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

Joining a growing trend of providing an earth-friendly way to lay loved ones to rest, a Palatine cemetery has become the first Catholic institution in Illinois to offer a natural burial option. Run by ...

One of the few natural burial sites in Tennessee offers families the opportunity to honor their loved one through nature conservation, contributing to the land and its resources as a living memorial.

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

Embalming fluid can cause cancer. Concrete production is responsible for up to 8% of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. A traditional funeral is hard on the environment. Not so natural ...

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 ...

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 ...