Spirit Sanctuary in Essex offers natural burials that nourish the forest. Green interments are gaining ground in the Adirondacks as an eco-friendly option.

The idea is when you die, they dig a hole, wrap your body and lay it in the ground to decompose naturally. There are places to do this around the Triangle, including Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh. It ...

To get a sense of how progressive ideals don’t always reflect actual practice, try burying a dead relative in Southern California. You’ll find that even in this land where people talk about ...

Modern funeral home Endswell provides full funeral services with an emphasis on sustainability and environmental friendliness ...

Hoosiers may soon be able to choose a "water burial" after at least a decade of lawmakers trying to add it to the options funeral services may offer. Rep. Mark Genda, R-Frankfort, once again ...

Heritage Acres Memorial Sanctuary debuts an all-natural art exhibit this weekend, spread across its 40 acres of rolling meadow and woods. In line with the green cemetery's ethos, all of the exhibits ...

Lisa, please tell us about yourself, family, and hobbies. “Evan and I have been married for 26 years and we have two grown sons, Caleb and Lance, a daughter-in-in-law and grandson. Lance works for ...

An ancient wooden sarcophagus was finally returned to Egypt after U.S. officials determined it had been looted over a decade ago. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in September the "Green ...

Officials blocked a hayfield in rural Carlton County from becoming a green burial site. The project's organizer says it did ...

Mourners lay flowers on a body wrapped in a shroud before it is lowered into a grave at Heartwood Preserve Conservation Cemetery near Tampa, Florida. A. Ragan Courtesy of Heartwood Preserve A growing ...

The city of Sumner is reviving a burial practice that is thousands of years old. The cemetery at 12324 Valley Ave. E. will have an area called the Rainier Valley green burial site. It is a place where ...

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - The green funeral and cemetery industry is facing some criticism after a massive investigation into a green funeral home that was improperly storing over 180 bodies. The ...