Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 6PM PST
Campfire Tales Crafted: Dying To Tell The Story​​
Lone Fir Cemetery
649 SE 26th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214​​
Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 1PM PST
​​"Going Out Green: How to have a Green Burial."
Multnomah County Library - Northwest
2030 NW Pettygrove Street
Portland, OR 97209​​
Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 2PM PST
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"Going Out Green: How to have a Green Burial."
Multnomah County Library - Hollywood
4040 NE Tillamook Street
Portland, OR 97212​​
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2026 at 5PM PST
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"How to Have a Green Burial"
The Peaceful Presence Project
Bend, OR
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 (PAST EVENT)
"Green End of Life Options in New Jersey"
AROSA
National In-Home Senior Care
Zoom
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 (PAST EVENT)
"How to Have a Green Burial"
West Linn Library
1595 Burns Street
West Linn, OR 97068
Monday, March 23rd, 2026 (PAST EVENT)
"Caring Conversations"
Mary's Woods Lecture Series
Provincial House Auditorium
17400 Holy Names Drive
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Friday, March 13th, 2026 (PAST EVENT)
"Meet the Green Reaper"
Miami-Dade College
Intro to Mortuary Science
300 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33132
Thursday, February 5, 2026 (PAST EVENT)
"Getting Your Business in Order"
Bethel A.M.E. Church
5828 NE 8th Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
Sunday, January 18th, 2026 (PAST EVENT)
"Green Burials"
Happy Valley Library
13793 SE Sieben Park Way
Happy Valley, OR 97015
Thursday, December 11, 2025 (PAST EVENT)
"How to Die in Oregon"
Clackamas Fire District - Station 19
20100 SE Highway 212
Damascus, Or 97089
Monday, November 10, 2025 (PAST EVENT)
"Loss and Life: Spiritual Practices and Generative Perspectives"
Portland Seminary
12753 SW 66th Avenue
Portland, OR 97223
Monday, September 15, 2025 (PAST EVENT)
New Jersey Aging Life Care Association
Ending, Innovation and Care: Navigating Dementia, Death and Dying with Dignity
Meadow Lakes
300 Meadow Lakes
East Windsor, NJ 0852o
Wednesday, July 16th 2025
What to Do When Someone Dies Training (PAST EVENT)
Port of Portland
PDX International Airport
Saturday, May 17, 2025 (PAST EVENT)
Great River Natural Burial Opening Celebration
2350 Carroll Road
Mosier, OR 97040
Sunday, March 3, 2025, 2:00 PM Pacific (PAST EVENT)
City of Tigard Public Library
Presentation: What is Green Burial
13500 SW Hall Blvd
Tigard, OR 97223
Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 7PM United Kingdom (PAST EVENT)
Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace
EICSP, Scottish Charity SC038996.
4 William Black Place,
South Queensferry,
Edinburgh.
EH30 9PZ.
Green Burials: Spiritual, Ecological, and Social Perspectives
Sunday, January 19, 2025, 12:15 PM Pacific (PAST EVENT)
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Willamette Falls
ELM Presentation: Green Burial
710 6th Street
Oregon City, OR 97045
Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 7:45 AM East Coast (PAST EVENT)
Miami Dade College Mortuary Program
Meet the Green Reaper
Zoom Conference
Thursday, November 21, 2024, 7 PM PT (PAST EVENT)
Clark County Composter Recycler Program
Guest Lecturer
Zoom Conference
Thursday, November 7, 2024, 5PM PST (PAST EVENT)
1st Annual LEFT COAST Comedy Table Read and Comedy Movie Fundraiser
Judge
McMENAMIN's KENNEDY SCHOOL
5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 7PM PST (PAST EVENT)
Portland Book Festival Cover 2 Cover Event
Last Words at Death's Door - In Conversation with Portland Author Sallie Tisdale
Nomad Vintage Rugs
516 SE Morrison Street
Portland, OR 97214
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 2PM PST (PAST EVENT)
Saturday, October 19, 2024, 1PM PST (Past Event)
Earthwise and Wallet Friendly Green Burial Options
Unity of Beaverton Church
12650 SE 5th Street
Beaverton, OR 97005
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 6 PM PST (PAST EVENT)
Guest Lecturer: Going Out Green
St. John the Evangelist Church
2036 Se Jefferson Street
Milwaukie, OR 97222
Friday, August 23, 2024, 1 PM EST (PAST EVENT)
Miami Dade College
Guest Lecturer - Green Burial Masterclass
Miami Dade College - North Campus
11380 NW 27th Avenue
Miami, FL 33167
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Willamette Writers Conference
Faculty Member
“Ask the Experts" Panel
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Portland, OR
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Cincinatti College of Mortuary Science
Guest Lecturer: "Green Options for Body Disposition"
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
North Coast End of Life Collective
Guest Lecturer: "Greening Your Death on the Oregon Coast"
Online Zoom, Free!
