Minnesota families have a new option for end-of-life care of a loved one. Local funeral homes are now offering the service ...

A Troup County cemetery will soon expand. Earlier this month, the Troup County Board of Commissioners voted to add 20 new acres to Whispering Hills, which sits along Mooty Bridge Road near LaGrange.

A newly studied megalithic tomb in Oman reveals centuries-long Neolithic burial practices, regional mobility, and early ...

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

Australia’s ancient rocks are acting like natural clocks, revealing how landscapes changed over billions of years through ...

Troup County Board of Commissioners approves nearly 10 more acres for Whispering Hills Natural Cemetery, expanding the green ...

Conventional burial methods are profoundly energy and resource intensive. In contrast, NOR returns the body to the earth by reflecting the natural cycles, enriching soil and supporting new life. It’s ...

Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The use of green burials in Taichung accounted for more than 18% of all burials last year, according to the city’s Civil Affairs Bureau. Last year, of the 20,681 recorded deaths ...

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. Bill Cornell often visits his son Caleb's plot at Penn Forest ...