Order of the Good Death
@ordergooddeath.bsky.social
Building a meaningful, eco-friendly, & equitable end-of-life through education, resources, & legislative advocacy
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Inspired by the death positive movement, this animated short explores how the LGBTQIA+ community has been reinventing funerary and remembrance rituals vimeo.com/1127150668?f...
Making It Fit
A short documentary film by Mariana Leal, about how the LGBTQIA+ community has been reinventing funerary and remembrance rituals to better support and reflect the…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Inspired by the death positive movement, this animated short explores how the LGBTQIA+ community has been reinventing funerary and remembrance rituals vimeo.com/1127150668?f...
In Bolivia Fiesta de las Natitas is a time when the important bond between the living and the dead is celebrated www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/to-l...
To live and die (and live again) in Bolivia: the Fiesta de las Ñatitas | The Order of the Good Death
Order member Paul Koudounaris reports from Bolivia on his annual visit during Fiesta de las Natitas, a time when the important bond between the living and the dead is celebrated.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In Bolivia Fiesta de las Natitas is a time when the important bond between the living and the dead is celebrated www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/to-l...
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1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!
Join us on 10/30 for an exclusive talk by @sarahcalavera.bsky.social
The Women, the Witch, & the Dead: How Women & Death Shaped Halloween.
This event is exclusively for our Tier Two members. Not a member yet? Now's the perfect time to join
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The Women, the Witch, & the Dead: How Women & Death Shaped Halloween.
This event is exclusively for our Tier Two members. Not a member yet? Now's the perfect time to join
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Join us on 10/30 for an exclusive talk by @sarahcalavera.bsky.social
The Women, the Witch, & the Dead: How Women & Death Shaped Halloween.
This event is exclusively for our Tier Two members. Not a member yet? Now's the perfect time to join
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
The Women, the Witch, & the Dead: How Women & Death Shaped Halloween.
This event is exclusively for our Tier Two members. Not a member yet? Now's the perfect time to join
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
✨Announcing our Death Positive Library Giveaway!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
October 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
✨Announcing our Death Positive Library Giveaway!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!
1. Our archive is full of conversations that continue to resonate, and this one is no exception. In “Therapy, Mental Health, and Death Positivity,” we explore the complex experience of bringing death positive ideas into your therapy session.
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
1. Our archive is full of conversations that continue to resonate, and this one is no exception. In “Therapy, Mental Health, and Death Positivity,” we explore the complex experience of bringing death positive ideas into your therapy session.
“I also find myself asking what it means to grieve when grief itself must be justified—when mourning is a privilege and memory, like safety, that can feel so unevenly distributed.” www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
The Cruel Calculus of Palestinian Grief
In times of mass atrocity, processing personal sorrow becomes more complicated.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“I also find myself asking what it means to grieve when grief itself must be justified—when mourning is a privilege and memory, like safety, that can feel so unevenly distributed.” www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
We believe everyone struggles with fear of death. Being death positive is about our willingness to better understand those fears, how they manifest in ourselves, others, & the world around us.
We’ve created resources to help: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fe...
We’ve created resources to help: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fe...
October 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We believe everyone struggles with fear of death. Being death positive is about our willingness to better understand those fears, how they manifest in ourselves, others, & the world around us.
We’ve created resources to help: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fe...
We’ve created resources to help: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fe...
Mandy Shunnarah’s moving essay, Love Lives in This Place, which traces a journey from fear and death anxiety to finding comfort and connection among the gravestones.
Read it here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/love...
Read it here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/love...
Love Lives In This Place | The Order of the Good Death
Writer Mandy Shunnarah loves cemeteries now, but that wasn’t always the case–they used to experience panic attacks brought on by death anxiety. But, through one woman’s loving dedication to cemetery w...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Mandy Shunnarah’s moving essay, Love Lives in This Place, which traces a journey from fear and death anxiety to finding comfort and connection among the gravestones.
Read it here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/love...
Read it here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/love...
We’re taking it back to the early days of The Order & the event that started it all: Death Salons.
Inspired by 18th century intellectual salons, we brought together academics, artists, funeral professionals, and the public to talk about the one thing we all have in common: death.