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
North Coast End of Life Collective
Guest Lecturer: "Greening Your Death on the Oregon Coast"
Online Zoom, Free!
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
Providence Health Care
“What is Natural Burial"
Saturday, April 27th, 2024
Conscious Aging
“How to Die Green on the North Coast"
North Coast Recreational District Gallery
36155 Ninth Street
Nehalem, OR 97131
Saturday, April 13, 2024
ICCFA (Independent Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association) Annual Conference 2024
“Two Decades of Green Burial: What We Did Right”
JW Marriot Tampa Water Street and Convention Center
510 Water Street
Tampa, FL 33602
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
Cincinatti College of Mortuary Science
“Cemetery and Cremation 101"
Saturday, February 24th, 2024
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Holiday Death Cafe and Candle Lighting Ceremony
Hosted by Lindsay Smith, Serena Trexler and Nicole of Emerald Awakenings
Cornerstone Funeral Services
18635 SE Bakers Ferry Road
Boring, OR 97009
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Whole Approach to Dying Webinar
Open to a new relationship with death to live your fullest life!
In Collaboration with Shira Sameroff of Heart and Soul Coaching
Tuesday November 14, 2023
Sunday, November 11, 2023
Green Burial Lecture
St. Luke the Physician Episcopal Church
120 SW Towle Avenue
Gresham, OR 97080
Thursday November 9, 2023
Green Burial Lecture
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
Friday, November 3rd 2023
Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover Series
History of Death and Dying in Oregon with Portland Author Sallie Tisdale
McMenamin's Chapel Pub
430 N. Killingsworth Avenue
Portland, OR 97217
Tuesday, October 31st 2023
A Visit from the Green Reaper
Aloha Community Library
17455 SW Farmington Road
Aloha, OR 97007
Thursday, October 26th 2023
Funeral Directing 101: How to Get Hired
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
Sunday, October 22nd 2023
Conversations4Exploration
"Green Burial Eco-Afterlife"
Cuyamungue Institute
Sedona, AZ
Saturday, October 21st 2023
Death and Dying Workshop - What is an End-of-Life Doula?
with Special Guests, Lindsay Reva, Serena Trexler and Nicole (Emerald Awakenings)
Cornerstone Funeral Services
18635 SE Bakers Ferry Road
Boring, OR 97009
Wednesday, October 4 2023
Green Burial Options
Multnomah Arts Center
7688 SW Capitol Highway
Portland, OR 97219
Wednesday, September 27 2023
National Home Funeral Home Alliance
Natural Organic Reduction & Home Burial
Backyard Burial
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
Fall Author Series
Ledding Library
10660 SE 21st Avenue
Milwaukie, OR 97222
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Saturday, August 19, 2023
What is an Ethical Will?
Kim Steffgen of Tumbleweave Textiles
End of Life Doula Discussion with Angela, Heartwise Woman
Cornerstone Funeral Services
18635 SE Bakers Ferry Road
Boring, OR 97009
Friday, July 28th, 2023
Experts Panel
CSI Forensic Camp
Miami Dade College - North Campus
11380 NW 27th Avenue
Miami, FL 33167
Sunday, July 16th, 2023
Summer Afternoon Tea - Sustainable Conversation
8315 SW Godwin Court
Tigard, OR 97223
For more information, text Toni: 503-730-8869
Thursday, July 13th, 2023
Cultural Death Care through a Theological Lens
George Fox University Grief Studies
Zoom Lecture
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Green Burial and Felting Cloth
Cornerstone Funeral Services
18635 SE Bakers Ferry Road
Boring, OR 97009
Sunday, April 16 2023
Green Burial Options Lecture
Agnus Dei Lutheran Church
10511 Peacock Hill Avenue NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98332
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Everybody Reads
Death Trivia Co-Hosted with Portland Author Sallie Tisdale
Multnomah County Library - Hillsdale Branch
1525 SW Sunset Boulevard. Portland, OR 97239
KMUZ-FM, SALEM, OR
Taking Charge: End of Life Options in Oregon
Sunday, February 19, 2023
End of Life Matters
Green Options
Universalist Unitarian Church of Willamette Falls
710 6th Street, Oregon City, OR 97045
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Life of an Eco-Friendly Mortician
Guest Lecturer
Miami-Dade College
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Second Annual Lifting the Lid International Death Festival
Saving the Planet One Death at a Time
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover
Broadway Books
1714 NE Broadway St
Portland, OR 97232
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Environmental Science as it Relates to Green Burial
Green Burial Council Virtual Conference
Friday, October 21, 2022
Key Issues for Owners and Operators
Green Burial Council Virtual Conference
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Peer to Peer Green Burial Forum with Amy Cunningham
Green Burial Council Virtual Conference
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022
Hope Village
Guest Presenter
Wednesday, May 4th 2022
Haliburton Highlands Green Burial Society of Ontario, Canada
Annual Meeting Presenter - 'Why Green Burial? Your Ecological Legacy After Death."
