| eco-caskets & green burials Formerly Colorful Coffins |
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| About Natural Burial | |
| TRADITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS COST BENEFITS |
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| About Final Footprint | |
| OUR HISTORY OUR MISSION |
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| JANE HILLHOUSE, FOUNDER 650.726.5255 FAX: 650.897.9841 jane@finalfootprint.com ©2009 Final Footprint |
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| The History of Final Footprint | |
| At Final Footprint, our vision is to return to the simple, family-centric ways of burial. Since returning to the US in 1998 from my home in England, I have been passionately working toward ‘greening’ the funeral industry. Originally called Colorful Coffins, our business started by supplying biodegradable caskets, urns, and ash containers to families in need. And through outreach at conferences, festivals, and media interviews, we have provided information regarding the green burial process to the community at large. Although we started with a product line, the current focus is on securing natural burial grounds. America has only a handful of these sites. In England, a country barely 1/60th the size of the US, there are over 250.
I have served on the board of the Funeral Consumer Alliance (Palo Alto, California Chapter), and have spoken publicly and written articles on the subject of green burials. We participated as a co-presenter at the annual National Funeral Director’s Association in Orlando, Florida in 2008. You can find us every year at the Green Festival and Earth Day Festivals in and around the Bay Area. -Jane Hillhouse |