When people lose a loved one — especially unexpectedly — environmental consciousness may be the last thing on their minds. But modern funeral practices are wreaking havoc on the environment. Bodies ...

For centuries, funerals in western cultures followed a traditional pattern. The deceased was laid out in a casket for ...

The push for environmental consciousness has sparked the rise of not only green energy initiatives, but now also the move to “green burials” or “human composting” practices over more traditional ...

Jack Egan was an activist priest at St. Boniface Church in Jersey City, which led to his becoming an inactive priest, not by his own choice. Nonetheless, he lived the voluntary vow of poverty and ...

Dear Savvy Senior: What can you tell me about green funeral options? At age 80, I would like to preplan my funeral and make it as natural as possible. — Old Environmentalist Dear Environmentalist: ...

Dear Savvy Senior: What can you tell me about green funeral options? At age 80, I would like to pre-plan my funeral and make it as natural as possible. — Old Environmentalist Dear Environmentalist: ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Two things are for certain in this world: we're all going to be born and we're all going to die. It's true. Death is inevitable. But the hardest concept surrounding death is dying.

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, ...

As bagpipes played, Janet McAliley’s family pulled her casket of woven seagrass on a wooden wagon down a dirt path through a wild green meadow in Central Florida. In life, McAliley was a moral pillar ...

What can you tell me about green funeral options? At age 80, I would like to preplan my funeral and make it as natural as possible. Great question! Green funeral options are becoming increasingly ...

You’re dead, and it’s time for your burial. You have not been embalmed for preservation, and no casket surrounds you. You are buried with just a shawl or sheet separating you from the earth and the ...