Before I Die New Mexico Festival Day One

The Before I Die New Mexico Festival will take place at different locations each day in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. The festival has entertaining and educational elements that get people to discuss end-of-life issues and plan ahead. Most sessions will be available online as hybrid events, with audiences participating both in-person and via Zoom.

View the full schedule and register online at: https://beforeidiefestivals.com/2024-before-i-die-nm-festival-event-schedule/

The first day's schedule on Eco-Friendly Funerals:
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Check in/coffee
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Welcome by Darren Crouch, president of Passages International and the Green Burial Council, discussion of eco-friendly funerals and Etern.Life geo tag program. (viewable on Zoom)
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. A representative of Better Place Forests talks about their innovative memorial forests that provide a natural alternative to cemeteries. (viewable on Zoom)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Tour of Passages International headquarters, lunch with Death Cafe discussion.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Panel discussion: Desert, Forest, Sea, Etc. - Eco-Friendly Disposition Options, panelists TBA (viewable on Zoom)
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Demonstration of shrouding process. (viewable on Zoom)
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Bamboo and Jute Casket Assembly Contest. (viewable on Zoom)

November 1 Evening Event: Mortality Movies Showing and Discussion
Location: Death Doula Professionals, 1724 Moon Street NE, ABQ, NM 87112
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Watch a film related to the day's theme of environmental issues and death and stick around for an insightful conversation. Attendees to vote on the choice of the 1973 classic Soylent Green or the 2014 documentary, A Will for the Woods.

Choose your registration level:
- $20 - Provides online Zoom access and for in-person attendees, a goodie bag with A Good Goodbye DVD set.
- $40 - Includes a copy of the book, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die.
- $60 - Includes a T-shirt from A Good Goodbye (Sizes M-L-XL-XXL)
- $80 - Includes registration for the Murder and Mayhem Cemetery Tour October 26.
- $100 - Includes Death Over Dinner event on October 26.

Register online for all events at: https://beforeidiefestivals.com/product/before-i-die-nm-festival-registration/

The Before I Die New Mexico Festival is made possible by the support of:
- A Good Goodbye: www.AGoodGoodbye.com
- Bernalillo County Indigent Program: https://www.bernco.gov/general-services/about-the-program/
- Better Place Forests: www.BetterPlaceForests.com
- Bosque Trails Hospice: www.BosqueTrailsHospice.com
- Conscious Crossroads End-of-Life Services: www.DeathDoulaDanielle.com
- Death Doula Professionals: www.DeathDoulaProfessionals.com
- End of Life Options New Mexico: www.EndOfLifeOptionsNM.org
- French Funerals and Cremations: www.FrenchFunerals.com
- Keeper Memorials: www.MyKeeper.com
- Passages International: www.PassagesInternational.com