Dr. Diana Cunningham, ND, will discuss the differences between conservation and restoration deathcare; other choices in "green" deathcare, such as human composting; why cremation is a public health hazard, and how natural burial is the only earth-responsible choice in the rising natural deathcare revolution. Dr Cunningham is the author of The New Natural American Way of Deathcare.
Instructor: Dr. Diana Cunningham (ND-ret., MA)
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Dr. Diana Cunningham (ND-ret., MA) graduated from Smith College in 1984. She received her MA in Psychology from the Western Institute for Social Research and her ND degree from the University of Natural Medicine, then went to the UK to study classical homeopathic medicine for three years. She practiced natural medicine for 23 years, working primarily with children and adults with depression and other emotional challenges. With the deaths of her parents and through a mentorship with The Shared Heart Foundation, where she is now on the Board of Directors, Diana developed a new approach to grief work, natural deathcare, and green burial sanctuaries. She is the author of The New Silent Spring: Alzheimer’s, Cremation and the Next Pandemic — Groundbreaking Solutions for the Millenium (2022), sections of which have been published on Medium. She has been publishing short articles on Medium since 2019, including