Conservation burials allow for bodies to decompose and become part of the surrounding ecosystem. If you search online for “green death,” the first results might include a “Doctor Who” television ...

Jeffrey Rich woke up last July to find his husband not breathing beside him in bed. When Jeff Wright, 57, could not be revived, Rich started looking for ways to honor his life, and to help the living ...

(The Conversation) — Green burial is not a new concept, but it is gaining interest among consumers, and some religious groups are leading the way. A theologian explains what’s involved and who natural ...

Diane Holick has long known she doesn’t want to be buried in a box after she dies. Nor does she want to be cremated. Instead, she wants what’s known as a natural burial, a type of funeral that eschews ...

Almost as soon as natural organic reduction, or body composting, became legal in Colorado on September 7, 2021, The Natural Funeral – started by Seth Viddal and his partners in 2019 – began composting ...

For two years, Joel Rimstad eyed a small historic cemetery a mile north of St. Peter to plot out his plan to offer green burials. This week, it became official. The Traverse-Green Lawn Cemetery, ...

Whether we like it or not, death comes for us all. But the way we process death — and how the dead are preserved and cared for — has evolved. “We're finding new ways of adapting our rituals,” Lily ...

Like most activities that are performed with skill and elegance, natural burial is an art, and the artists are many and varied. They play critical roles throughout the entire implementation of a ...

Elderly Son, who passed in early January from a heart attack, was cremated; her ashes were scattered in a man-made lake. Despite her family’s wishes for her ashes to remain in a columbarium for family ...