Residents of far Northern California will soon have a new option for their final resting place: Humboldt County's first green ...

Thursday, the Humboldt County Planning Commission unanimously approved a permit for a proposed Kneeland natural burial ...

Sep. 13—ROCHESTER — The generation known for challenging social norms and traditions is dying to change another industry. Green burials are becoming more in demand as baby boomers plan their deaths.

At Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, a growing number of New Yorkers are embracing green burials, which forgoes embalming the ...

In a green burial, a body is placed in an unlined grave. The remains will decompose and provide nutrients to nearby plants. / Green Burial Council Picture this: a beautiful meadow, natural flora and ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - In life, Patrick Ytsma made it a point to minimize his drag on the environment, in part by riding his bike nearly everywhere he went. So it was fitting that when he died at 53, after ...

An influx of invasive weeds inspired a new idea for Alesia Skinner. Skinner, the owner and CEO of Paxtang Cemetery in Lower Paxton Township, noticed the treeline disappearing thanks to poison ivy and ...

For the funeral home, Corey McGuiness noted the change has been so drastic that now calls for funeral home services are ...

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 ...

This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. Beechwood Cemetery is quiet on a recent Friday. With its weathered-gray headstones and bright commemorative flowers, Beechwood is the ...