Sunday, April 24th 2022
Mount Hood Community College
Eco-Friendly Options for Your Body After Death
Thursday, April 7th 2022
Miami-Dade College - School of Funeral Science
Tenants of Green Burial - Guest Lecturer
Thursday, February 24th 2022
Cincinatti College of Mortuary Science
Green Burial 101
Thursday, January 31st 2022
WCPT-AM 820, Chicago
"Live, Local and Progressive with Eric Zorn"
Thursday, January 27th 2022,
Oregon Memorial Association
Choices of Disposition in Oregon
Saturday, November 20th and Sunday, November 21st, 2021
Lifting the Lid Festival
International Funeral Director Panel, Saturday, November 2oth, 8am Pacific
Who is the Green Reaper, Sunday, November 21st, 3pm Pacific
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Introduction to Green Burial - West Linn Library Library
Presenter
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Community Green Burial Options - Hillsboro Brookwood Library
Green Burials: Environmental Impact Post Mortem
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Miami-Dade College School of Funeral Services
The Life of the Green Reaper of Boring, Oregon
Thursday, August 19, 2021
NXT Generation Mortuary Support
Eco-Friendly Techniques for Unembalmed Remains - Special guest
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science
Legal Forms of Disposition - What are the options?
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Dharma Rain Zen Center
Shrouding Demonstration with Sallie Tisdale, Portland Buddhist and Author
Thursday, June 17, 2021
History on Tap - Death and Burial in the Pacific Northwest
Kiggins Theater, Vancouver, WA
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Miami-Dade College School of Funeral Services
Life and Death in Funeral Service
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Northeast College Community College Mortuary Program
Legal Forms of Disposition Lecture
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Environmental Directions Radio Show
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Miami-Dade College School of Funeral Services
Life and Death in Funeral Service
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Kaiser Hospice - Pacific Northwest
What is Green Burial?
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Emerging Trends in Funerals & Burials
Redesigning the End - Virtual Event
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
The Jefferson Exchange Live Call-in Interview
Jefferson Public Radio, Southern OR/Northern CA
Sunday, January 24, 2021
FINE Mortuary College
Issues and Concerns of Natural Burial - Virtual Event
November 18, 2020
The Art of Death and Dying
Hoffman Center Of Art, Manzanita, OR - Virtual Event
October 20, 2020
First Annual Green Burial Conference
Session: What Do Funeral Directors Need to Know about Green Burial?
May 14, 2020
Green Burial in Oregon
Oregon City Library - Postponed due to COVID-19
May 12, 2020
Aging Life Care Association
Brookdale Oswego Springs - Postponed due to COVID-19
April 21, 2020
Oregon Public Broadcasting / Think Out Loud
Funeral in the time of COVID-19 Live on 91.5 FM
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April 9, 2020
Green Burials in Oregon
Mid-Columbian Unitarian Universalists Church, Hood River, - Postponed due to COVID-19
March 2, 2020
American Lung Association Q& A Session
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
March 25, 2020
How Can I Have a Green Burial?
Canby Adult Center - Postponed due to COVID-19
February 9, 2020
Importance of Planning your Homegoing
Emmanuel Church of God in Christ United
February 4, 2020
Green Burial Lecture
Canby Public Library
January 21, 2020
Salem Environmental Education - Green News and Brews
Taproot Lounge and Cafe
January 18, 2020
Northwestern Showman's Club Banquet & Ball Memorial Service
Benson Hotel, Portland, OR
December 3, 2019
GOING GREEN: END OF LIFE OPTIONS Webinar
Aging Advisors PDX Webinar Series
November 8, 2019
Lit Crawl PDX - Distressing Deaths in the Land of Literature
Ace Hotel, Portland, OR
October 30, 2019
OMSI After Dark: Spirits
OMSI, Portland, OR
October 18, 2019
Oregon Cemetery Association 2019 Annual Conference
Hood River Inn, Hood River, OR
October 4, 2019
2019 GARDEN HOME COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY FAIR
Garden Home Community Center
September 21, 2019
Oregon Memorial Association 2019 Annual Gathering
Willamette View Heron Auditorium
June 4, 2019
GREEN BURIAL LECTURE
Rose Villa Performing Arts Center
March 8, 2019
'THE DIGITAL DIVIDE" - KBOO 90.7 FM, Portland, Oregon
Hosted by Rabia Yeaman
May 22, 2019
"AGING IN PORTLAND" KKPZ 1330 AM, Portland, Oregon
Memorial Day Aging and Dying Special
April 28, 2019
IN CONVERSATION: HOME FUNERALS AND GREEN BURIALS
Portland Shambhala Meditation Center
April 24, 2019
River West Village Salon GREEN BURIAL Q & A
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Shalom Center
April 16, 2019
FUNERARY HISTORY OF GREEN BURIAL IN OREGON
Happy Valley Library
March 15, 2019
APPROACHES TO THE END OF LIFE
Providence Willamette Falls Community Center
March 10, 2019
GREEN BURIAL DISCUSSION -- In Conversation with Walt Patrick of Herland Forest
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Vancouver
December 12, 2018
AGING IN PORTLAND
Interview, 1330AM THE TRUTH KKPZ
February 12, 2019
KAKU FM - Maui - "DEATH TRACKS"
Interview on 88.5 FM, Maui, HI with Host Bodhi Be
February 4, 2019
GREEN BURIAL FOR MARION COUNTY MASTER RECYCLERS 25th ANNIVERSARY
The Yard, Salem, OR
February 3, 2019
GREEN BURIAL DISCUSSION
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Willamette Falls
January 13, 2019
WHAT IS GREEN BURIAL?
