Bodies don't go into the pods. Rather, cremated human remains are placed in the biodegradable, plastic-derived urns, and then those urns get covered in soil. After that, a pre-existing tree gets ...

For a few years, I worked as an assistant to a woman who owned a number of funeral homes, so I'm pretty well versed with funeral-speak. Jealous? While most people use the word coffin, it's actually ...

Cemeteries take up a lot of space, and cremating one person can take as much energy as that person used in a month back when they were alive. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign ...

Anthropologist Barbara J. King checks out a new project that will offer fetal-position, tree-topped burials in underground pods. It's a familiar conversation in our house. When my husband dies, he ...

When you think about the end of your life, you might feel drawn to the natural world. It makes sense - we’re a part of nature. It feeds us, it soothes us, it helps us remember who we are. Many people ...

Bodies don't go into the pods. Rather, cremated human remains are placed in the biodegradable, plastic-derived urns, and then those urns get covered in soil. After that, a pre-existing tree gets ...