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 ...

The Frederick County Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a site plan for a “natural burial” cemetery, where remains could be interred without the use of embalming chemicals, concrete vaults or, ...

Steve Ball’s grave was marked not by a granite headstone or marble mausoleum upon the burial of his cremated remains last year, but a flat rock chipped into the shape of a heart. It came from his ...

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 ...

Elisa Donovan has been thinking about what happens to bodies after people die — about the chemicals that funeral home workers use to embalm them. The metal caskets and concrete vaults that house them ...

Elmwood Cemetery is thought to be the only place in the Kansas City metropolitan area that allows natural burials. JILL TOYOSHIBA The Kansas City Star Sixty years ago last month, several members of ...

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 ...

ALTURA — Plans to offer natural burials at a cemetery in Winona County have been halted. Matt Connell had revived the Whitewater Falls Cemetery Association in order to offer burials at the historic ...

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

More than 70 cemeteries across New England have started offering natural burials in recent years, including Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier. That’s where bodies can decompose underground, without ...

Larkspur Conservation features trails, picnic tables, a meadow — and, soon, "natural" burial plots. The founders hope the space will offer a... Tennessee 'Natural' Burial Ground Will Offer A Simpler ...