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October 27, 2007 GREEN FUNERALS: Putting aside embalming and tombs
April 27, 2007 Greener pastures for the dearly departed
January 07, 2007 From bier to eternity: greens go to grave in a basket casket
November 26, 2006 Greensprings Cemetery offers natural choice
April 18, 2006 Dead fashionable: the sexiest coffin ever
March 13, 2006 A green idea for funeral site
August 23, 2005 How do you want to go?
August 14, 2005 Eco-Friendly Burial Sites Give a Chance to Be Green Forever
May 18, 2005 New Eco Friendly Burial Casket Honors Deceaseds Concern for Environment
April 26, 2005 For Some, A Casket Just Isnt Natural
March 28, 2005 Green is Unique, Thanks to the Old Center Cemetery
January 24, 2005 New cemetery offers green sites
October 16, 2004 Green Burials: Thinking Outside the Box
September 27, 2004 "Green Burials" A Growing Trend
August 23, 2004 Cemetery embraces environmentalism
June 28, 2004 Burial plan brought to life
June 09, 2004 Mill Valley cemetery to offer green burial
June 05, 2004 New Northern California cemetery will offer green burial options
June 05, 2004 Conservation-friendly burials
May 30, 2004 Retailers acknowledge ample obesity market
May 27, 2004 Green burial plans move forward
May 24, 2004 Eco-burial turns corpse to compost
May 22, 2004 A new way to rest in peace
April 27, 2004 Green cemetery plan keeps burial as ashes to ashes
February 09, 2004 Eco-friendly body disposal
December 29, 2003 Interest in `green burials growing
December 17, 2003 Go Gently
December 11, 2003 Green Way For Future Of Burials
December 02, 2003 Local man touts benefits of green burials
August 12, 2003 More picking eco-friendly resting place for burials
May 27, 2003 Greener Ways to the Great Beyond
 
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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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