TNL's Fall Newsletter is now ready and you can read it by clicking HERE. This issue focuses on the establishment of our Minnesota Chapter and discusses the exciting new opportunities this opens up for us and all green burial supporters in the Midwest.
Again, i urge you to become a member and support TNL. Great things are happening but we need your help. Please, follow this link and join TNL. Be sure to specify that you're joining TNL Minnesota! Thanks for all your help and we'll be in touch soon.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Big news!
Trust for Natural Legacies has been officially approved by the IRS as a 501(c)3 nonprofit!!
This is huge because that means that YOU (our donors and members) can now deduct your contributions on your taxes.
So congratulations and thank you to Mark Dahlby, the executive director of TNL, for all his hard work and perseverance in getting this approved.
Are you interested in becoming a member of TNL Minnesota? It's easy and it's getting even easier! Right now all you have to do is go to THIS PAGE and send in your membership. Make sure to specify that you are joining TNL Minnesota on your check and membership form. Within the next month or so we plan to have a PayPal option as well.
This is huge because that means that YOU (our donors and members) can now deduct your contributions on your taxes.
So congratulations and thank you to Mark Dahlby, the executive director of TNL, for all his hard work and perseverance in getting this approved.
Are you interested in becoming a member of TNL Minnesota? It's easy and it's getting even easier! Right now all you have to do is go to THIS PAGE and send in your membership. Make sure to specify that you are joining TNL Minnesota on your check and membership form. Within the next month or so we plan to have a PayPal option as well.
Monday, October 13, 2008
TNL Pumpkin Carving
This Saturday, Trust for Natural Legacies will be hosting a community pumpkin carving and picnic! We will be meeting at noon in Como Park across from the lakeside pavilion. The parking lot is on the corner of Lexington Pkwy N and Nausbaumer Dr. Click for a Map.
We're meeting at noon and will be done in time to get ready for the Zombie Pub Crawl at 4! Or show up already zombied up if that's your thing. And bring some kids if you know any! If they're zombie kids, that's even better.
This is a TNL event so if you're interested in Green Burial in Minnesota we can chat about what's happening locally and how you can get involved.
Email us at NaturalBurialProject@gmail.com if you have any questions.
We're meeting at noon and will be done in time to get ready for the Zombie Pub Crawl at 4! Or show up already zombied up if that's your thing. And bring some kids if you know any! If they're zombie kids, that's even better.
This is a TNL event so if you're interested in Green Burial in Minnesota we can chat about what's happening locally and how you can get involved.
Email us at NaturalBurialProject@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Volunteer Meet-Up!
Last Saturday, Nicole, Theresa Peterson, Derek, and I met with Mark and Kristi of Trust for Natural Legacies (TNL) to officially form the Minnesota Chapter. We now have informational materials and the basis of a powerpoint and intend to start doing community outreach within the next couple of weeks. This is all very exciting! We'll be tailoring the presentation to better suit us locally and give it a personal touch and then start setting foot out in the community. If you are interested in having us present at your organization or know of someone who would be interested, please contact us at NaturalBurialProject@gmail.com.
In some exciting news, Nicole and I were recently contacted by a woman who works for WCCO about doing a story on Green Burial. Her interview won't be for WCCO but she did also inform the special projects department of the news station who also sounded interested in doing a separate story. If anything is aired on TV i'll let you know when.
There is also some very new discussion about a possible film project. I'm sure i will give more details when i have them.
We have volunteer meetings coming up October 4th and 5th so please come to one of them!
The first one is Saturday 10/4 at Minneapolis Central Library, Conference Room N-402 starting at 1pm
The next is Sunday 10/5 at Rondo Community Outreach Library in Saint Paul stating at 1:30pm in the Multipurpose Room.
We have a larger capacity at the Saint Paul location but will accommodate anyone who shows up.
During each of the meetings we'll be giving a brief presentation about what natural burial is, why it's important, and what we're doing here in Minnesota. We can also do some Q&A and discussion and if you would like to volunteer we can talk about what best suits your interests. I would only expect each meeting to last a couple of hours.
Finally, we've decided that instead of the dia de los muertos party on November 1st we'll be hosting a more informal member get together in Como Park with pumpkin carving and a BYO picnic, weather permitting. I'll send out a formal invitation as the details get worked out and the date gets closer. Hope to see you there!
-Theresa
In some exciting news, Nicole and I were recently contacted by a woman who works for WCCO about doing a story on Green Burial. Her interview won't be for WCCO but she did also inform the special projects department of the news station who also sounded interested in doing a separate story. If anything is aired on TV i'll let you know when.
There is also some very new discussion about a possible film project. I'm sure i will give more details when i have them.
We have volunteer meetings coming up October 4th and 5th so please come to one of them!
