SATURDAY OCTOBER 19 ~ 4-6PM
The Art and Science of Human Composting
While in architecture school in 2011, Recompose founder and human composting inventor Katrina Spade, began thinking about updating contemporary death care practices with a sustainable alternative, one that would nourish the land rather than take away from it. After years of extensive research with green death care experts, ecologists, biologists, legislators and more, human composting emerged. It's been legal in Washington State since 2019 and is now legal in 11 other states as well.
In this 60-minute conversational presentation, Laura Cassidy will provide an easy-to-understand framework for how human composting works and why this end-of-life option is such a benefit to the earth and to humanity. She will also talk about Recompose’s roots and what it’s been like to pioneer this offering. The last 20 minutes or so will be used for Q and A dialogue and exchange.
THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT PLEASE RSVP ABOVE. SPACES ARE LIMITED.
Laura Sullivan Cassidy ~ Outreach and Client Experience Lead at Recompose
Laura is a native Northwesterner, and a longtime local arts and culture journalist and editor who began transitioning into grief and death work in 2020. She is trained as a death doula and draws on experience in a conventional funeral home as well as years of creative consulting and coaching and helping folks attune to their goals, desires, and personal stories.
Laura leads outreach efforts and works alongside the Precompose and Services teams to help create the best possible experience for all Recompose clients and community.
The venue at the Old Olympia Glass Building is accessible from the street on the ground floor with no stairs. There are no accessible toilets on-site, so we do suggest you use other local locations and facilities where possible.
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