Let's talk about: Conservation Burial & Sustainable Deathcare

What could a more sustainable funeral look like?

Join Olivia Andrews from Funeral Commons and Fiona McCuaig, founder of Walawaani Way, for a free community conversation exploring conservation burial and sustainable death care.

Walawaani Way, on the NSW South Coast, is Australia’s first and only conservation burial ground. Together, we’ll explore what conservation burial actually means, how it can give back to the earth through restoring land to forest and creating habitat for glossy black cockatoos and other native species, and what a circular funeral could look like.

We’ll also talk about some of the more natural and sustainable choices available around funerals, and open up a conversation about how we might approach death care differently.

Whether you’re planning ahead, supporting someone else, working in this space, or simply curious, you’re warmly welcome.

There’ll be time for questions, followed by a cuppa and a chat afterwards.

Free event. Limited seating.

Meet Fiona and Olivia

Fiona McCuaig is the founder of Walawaani Way, Australia’s first and only conservation burial ground, on the NSW South Coast. Through conservation burial, Walawaani Way is restoring 18 hectares of agricultural land to forest and creating habitat for glossy black cockatoos and other native species.

Olivia Andrews is an Inner West local, founder of Funeral Commons, and a palliative and bereavement psychotherapist, funeral director and celebrant. Through Funeral Commons, she is working to create more personal, sustainable and community-connected approaches to funeral care, and to make choices such as conservation burial more accessible to families.