Fort Vancouver Library
January 3, 2019
The NW Association for Death Education & Bereavement Support
Lewis and Clark College
October 18, 2018
Garden Home and Sustainability Repair Fair
THPRD Garden Home Recreation Center – Gymnasium
November 9, 2018
LIT CRAWL PORTLAND - The Ladies' Aid Society Death Brigade
CENTRL Office Downtown (With Sallie Tisdale)
October 20, 2018
Historical Columbian Cemetery Harvest Festival
Historic Columbian Cemetery, Portland, OR
September 11, 2018
WINNING WITH ANNALEE
Interview, 1620AM, Pensacola, Florida and 92.3FM, Mobile, Alabama
September 28, 2018
THE SUSTAINABILITY CENTURY
“Green Death and Funerals" interview with Marc de Sousa Shields
September 15, 2018
River West Village Senior Resource Fair
Multnomah Arts Center
September 5, 2018
AGING IN PORTLAND - Part 2
Interview, 1330AM THE TRUTH KKPZ
August 29, 2018
AGING IN PORTLAND
Interview, 1330AM THE TRUTH KKPZ
August 19, 2018
BONNEVILLE SACRAMENTO PUBLIC RADIO
Interview on Sacramento stations: KNCI 105.1 FM, KZZO 100.5 FM, KYMX 96.1 FM & KHTK 1140 AM
August 8, 2018
Mater Dei Radio
88.3 FM KBVM – Portland, Salem, Vancouver
94.9 & 100.5 FM KMME – Eugene, Springfield, Cottage Grove
July 29, 2018
KXL - "SPEAKING FREELY"
Interview on 101 FM, Portland, OR with Host Lucinda Kay
August 5, 2018
MOTHER EARTH NEWS GREEN LIVING FAIR
Albany, OR
August 1, 2018
ONE PAGE WEDNESDAY
Literary Arts, Portland, OR
August 2, 2018
UNITY FM - "WORLD SPIRITUALITY"
Interview with host Reverend Paul John Roach
August 1, 2018
VOICE AMERICA RADIO- "GOOD GRIEF"
July 31, 2018
KBOO -"BETWEEN THE COVERS"
Interview by Emily Young, 90.7 FM, Portland, Oregon
July 14, 2018
GREEN BURIAL WORKSHOP
CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE- ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER
July 12, 2018
Everything You Need to Know About Green Burial with Local Mortician​
Estacada Public Library
July 8, 2018
KPFT - "ECOLOGY RADIO"
Live Interview, 90.1FM, Houston, Texas
June 29, 2018
THE OPEN BOOK
Book reading and signing in Bend, OR
June 26, 2018
KGNU - "HOW ON EARTH SCIENCE SHOW"
Radio Interview on 88.5 FM - Boulder/Denver, Colorado
June 23, 2018
THE BRONC - "SUSTAINABLE YOU"
Radio Interview on 107.7 FM, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
June 16, 2018
OREGON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
Green Burial: A Newer Earth-Friendly Options
June 15, 2018
THE BOOK BIN
Book reading and signing in Salem, OR
June 14, 2018
ANOTHER READ THROUGH
Book reading and signing in Portland, OR
June 9, 2018
KEXP - Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment
Interview, 90.3FM, Seattle, WA
May 10, 2018
NPR - Jefferson Public Radio Live Interview
THE JEFFERSON EXCHANGE | Jefferson Public Radio Live Interview
NPR Member station of Southern Oregon/Northern California