The City of Lethbridge is proud to be the first municipality in Alberta to offer a Green Burial option. Grasslands at Royal View Memorial Cemetery was completed in December 2019. Download Green Burial Brochure

A green burial minimizes the impact on our environment by returning a body to the earth where it can decompose naturally and contribute to the growth of new life. For many this concept combines the spiritual integrity of the past, with the environmental ideals of the present.

Decomposition is thought to be nature’s way of recycling a body. We take energy throughout our lives, and when we die, a green burial allows us to give it back.