References for Houston Spring Branch October 2025 Death Cafe
A write up of Houston Spring Branch Death Cafe - October 2025
Houston Spring Branch October 2025 Death Cafe
We had 11 people attend the Spring Branch Death Cafe -- the smaller group welcomed Death Cafe first timers, returning folks, and regulars.
Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue.
If there is something missing from my list you'd like to add and easily share with the group, just leave a public comment in the box at the bottom of this page.
Local groups & resources
- Blazing Star Sanctuary (Katy, Texas Green Burial)
https://naturesburial.org
- Eloise Woods Natural Burial Park
https://www.eloisewoods.com
- McGovern Medical School's Willed Body Program and Galveston Bay burials at sea: "There is no charge for cremated remains designated for scattering at sea."
https://med.uth.edu/oep/willed-body-program
Books
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20696006-being-mortal
- Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End by Alua Arthur
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182095333-briefly-perfectly-human
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56769575-stiff from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=y2mq0EL51m&rank=2
Misc
- Samaritans
https://www.samaritans.org/
- Death Doulas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_midwife
- A Place to Die
https://asacredpassing.org/a-place-to-die-1
- NASA: Our Milky Way Galaxy: How Big is Space?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX3PIkbTQwQ
- "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" by John Lennon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatever_Gets_You_thru_the_Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjWebKavfuI
- Human composting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_composting
- Green/Natural burial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_burial
- Body farms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_farm
- Burial at sea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_at_sea
- Crestone End of Life Project (Colorado open-air cremation/pyre)
https://crestoneendoflifeproject.org/services/open-air-cremation-site/
- Body Worlds traveling exhibition & controversies
https://bodyworlds.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Worlds
- Illegal scattering of ashes at Disney World
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/561738/its-no-urban-legend-disney-world-surprisingly-popular-place-people-scatter-their-loved-ones-ashes
- Tai chi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_chi
Looking forward to the next time,
Stephanie & Claudia