Plenty of associations are concerned about greenwashing. But with PR spin and lack of transparency, it can be difficult to know what’s greenwashed and what’s just plain green. So if you want to fight ...

"Don't wait." Portsmouth urged by 84-year-old to move fast on green burials because city's cemeteries are full.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 16—Barb Newcamp wasn't dying to get in, exactly, but she was certainly eager to be first in line. So when Greendale Cemetery ...

Hoosiers may soon be able to choose a "water burial" after at least a decade of lawmakers trying to add it to the options funeral services may offer. Rep. Mark Genda, R-Frankfort, once again ...

A bold, carbon negative alternative to caskets and cremation. That’s how they put it at Transcend, a “green burial company” that’s planting people (and pets) as trees when they die. It’s a means to ...

The push for environmental consciousness has sparked the rise of not only green energy initiatives, but now also the move to "green burials" or "human composting" practices over more traditional ...

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 ...

The family of Janet McAliley, a four-term Miami-Dade County Public School Board member, lifts her biodegradable casket into a grave during a funeral service at Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery.

Mia Zinn was a member of her middle school ecology club, had planted a reflection garden and had implored public officials to preserve a local woods, and when she became terminally ill, she wanted to ...

Katrina Spade is the founder or Recompose, the world's first human composting enterprise based near Seattle. Families bring loved ones to Recompose where their remains are converted into nutrient-rich ...

When considering funeral arrangements, the major choices used to come down to burial or cremation. Now many funeral homes will ask if you prefer to skip embalming, have your body wrapped simply in a ...

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. Industry ...