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\"\"Maybe you\u2019re an avid environmentalist with an eye to the conservation of native habitats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe you\u2019re chemical conscious and can\u2019t imagine contributing to the <\/span>827,060 gallons of carcinogenic fluids<\/span><\/a> buried in the ground each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe you want your children and grandchildren to be able to enjoy your final resting place as more than a cemetery \u2014 as a place for recreation, refuge in, and reverence for nature.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever the reason, you\u2019ve decided you\u2019re interested in conservation burial. You\u2019re in luck: Heidi Hannapel and Jeff Masten are bringing the nation\u2019s thirtee<\/span>nth conservation cemetery right here to the Piedmont. It\u2019s called Bluestem.<\/p>\n

Bluestem practices green burial \u2014 which Heidi says is \u201cjust a new name for how we used to bury long ago, how many cultures still bury, where there\u2019s no embalming, no vaults, and biodegradable materials instead of metal caskets and steel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Current burial norms took shape during the Civil War, when wishes for the bodies of deceased soldiers to be returned home in preserved condition led to the development of embalming technology. But because only licensed embalmers could offer this service, families who wanted embalming could no longer bury their own: they needed the help of morticians and funeral homes. The decades progressed, and <\/span>families increasingly laid their loved ones to rest in steel caskets and concrete vaults beneath monoculture lawns kept green with pesticides.<\/p>\n

The status quo \u2014 of cl<\/span>earcutting and manicuring the land, making space to barricade our dead selves from the earth \u2014 has reigned for seven score and seventeen years (or so). Now folks like you are searching for something new.<\/p>\n

To reach Bluestem, you navigate roads that weave and wind through rolling hills and quaint farmhouses until you arrive at Hurdle Mills Road, where Bluestem sprawls across 87 acres of Cedar Grove in Orange County.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You bounce along the dirt road and roll to a stop in what Heidi calls the \u201canteroom\u201d of the cemetery. It\u2019s the first of Bluestem\u2019s \u201coutdoor rooms.\u201d<\/span>\"\"You\u2019re greeted by Heidi, who wears her hair cropped and a stud in her nose, and Jeff, who sports a red cap embroidered with the Bluestem logo. Both have kind eyes etched by years of laughter.<\/p>\n

Together, you stroll towards the cozy cabin that serves as Bluestem\u2019s office. The cabin is a ripe 140 years old, and Bluestem\u2019s choice not to renova<\/span>te or expand it is a conscious one, Heidi says. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to promote that idea that nature is enough, so we don\u2019t need to bring a lot of human impact to develop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bluestem took twelve years of dreaming, five years of building. Now they\u2019ve found land and are set to open this June.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bluestem is a conservation project at heart, so choosing its home was something Heidi and Jeff did with \u201cgreat intention and respect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cR<\/span>estoring these agricultural fields back to grassland is a key attribute of our project,\u201d Jeff\u00a0 explains. Monoculture, the cultivation of one crop in a certain area, is efficient for food production but can lead to damaged soil and loss of biodiversity over time. With the help of volunteers, the project will work to heal the land by planting grasses native to the Piedmont region \u2014 including Bluestem grass, for which the nonprofit is named.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grassland habitat will be a huge refuge for pollinators, for diversity of wildlife,\u201d Jeff says. \u201cThere are migratory birds that fly through, looking for seed sources along the way. Bluestem will provide that.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The grasses\u2019 root systems will sequester atmosphe<\/span>ric<\/span>\u00a0c<\/span>arbon dioxide and reach some five feet into the ground. \u201cSo the grass actua<\/span>lly serves as a large carbon sink,\u201d Jeff says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is part of our ethos of thinking globally, acting locally. We\u2019re not moving a world needle on climate change. But maybe we\u2019re getting people to be more cognizant of how we\u2019re impacting the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

You want a tour of the property, so you follow Jeff and Heidi out of the cabin and through the \u201canteroom\u201d to the barn. It\u2019s as old as the cabin and equally picturesque. Delightfully anachronistic. The barn serves as the Information Center, as well as a place people can gather with their loved ones or host their faith communities during the burial process.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an invitation to any faith communities to come and hold services,\u201d says Heidi. \u201cBut also, for people who don\u2019t have a particular faith, this can be a reverential space to come into nature and have your own spiritual experience. To feel one with nature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Heidi and Jeff lead you on the pedestrian trail, where you trod on damp amber oak leaves and occasionally brush against a spindly branch. The trail system spans four miles, looping around a glassy silver pond and unfurling into distant woods. But now you\u2019ve reached the middle of a clearing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You stop, throw your head back, and look up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Green leaves dotting slender branches swirl and play in endless fractals across deep blue sky. It\u2019s almost like stained glass. Like you\u2019re in a cathedral.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You see what Heidi was talking about: this really does feel like an outdoor room.<\/span><\/p>\n

