Hughes and his colleague Chris Cooper-Hayes, who has a professional background in landscaping, have founded Eterrna, a ...

Green burials, which return the body to the earth without a casket or embalming, can be cheaper than a conventional burial.

As urban areas grow and green spaces dwindle, the balance between remembrance and practicality is becoming increasingly important. One innovative solution has emerged as a way to address both ...

Legislation is still moving the statehouse is renewing a broader conversation about how Illinoisans want to return their dead to the earth — and whether the state is finally ready to allow human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Lisa Fabbro lost her father a few years ago, the family chose to have him cremated. Back then, Fabbro didn't know there's a ...

In pursuit of a more eco-friendly future, Green-Wood Cemetery is going back to basics. Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: “natural organic reduction,” also known ...

There is a looming crisis in America’s death industry. Green-Wood Cemetery might have found a lifeline. The storied 478-acre Brooklyn burial ground, like many across the U.S., is running out of room ...

One of the bills lawmakers advanced is aiming to legalize human composting, or in other words, turning human remains into ...

Oklahoma State Representative Jim Shaw's recent post on X has sparked a heated debate online over a process called Natural ...

On Tuesday, Oklahoma's House of Representatives signed off on a proposal that would let families legally turn human remains ...

A Fresno County supervisor says he’ll introduce an ordinance to halt a type of human composting he recently learned has been used near the San Joaquin River, but advocates say he’s jumping the gun ...