Mortality comes calling for all of us eventually. When your time comes, will your burial arrangements help the planet?

New collaboration offers families eco-conscious, tangible, and lasting ways to honor their loved ones.SANTA FE, N.M., Jan. 29 ...

With climate change gaining prominence, there’s a concerted effort around ensuring eco-friendly, well, everything – including end-of-life processes. While traditional fire cremation burns fossil fuels ...

Rising costs, shifting beliefs, and environmental concerns are accelerating the decline of casket burials.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER — Colorado may be one of the first ...

Rep. Jessica LaMontagne became interested in natural funerals after witnessing a loved one’s home burial in Vermont. “I was really quite moved by the experience,” she said Thursday, Jan. 23, ...

In a warehouse in Anchorage, Rachel Bernhardt gently lowered the body of a Pomeranian named Wiley into a metal chamber. Wiley was a beloved family dog, known for being feisty and, as his name suggests ...

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey has become the 14th state to allow the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the legislation last week. It ...

ATLANTA — A more environmentally friendly way to die. That's how advocates describe the newly legalized body composting process in Colorado. Less than a year after lawmakers in Colorado legalized the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At 1:05 a.m. on a crisp February morning in Boulder, 52-year-old Sheila Luna laid her head back on the hospital bed in her moonlit living room, closed her ...

Human composting was developed in Washington state in 2019. In two months, bodies are turned into rich soil. "Water cremation" was also part of the House bill. The bill still must pass through the ...