The first one is Saturday 10/4 at Minneapolis Central Library, Conference Room N-402 starting at 1pm
The next is Sunday 10/5 at Rondo Community Outreach Library in Saint Paul stating at 1:30pm in the Multipurpose Room.
We have a larger capacity at the Saint Paul location but will accommodate anyone who shows up.
During each of the meetings we'll be giving a brief presentation about what natural burial is, why it's important, and what we're doing here in Minnesota. We can also do some Q&A and discussion and if you would like to volunteer we can talk about what best suits your interests. I would only expect each meeting to last a couple of hours.
Finally, we've decided that instead of the dia de los muertos party on November 1st we'll be hosting a more informal member get together in Como Park with pumpkin carving and a BYO picnic, weather permitting. I'll send out a formal invitation as the details get worked out and the date gets closer. Hope to see you there!
-Theresa
Friday, August 29, 2008
Progress
On Wednesday we met with Minnesota Senator Larry Pogemiller's policy coordinator Lindsey Wollschlager to discuss the laws pertaining to Minnesota burial and cemetery policies. She has given us a lot of great insight into current legislature and put into perspective what limitations we do and do not have. Fortunately, we will have more freedom than we initially thought and the major hurdles we will have to overcome are funding for the land and convincing the county that a conservation cemetery is something necessary and worth while. I think we can do it!
On Saturday, November 1st we are planning our first big event for TNL! It's going to be a Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) party held in the community. We are still in the very early stages of planning but as details emerge we will be sure to pass them on. We expect this to be an extremely fun and informational event for everyone to attend.
Finally, I would like to start organizing official Minnesota TNL volunteers soon. I intend to set up a couple meeting times and places probably the first week in October where you can come, learn about our group, and get involved with our mission. Hope to see you there!
-Theresa
On Saturday, November 1st we are planning our first big event for TNL! It's going to be a Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) party held in the community. We are still in the very early stages of planning but as details emerge we will be sure to pass them on. We expect this to be an extremely fun and informational event for everyone to attend.
Finally, I would like to start organizing official Minnesota TNL volunteers soon. I intend to set up a couple meeting times and places probably the first week in October where you can come, learn about our group, and get involved with our mission. Hope to see you there!
-Theresa
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Environmentally Friendly Burials on YouTube
Here is an excellent video made by the folks over at GreenSprings Eco-Cemetery in Newfield, NY that gives a very good, basic idea of what Green Burial is all about:
Monday, July 14, 2008
TNL Minnesota Chapter
It's been a while, but I think it's finally time for an update. Nicole and I have been working hard, making connections, and figuring out the steps necessary to make the Natural Burial Project a success. We have been in contact with an organization out of Madison, WI called Trust for Natural Legacies, Inc. who recently passed a motion to begin a Minnesota Chapter. We had a meeting yesterday with two other interested locals and decided that it was in everybody's best interest to go ahead and accept their proposal to head this chapter.
This means a one year commitment to TNL to advance their, and ultimately our, cause. We are going to work hard to gain memberships, educate the public, and establish land qualifications that will be benefitial in getting and maintaining a conservation cemetery in the, hopefully near, future.
Nicole has been nominated for the TNL Board of Directors and I'm certain she'll have no problem attaining a chair. This is great for her and also for the Minnesota Chapter since the board has to approve and pass any motions the state chapters proposes.
I am going to make a serious effort to keep this blog updated regularly and I think it's going to be easier now that the Natural Burial Project has made a significant decision to work with TNL for the next 12 months. We will be setting up a couple of dates soon to meet with volunteers from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and start giving informational presentations and workshops about natural burial for community outreach. If this is something you or anyone you know is interested in, contact us at NaturalBurialProject@gmail.com.
Minnesota Chapter of TNL:
President: Theresa Kay Purcell
Vice President: Nicole LaBissoniere
Secretary: Derek Farder
Treasurer: Theresa Peterson
This means a one year commitment to TNL to advance their, and ultimately our, cause. We are going to work hard to gain memberships, educate the public, and establish land qualifications that will be benefitial in getting and maintaining a conservation cemetery in the, hopefully near, future.
Nicole has been nominated for the TNL Board of Directors and I'm certain she'll have no problem attaining a chair. This is great for her and also for the Minnesota Chapter since the board has to approve and pass any motions the state chapters proposes.
I am going to make a serious effort to keep this blog updated regularly and I think it's going to be easier now that the Natural Burial Project has made a significant decision to work with TNL for the next 12 months. We will be setting up a couple of dates soon to meet with volunteers from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and start giving informational presentations and workshops about natural burial for community outreach. If this is something you or anyone you know is interested in, contact us at NaturalBurialProject@gmail.com.
Minnesota Chapter of TNL:
President: Theresa Kay Purcell
Vice President: Nicole LaBissoniere
Secretary: Derek Farder
Treasurer: Theresa Peterson
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