Silver City -- Long-time Silver City resident Rick Lambert will facilitate a discussion at Monday's Death Cafe about soil transformation or organic reduction, a natural form of body composting which transforms the human corpse into a composted "soil." The Death Cafe meets at 4:00 pm at the Silver City Public Library. Participation is open to everyone who wants to learn more about death and dying, and how to best prepare for one's ultimate demise.
Lambert's presentation will explore how the process works, where it is done, cost, how it compares to other forms of body disposition, and how the "soil" can be used once the process is completed.
The monthly death cafe is facilitated by Lisa Jimenez, certified end-of-life death doula, plant medicine facilitator, and owner of A Good Death, LLC, a full-service death doula business. She and Lambert will share information about other body disposition options, such as aquamation, green burials, cremation and traditional burials, and their respective impacts on the environment.
There is no cost to attend the Death Cafe, which is held on the fourth Monday of each month from 4:00 - 5:30 pm at the Silver City Public Library. For more information, please contact Lisa Jimenez at (575) 574-5473, or