And something else, too. Since you left the barn, you\u2019ve traveled about 70 feet downhill. The hill shields you from the last vestiges of sound from the road. All you can hear is birdsong and quiet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis land sang to us,\u201d says Heidi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond the pond is a sweeping field, where the horizon reveals itself. \u201cIt\u2019s like the big sky of the West,\u201d says Jeff.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you come out here, you can let go of all the city life that you carry,\u201d Heidi says. \u201cYou arrive here, and the sky opening up\u2026 it\u2019s a release.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis place will be able to carry the souls of the people who will be buried here. And we think of that as an incredibly healing opportunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

You emerge from the forest and amble down a dirt road. Then Heidi stops, sweepin<\/span>g an arm in the direction of the large field that fans out in front of you.<\/span> \u201cThis is our big, wide-open field for grassland burial.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At Bluestem, one can choose between grassland burial in the fields, and woodland burial amongst the trees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to limit those things that have a sizable environmental impact,\u201d Jeff says. So for grassland burials, \u201cwe won\u2019t be mowing pathways to each grave.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

These aren\u2019t comfortable ideas for everyone. When trying to find a home for Bluestem, Jeff says many potential neighbors \u201cshook their head or turned white or talked about zombies.\u201d Others worry about whether animals will dig up graves. (\u201cOur colleagues have not had a problem with that whatsoever,\u201d Heidi says.) You can\u2019t put up a bench, or that traditional veteran marker with the flag: headstones are welcome, but they\u2019ll have to be flat to the ground. If you choose a woodland burial, a tree might fall on your spot and it might have to stay there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt will challenge a lot of people,\u201d Jeff acknowledges. \u201cBut our philosophy is that it\u2019s less about the individual space, because the whole of Bluestem is the memorial to each individual here. You become integrated into it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff explains that the grasses help to hold soil in place. \u201cSo when someone is buried, nothing is removed from the site. All of the soil that comes out will go back in the same hole, so it will be mounded. And over time, as decomposition occurs, it will subside and become flat again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A tangible reflection of incorporation into the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

You stroll on until you\u2019ve passed the large field, and you stand, looking out at another field for grassland burial. It\u2019s bordered by a distant forest, where woodland burials will take place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Before Bluestem, Heidi and Jeff led careers in conservation: Jeff worked as conservation director at Triangle Land Conservancy and Heidi as the Southeast program manager for Land Trust Alliance, and the two later joined forces to launch a local conservation consulting firm, Landmatters. Then Jeff met Billy Campbell, co-founder of the nation\u2019s first modern conservation cemetery. Campbell spoke of cemeteries where each burial supports the conservation of the land.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith conservation burial, you\u2019re not burying your wealth,\u201d Heidi says. \u201cInstead, it\u2019s going into preserving a living, healing space.\u201d (And the pricetag doesn\u2019t hurt: what you\u2019d pay to be buried at Bluestem \u2014 sans embalming, fancy caskets, and vaults \u2014 is about <\/span>half the cost<\/span><\/a> of traditional burial.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Campbell inspired them, but starting their own cemetery still felt out of reach. In 2006, Jeff says conservation burial still seemed \u201ca little bit ahead of its time for the Triangle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Then in 2015, Heidi\u2019s mother was diagnosed with a glioblastoma. She didn\u2019t have long. Heidi dropped everything to take care of her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortly after, Jeff\u2019s father was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and he became the caregiver for his father.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter we helped our parents to their end, we realized that the way our parents chose to be for their final disposition\u2026 it wasn\u2019t what we wanted,\u201d Heidi says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff agrees. \u201cWe thought, there\u2019s another way for us to think about this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Heading back, you ascend what you now realize is a slight hill. Heidi and Jeff point out additional fields that will someday be used for burial. Until then, they\u2019ll be filled with wildflowers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Choosing a conservation burial means participating in the ecosystem financially, in body, and in spirit. Heidi and Jeff have already spotted 32 species of birds on the property. It\u2019s a peaceful thought, to think of yourself as contributing to this community of grasses and wildflowers and birds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Heidi and Jeff say Bluestem will serve as a living memorial to the souls that dwell there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something that\u2019s not just after the fact,\u201d Jeff says. \u201cIt\u2019s not a feeling of, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m choosing a place where my remains will be.\u2019 It\u2019s choosing a place that I want to be when I\u2019m alive. And for my family, when they come to visit after I die.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Heidi agrees. \u201cWe don\u2019t have to be terrified of death. We can make space for the fact that we\u2019re all impermanent. And so, when that time comes, why not become part of this gorgeous place?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

You like the sound of that.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bluestem<\/span><\/a> is not currently selling burial plots, but <\/span>volunteer opportunities<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>group tours<\/span><\/a> are underway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Above: Heidi Hannapel and Jeff Masten, creators of Bluestem Conservation Cemetery. Photos by Milena Ozernova \u2014 The 9th Street Journal\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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