Diane Holick has long known she doesn’t want to be buried in a box after she dies. Nor does she want to be cremated. Instead, she wants what’s known as a natural burial, a type of funeral that eschews ...

With an ever-growing list of ways to deal with human remains, it can be hard to know which method is best for the Earth. Most of us try to be responsible global citizens while we’re alive. We sort ...

Loop Biotech is a company based in the Netherlands that aims to change people's perception of burial and cremation completely ...

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 ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. For centuries, natural burial has been in existence. The desire for our bodies to return to the ...

The premise of a green burial, say advocates of the practice, is to return us to the Earth, replenish it and help it to outlive us.

The Archdiocese of Chicago has announced the debut of a new “natural burial” option at one of its Chicago-area cemeteries, reportedly the first such Catholic offering in the state and one that ...

Bodies go to "back to earth" after being buried closer to surface in bio-degradable casket or shroud with no grave stones ...

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