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 The Order of the Good Death is all about building a meaningful, eco-friendly, and equitable end-of-life. Here's a link to their page discussing the history of the Death Positive Movement.  https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/history-of-death-positive-movement/

Green Burial, or Natural Burial, refers to the interment of human remains without the use of unapproved embalming chemicals or concrete vaults. Bodies are instead laid to rest in natural fiber shrouds or caskets. 

Cemeteries in southcentral Alaska which permit green burial include:

• Waldron's Pond in Willow, AK    907-495-8010
• and coming soon, Alaska Natural Burial www.alaskanaturalburial.org

To read more about green burial, please see https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/

Organ, eye, and tissue donation is overseen by Life Alaska Donor Services and LifeCenter Northwest. 

For more information please visit:

http://www.lifealaska.org/index.html

https://lcnw.org/

Alaskan residents can register or update their donation preferences at  https://myAlaska.state.ak.us 

Whole body donation allows individuals to, upon their death, donate their whole body for the purpose of medical education and/or research. 

That we are aware of, there are no facilities able to accept donors from Alaska at this time. 

For more information please visit: https://medcure.org/

Alternatives to conventional flame cremation include:

• Water Cremation (aka Alkaline Hydrolysis) uses flowing water and potassium hydroxide to reduce the body to bone fragments over a period of several hours. Remaining bone fragments (as in flame cremation) are then processed to a uniform size and returned to the family.
• Bio Cremation (aka Natural Organic Reduction) uses a process similar to composting in which the body is allowed to decompose within a chamber of organic material over a period of weeks to months. When the process is complete, the resulting cubic yard of nutrient rich soil is either collected by families or used for land restoration projects. 

There are currently no providers within Alaska offering these services. 

Medical Aid in Dying (also called Death With Dignity or Dignity In Dying) is an end-of-life option that permits individuals who meet certain eligibility criteria to obtain medications from a physician to end their own life.  

A terminally ill, mentally capable adult is able to request a prescription for medication to self-ingest to end their life.  It is currently not permitted in Alaska, but is permitted in CA, CO, DC, HI, ME, MT, NJ, NM, OR, VT, and WA 

For further reading, please visit: 

https://deathwithdignity.org/about/

https://www.compassionandchoices.org/our-issues/medical-aid-in-dying

• VA Survivor Benefits Information
  http://www.vba.va.gov/survivors/index.htm
• National Cemetery Information, Burial Benefits and Markers    https://www.cem.va.gov/index.asp

• Delta
  https://www.delta.com/us/en/special-circumstances/bereavement-fares