WASHINGTON — Christopher, a Marine Corps veteran who survived a truck explosion while serving in Afghanistan, said the near-death experience caused him to consider his own mortality and how he wants ...

This story was initially published Feb. 5, 2024, and has been updated with new information. Hoosiers may soon be able to choose a "water burial" after at least a decade of lawmakers trying to add it ...

This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the New Jersey Sustainability Reporting project. Along a winding, bright green moss trail in Steelmantown Cemetery is a small ...

SUGAR CREEK TWP. – Jeff Roth, 66, walked the gravel path at Foxfield Preserve surrounded by nature. Birds chirped. Sunshine broke through clouds in a blue sky. Wildflowers dotted a prairie, and trees ...

Burial costs have always been high. Green burials may change the narrative. Nigel Rudolph, a public archaeology coordinator for the Florida Public Archaeology Network, has noticed the trend in the ...

ARKANSAS, USA — Among the unenviable tasks a funeral director has to perform is guiding the grief-stricken through one of the saddest times of their lives and then handing them a bill indicative of ...

Bayside Cemetery in Potsdam was recently approved by the state to offer 'natural burials' in certain sections of the cemetery. Natural burial is an alternative to traditional, more expensive, and more ...

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, ...

Thursday, the Humboldt County Planning Commission unanimously approved a permit for a proposed Kneeland natural burial cemetery, Sacred Groves. The cemetery’s nonprofit has seen hundreds express ...

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 ...