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Located at 2406 Ridge Rd. in the Baltimore County community of Windsor Mill, Serenity Ridge is non-denominational but features a Jewish section.<\/p>\n

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By Anna Lippe, JMORE (Read the full article<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

It might not be the most popular cocktail party conversation, but death is an inevitable part of life.<\/p>\n

And for those who want to reduce their carbon footprint after they\u2019ve passed on, there are more options than many of us might realize.<\/p>\n

Serenity Ridge Natural Burial Cemetery and Arboretum \u2014 the state\u2019s only exclusively green\/natural burial cemetery \u2014 seeks to provide an alternative to conventional burials.<\/p>\n

For the Berg family, it all started with a 177-acre parcel of land in their family since the 1960s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying to come up with an idea of what my brothers [David and Richard] and I could use the property for, because it\u2019s a really gorgeous property,\u201d says Dr. Howard K. Berg, a retired colon and rectal surgeon who lives in Owings Mills. \u201cI read about [the] green burial [method], and it really struck me as something that\u2019s very interesting because I\u2019ve always enjoyed doing things outdoors. I love being out in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

But turning a plot of land into a natural burial cemetery and arboretum is no easy process. Preparing Serenity Ridge took the Berg family about four years and required lots of legal and certification work, such as working closely with Baltimore County Councilman Julian E. Jones Jr. (D-4th), conducting hydrogeologic studies and obtaining all the necessary certifications.<\/p>\n

Serenity Ridge officially opened last January and has had 16 burials thus far. The cemetery is located at 2406 Ridge Rd. in the Baltimore County community of Windsor Mill, about three miles from Security Square Mall.<\/p>\n

Generally, green burial requires no embalming fluid; no grave liners; only biodegradable caskets, shrouds or urns; and graves are dug about 3.5 feet \u2014 instead of 5 feet \u2014 to allow oxygen to help with a more natural decomposition. At Serenity Ridge, headstones are flat to the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreen burial is caring for the dead with a minimal amount of environmental impact, and also conserving natural resources,\u201d says Dr. Berg.<\/p>\n

A Baltimore-based spiritual leader, author and environmental activist, Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin says natural burials are much more aligned with Halachah, or Jewish law, than conventional interments.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNatural burials are very much in line with Jewish law, which is basically to say take the body as quickly as possible, provide a respectable and honorable burial in the earth with the least impediments between body and earth,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s really the more traditional Jewish way of doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

First and foremost, Serenity Ridge is a nature preserve with walking trails in wooded areas and rolling meadows. The plan is to remove invasive species of plants and trees, replacing them with native Maryland flora. The cemetery recently planted its first wildflower garden.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re basically developing a nature preserve where people happen to be buried,\u201d says Dr. Berg. \u201cWe want people to come out and use this place as a place of introspection and feeling that they\u2019re with nature as opposed to conventional cemeteries which are strictly a place of mourning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin<\/p>\n

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For community outreach liaison Chelsea Berg, Serenity Ridge is more than simply a cemetery. She hopes Serenity Ridge will be a place for family-friendly activities and events like stargazing at night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere I want to do the most work and where my passion lies is building this community,\u201d she says. \u201cSo people can come back and have serenity, and it represents multiple things to them \u2014 as a place where their loved one will rest for eternity, and a place where they can come back to enjoy everything that the world, God, spirituality, religion, dust-to-dust has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chelsea recalls the burial of a woman who was over 100 and whose children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were at the gravesite at Serenity Ridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe family was just sitting in the grass on blankets and chairs. The great-grandkids were playing in the grass,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was a beautiful sunny day, and just the energy from the family \u2014 you don\u2019t get that at a regular cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Serenity Ridge is non\u2011denominational. Rabbi Cardin serves as lead rabbi of the Jewish section of the cemetery, which was developed in conjunction with several local rabbis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s going to be a consecrated Jewish section,\u201d says David Zinner, chair of the Jewish Association for Death Education and executive director at Kavod v\u2019Nichum, a Columbia-based organization that provides education, training and technical assistance for bereavement and Hebrew burial groups. \u201cThat\u2019s a really nice and welcoming signal to the Jewish community that this is a place where they can feel comfortable being buried in.\u201d<\/p>\n

A green burial is similar to current interment practices in Israel, he notes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is encouraging Israeli-style burial,\u201d says Zinner. \u201cThere\u2019s a number of elements that go into green burial that we can pick up on just by observing what happens in Israel. But we can also look at Talmud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Says Rabbi Cardin: \u201cThere is no life without death. Death is not just a part of life, but death is essential to the ongoing enterprise of life. Cemeteries can help you feel that. Maybe it helps people ease their fear of death, which would be a gift that a cemetery like this could do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anna Lippe is a Washington, D.C.-based freelance writer.<\/p>\n

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