Burial and cremation come with some pretty major environmental problems. Both involve huge amounts of energy, resources and ...

At the age of 50, Nina Schoen expects to have a long life ahead of her, but the Seattle-based project manager has thought a lot about death - and why people are so reluctant to talk about it: "It's ...

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, ...

Embalming fluid can cause cancer. Concrete production is responsible for up to 8% of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. A traditional funeral is hard on the environment. Not so natural ...

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 ...