Spring at Sacred Grove Preserve is not decorative. It is structural. The soil warms. Mycelium begins to move. Seeds push upward. The forest reorganizes itself for another year of life. Sacred Grove is located within the boundaries of the Francis Marion National Forest in St. Stephen, South Carolina. It was created with a simple but profound premise: death can participate in regeneration rather than extraction. Rethinking Death as a Waste Stream Modern industrial systems treat nearly...

As we enter 2026, we find ourselves living in a moment of profound transition. The world around us feels unstable in ways that are no longer theoretical. Ecological systems are strained. Social systems are fragmenting. Many of the structures we were told would hold are showing their limits. And alongside this unraveling, something quieter but more important is happening: people are beginning to ask deeper questions about how we live, how we die, and what it means to belong to the Earth again....

Restoring the Earth Through Green Burial A few years ago, I experienced the loss of a beloved companion. In my grief, I laid him to rest...