Inspired by 18th century intellectual salons, we brought together academics, artists, funeral professionals, and the public to talk about the one thing we all have in common: death.
October 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We’re taking it back to the early days of The Order & the event that started it all: Death Salons.
Inspired by 18th century intellectual salons, we brought together academics, artists, funeral professionals, and the public to talk about the one thing we all have in common: death.
Inspired by 18th century intellectual salons, we brought together academics, artists, funeral professionals, and the public to talk about the one thing we all have in common: death.
1. Some stories are timeless; they stick with you, revealing new layers of meaning the more you think about them.
This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite articles from the archives: “Death for Sale: Content, Consumption, and Compassion of Estate Sales”.
This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite articles from the archives: “Death for Sale: Content, Consumption, and Compassion of Estate Sales”.
October 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1. Some stories are timeless; they stick with you, revealing new layers of meaning the more you think about them.
This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite articles from the archives: “Death for Sale: Content, Consumption, and Compassion of Estate Sales”.
This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite articles from the archives: “Death for Sale: Content, Consumption, and Compassion of Estate Sales”.
Tired of capitalism controlling deathcare? Same. That’s why we’re building a community that is reimagining deathcare, and we need volunteers (and volunteer wranglers) to make it happen.
Interested in volunteering? Learn more and apply here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/volunteer/
Interested in volunteering? Learn more and apply here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/volunteer/
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tired of capitalism controlling deathcare? Same. That’s why we’re building a community that is reimagining deathcare, and we need volunteers (and volunteer wranglers) to make it happen.
Interested in volunteering? Learn more and apply here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/volunteer/
Interested in volunteering? Learn more and apply here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/volunteer/
Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being forgotten? And what is the meaning of life if your death doesn’t matter to others? www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...
The Story of the Unclaimed | The Order of the Good Death
Today, more and more relatives are abandoning their dead, leaving it to local governments to dispose of the bodies. Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being forgotten? And what is the meaning of life if your death doesn’t matter to others? www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...
CALL TO ACTION
The bill to legalize human composting in MA is scheduled for a hearing on MONDAY. You can help by spending a few minutes sending an email of support, or testifying in person. Info & instructions here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/.../calls-to...
The bill to legalize human composting in MA is scheduled for a hearing on MONDAY. You can help by spending a few minutes sending an email of support, or testifying in person. Info & instructions here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/.../calls-to...
September 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
CALL TO ACTION
The bill to legalize human composting in MA is scheduled for a hearing on MONDAY. You can help by spending a few minutes sending an email of support, or testifying in person. Info & instructions here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/.../calls-to...
The bill to legalize human composting in MA is scheduled for a hearing on MONDAY. You can help by spending a few minutes sending an email of support, or testifying in person. Info & instructions here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/.../calls-to...
"The path that leads someone to a potter’s field as their final resting place is a complex, layered, messy one. Actually, there isn’t just one path, but many, which often begin long before the death bed." www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir...
Remembering the Forgotten: The Space that Remains | Pangyrus
Burying the Masses On September 13th 2018, I stood in the county cemetery in my hometown of Fresno, California. It swam with more sheriff’s employees than I ...
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September 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"The path that leads someone to a potter’s field as their final resting place is a complex, layered, messy one. Actually, there isn’t just one path, but many, which often begin long before the death bed." www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir...
THIS FRIDAY
Join authors Amy Shea, Evie King, & Beth Winegarner for a thoughtful, necessary dialogue on justice, remembrance, & reimagining how we care for one another through death.
Event is free, register at the link:: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join authors Amy Shea, Evie King, & Beth Winegarner for a thoughtful, necessary dialogue on justice, remembrance, & reimagining how we care for one another through death.
Event is free, register at the link:: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
THIS FRIDAY
Join authors Amy Shea, Evie King, & Beth Winegarner for a thoughtful, necessary dialogue on justice, remembrance, & reimagining how we care for one another through death.
Event is free, register at the link:: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join authors Amy Shea, Evie King, & Beth Winegarner for a thoughtful, necessary dialogue on justice, remembrance, & reimagining how we care for one another through death.
