien all or it. - ye ah he didn't rant ahole lo but if u had erheard hion the feral instry a all tt busi ss he-- - , that'sweso me - , you ner to us that art.- we, he wasrom bertsoco untyand saw people fm the me he waa small ild be basally pred on by peoplewho d that st of thing. and it jt ways t all ov h im.and heould alws refer cemeries as ull orchards. he wld say wt a wast

of gooreal estate. - ll, he snds like man afr my ownea rt. - well, ah. solute . - that would bgr eat. i would ve t ha - yes. - all ght. [cghs] i don't ow if weeed do a bipublic cpaign. don't ow.- tell mwhat youe thinking. - i t know wt i'mthinkingxcept wee not gointo get idone theay wee thinki about dng it rit now. doou think'm wronabout that?- we've got abousix or eight pele who a wai ti fous to say... - 's on. - ...it'a go.so they' been thking about eir plans. - ok. i didn't now.- anwho elseo get inlv ed- . - anso i thi out that grp of s so, i cld get ove$50,

00 maybe-- - so whaconcernse is tha we'reither gng to t around5 to 9 and th that' - maxed t. - anthen may you build-- i an, maybwe just ve twphases ofundraising. n't kn . t i'm ju worriedha t-- on one hd, it don't soun like big nber toai se. but the oth hand, it a big nber to r se. - enusiasm inot dollars. - ght. - ri t.- and 's only ter we make thesk for tse f ol that we art tting a nse of where 're gointo be. - anhow hardt's goin to bor how dble it s. t we don know ti we tr [interpong voice- by sing this15acres

of and d purchasingt outright the endf janu y, we wl havehe opptunity to creata shift the eath culturwithin o communit help ople with less exnsive mode of rial t also aore ndful mo of bu al ansaying gdbye the endf li fe. i'so glad u all arhe re. want y to stayand ch wit h about at natur burialis, abouwhat it ans, abt exacy what wre goingto be dog, and a the little idioncrasi . wel start at conveat io - w many people can yobury on is l an - on this particar prerty, 5,000 to 10, 000. the idea is we're creating a nature pre rve. so t whole tng won'tbe usefor burials. iton't be de-to-si rowsf peopleith stones. iton't loo anytng like at. it'lbe like dnor lak whenou're waing al g.there y be an re herethat's ud for

bu al an ae here ud for ri al. thidea is,lso, ourprimargoal is save land.we're ving lan placingt unr a consvation eem ent wi the nate conserncy of tne ssee ornother le-mindedconsvation e ity. d we wilcreate me of ese aftethe firs one. afr we have e funds purcse this rst tr t, we wl be ablto use the fundgenera dfrom eacburial this pr ertyto savmore tras of lan arou the cit reinforcingthe treeanopy, e green ace, e plac where kidcan go just to in uttenatu re - u can al hike al throh taylorol low whh haa lot ofendanged wildfwe rs. ani mean, 's reall a betiful di lay.and thenight jacent tthat, which is part of the rson we'r intested in is property, is that u can ju walk fr one ght overo the other d aroundmake it big op. it's pr

ty. until weave thisand, 're turng people away at are rching outo us athe end l ife,saying, mom jusdi ed. anthis is at she w ted. anwe have say, i'so rry. the's noa place ke this in nnessee yet. [slow cello music] i can't just stop thinking about it. i'm constantly thinking about it. i have no lack of faith in what i'm ing or the ft that inow i ca do iand dot wellnd h pthespeop le it's justhe minutiae of how tmake s seof a keep yo sanit whilwaiting dea th w, if i d somebo ke anoth per so thatould wor about one dwhile i dn't wor about it, it wld be dier ent. i'd be like,k, we, toda i'm o .i can lax a lile bit more. i n't ha to be cpletelyconsum with th tod ay [slocello music]

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ome. ani'd onlyver give all ofy energyo th is and working fo at thatime, a corporation or company t hatwas owned by people that i didn't really know that well but d goals their own. i lt like played an imptant r e inhe funer home, localland helpg peop . t when y work a funer h ome and u work in a cemery, yousee peop's liv refle ed everday inverythinyou do and i di't want see mylife rlected ithe wa th i saw iwhen i really lked at it. wanted tdo sometng big r. not big disney rldbig, b big in way at it afcted peoe, in th way it touchedeople's ar ts the way it changed people's experie nces while they were al ive. right before thanksgiving and christmas, i took a train. i took the train around the count ry. i wanted to ablutely t myselfut of my oxpushyself bend myormal li

ts. i nt from mphis tohicago made mwathrough nneapo lis and ross theorthernstateso seattl then wn toan francisco ultimately tlos angeles. so iould sitown for lunch the tra, in therain c and i woulalways b sittg acrossrom somebody that i dn't kn . they wld alwayask, ll, what are you doing onhe tra ?where e you head ? d my resnse was,well, i st quit joband amrying too so soul sech ing and determinwhat's othe her sidef this train avel andhis triphat i'mon whe i'm tryg, rea y, toeet folklike y and fin out wh's impornt to ufor end l ife.becausi've onl everalked toeo plewho we in the thro of ath and had had a loved one that had just di ed. i was trying to find out who i was but also who they areand wh's impornt tohem and o it

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donatenformation.i meanwhen yououch it,you're just ke, wh . thiss ni ce the peoplere for real.- do y want toave ese odd mb ers, oro you wa to rounth em? - well, at we liked wathe idof peoe thinng intermof buyinthis a e. mm-h mm - so it st reallsort ofeinforcethe fa thathey're helping buy t s.it'sust nocash they canctua ll think out it iterms -- - so thas $1,800to buyn ac re - --we kw we'd ve one p son.1,800 r it. ye ah we had 10-acresociy, w d probly have re movement. t it's kd of a all society.- well s d. - friend,appyshe rks for mv anshe's passnate out our oj ect. and she s actual alreadspoken tpeop le e's li, let meknowhen yo re ady for is to be news storbecause want to ke it one. d we wanto be ab to tellthe storfirst onews channe 4,orking 4 ou. 've got 1 on ournewsleer lis

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in a sk et. its a conct a lol nonprofit is bnging toennesseefor the rst ti . - 's callea tural bual gro d. thgoal is to eserve gen spa s. devepment coin ues. natural rials, bthe y, are ao chea r. e typicafuneracan st morthan $15 00.the erage naral rial cos about $ 000. - johnhristianhifer the exetive dir tor of lkspur coervaon and s wo rk as funeralirector tennese for abt 15 years. now,e wants consve this landand tu it intohe state's rst greeburial gund, w t he cls a livg memorial. we don'tse any chemics, we don't use any astics oconcretes. weon't puthose ings intthe ea h,especial in a nare prerve li we're cating soha t it doest hamperhe ecosy em. - ifer is ping have e site p anrunninby spng of ne y ear. r news cnnel 5i'm krten sk

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óróxór[r honor this morning to get to introduce heather mcteer toney to you her keynote address is entitled climate action is the social justice issue of our time. heather is the national organizing director of moms clean air force. people heard of it. it's an organization of over a million moms and dads mobilizing to fight air pollution and climate change in order to protect children's health our communities and- climate justice