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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How to Run a Cemetery During a Drought

    Agriculture isn’t the only industry grappling with change brought on by drought. The death business is having to adapt as well. The idea of the lush, green final resting place is a fixture of our collective imagination. But here in Southern California, cemeteries are having to change the way they work in order to achieve that aesthetic.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 22, 2014 • 1 min read

    Agriculture isn’t the only industry grappling with change brought on by drought. The death business is having to adapt as well. The idea of the lush, green final resting place is a fixture of our collective imagination. But here in Southern California, cemeteries are having to change the way they work in order to achieve that aesthetic.

    image: Mount Sinai, memorial park.

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    3. 16:19Drought and Dairy
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    5. 29:56Sneak Peek at the Fall TV Lineup
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Len Lawrence

      General manager of Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, a Jewish cemetery.

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Electric Cars for All, Organic Dairy Hurt by Drought, New Fall TV Lineup
    1. 0:00Divestment for Change?
    2. 8:18Brown Signs Electric Vehicle Bills
    3. 16:19Drought and Dairy
    4. 24:21How to Run a Cemetery During a DroughtYou’re reading this
    5. 29:56Sneak Peek at the Fall TV Lineup
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