At The End Of Life, Remains Become Reefs As a Chicago woman commits her husband to the sea, his ashes — mixed with concrete — begin a new existence as an artificial reef. It’s not a burial, it’s not a cremation. It’s a memorial reef ball. People come to Florida for all sorts of reasons. […]
Baltimore Sun
Final rest goes green in the bayThey traveled to Florida, where the reef balls are made, to mix the ashes of both parents into the concrete and decorate their memorials…Read More
‘Eternal Reefs’ To Help Bay Health
A green way to be buried is catching on in Maryland. Eternal reefs will be placed in the Chesapeake Bay that are made of concrete and the ashes of a loved one. Video provided by NBC News affiliate, WBAL TV Baltimore
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Loved ones’ ashes help replenish reefs in Gulf of Mexico–Virginia Highland-based company makes it possible At 9:56 on a sun-kissed morning a few miles off the southwest Florida coast, Christopher Jung slipped into the sea he loved one last time. His wife of 11 years, Laurie, steadied herself on the deck of a fishing boat […]
FOX Philly News Coverage
Arlene on FOX Philly news story about Eternal Reefs
Business Week
Resting with the Fish — FOREVER By Michael Eidam Next October, Barbara Jack plans to visit her late husband Lloyd’s final resting place to wish him a happy birthday. But she won’t be going to a cemetery. She’ll travel by boat about two miles off the coast of Sarasota, Fla., and go scuba diving. About […]