Event is free, register at the link:: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
NEW ARTICLE!
Author Beth Winegarner reveals the dead who still lie beneath some of San Francisco’s most cherished destinations in her book, “San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History.”
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/left...
Author Beth Winegarner reveals the dead who still lie beneath some of San Francisco’s most cherished destinations in her book, “San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History.”
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/left...
Left Behind | The Order of the Good Death
Author Beth Winegarner reveals the dead who still lie beneath some of San Francisco's most cherished destinations in her book,
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September 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW ARTICLE!
Author Beth Winegarner reveals the dead who still lie beneath some of San Francisco’s most cherished destinations in her book, “San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History.”
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/left...
Author Beth Winegarner reveals the dead who still lie beneath some of San Francisco’s most cherished destinations in her book, “San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History.”
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/left...
It’s official! New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed
NJ bill A-4085/S-3007 legalizing human composting & expanding options for greener & more meaningful deathcare!
Learn more about this and other sustainable forms of deathcare here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/gr...
📷 Yumi Yoshida
NJ bill A-4085/S-3007 legalizing human composting & expanding options for greener & more meaningful deathcare!
Learn more about this and other sustainable forms of deathcare here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/gr...
📷 Yumi Yoshida
September 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It’s official! New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed
NJ bill A-4085/S-3007 legalizing human composting & expanding options for greener & more meaningful deathcare!
Learn more about this and other sustainable forms of deathcare here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/gr...
📷 Yumi Yoshida
NJ bill A-4085/S-3007 legalizing human composting & expanding options for greener & more meaningful deathcare!
Learn more about this and other sustainable forms of deathcare here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/gr...
📷 Yumi Yoshida
It’s hungry ghost season and that means it’s time to feed your dead.
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...
The Hungry Ghost Festival: When It’s Time to Feed Your Dead | The Order of the Good Death
The Hungry Ghost Festival or Yu Lan is the time of year when, in Taoist and Buddhist beliefs, the gates to the spirit world are opened and the deceased walk the earth again searching for their living ...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s hungry ghost season and that means it’s time to feed your dead.
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...
NEW ARTICLE!
What happens if you die without family or money?
In this excerpt from “Ashes to Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer,” you’ll meet Evie King who is charged with carrying out Section 46 funerals. www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...
What happens if you die without family or money?
In this excerpt from “Ashes to Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer,” you’ll meet Evie King who is charged with carrying out Section 46 funerals. www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...
Dead Strangers and Other Friends | The Order of the Good Death
What happens if you die without family or money? In this excerpt from the book
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September 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
NEW ARTICLE!
What happens if you die without family or money?
In this excerpt from “Ashes to Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer,” you’ll meet Evie King who is charged with carrying out Section 46 funerals. www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...
What happens if you die without family or money?
In this excerpt from “Ashes to Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer,” you’ll meet Evie King who is charged with carrying out Section 46 funerals. www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...
Join authors Evie King, Amy Shea, and Beth Winegarner for a powerful conversation on funeral poverty and the stark inequalities that shape how we die and how we’re remembered.
September 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Join authors Evie King, Amy Shea, and Beth Winegarner for a powerful conversation on funeral poverty and the stark inequalities that shape how we die and how we’re remembered.
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There's an excerpt from my book on the @ordergooddeath.bsky.social site ahead of our free event this month.
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...
September 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
There's an excerpt from my book on the @ordergooddeath.bsky.social site ahead of our free event this month.
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/dead...
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Discover how these talented artisans create beautiful and unique eco-friendly coffins, shrouds and urns that celebrate life and honor our loved ones. It's not just about death; it’s about connection, creativity, and remembrance.
August 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Discover how these talented artisans create beautiful and unique eco-friendly coffins, shrouds and urns that celebrate life and honor our loved ones. It's not just about death; it’s about connection, creativity, and remembrance.
For World Photography Day, check out our list of recommended books on death & photography—from post mortem photos, to jazz funerals, & hidden ossuaries www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/bo...
August 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
For World Photography Day, check out our list of recommended books on death & photography—from post mortem photos, to jazz funerals, & hidden ossuaries www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/bo...