From Earth to Earth: The Lost Art of Dying in America Film Screening and Q&A
Schedule
Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am
UTC-04:00Location
138 Cemetery Ave. / PO Box 1105, Manchester Center, VT, United States, Vermont 05255 | Manchester, VT
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“From Earth to Earth: The Lost Art of Dying in America” describes natural burial and its benefits through stories from the people who worked to make it legal in Vermont, and the stories of people whose experiences have shown the ways it can help come to terms with the loss of a loved one and with one’s own mortality. The documentary was produced by a group of students from the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in the fall of 2023 and has won a number of national and international awards.
The presentation will include a showing of the documentary (run time 20minutes) with short introductory comments. The documentary will be followed by a Q&A session led by Jim Hogle Communications and Outreach Coordinator of the Vermont Forest Cemetery and by Michelle Acciavatti, Founder of the Vermont Forest Cemetery.
About the Vermont Forest Cemetery
The Vermont Forest Cemetery (www.cemetery.eco), founded in October of 2023, is the first and still only cemetery in Vermont that is devoted entirely to natural burial. The cemetery is located on 56 acres of mixed hardwood forest in the Green Mountains above Roxbury, Vermont. The cemetery encourages families and friends to participate directly in the burial process if they wish allowing them to perform a final act of love for their loved one that helps deal with the grief of loss and with saying goodbye. It seeks to honor and preserve the stories of the people who are buried there, and to create a space where people can create art, engage in learning and research about natural burial and the forest itself, help conserve and restore the forest, or come and walk the trails to observe the birds and animals who live there, learn about the plants and geology, meditate, or just take a contemplative walk on the trails. We provide a regular schedule of guided tours in spring, summer, and fall. The cemetery is open to the public from dawn to dusk every day and we encourage to visit on their own at any time.
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Where is it happening?
138 Cemetery Ave. / PO Box 1105, Manchester Center, VT, United States, Vermont 05255, 138 Cemetery Ave, Manchester Center, VT 05255-9701, United States, ManchesterEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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