Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to ...

Tell us: What do you want to happen to your body after you die? Do you know what want to have happen to your body after you die? Do you want to be cremated, buried, or given an epic Viking burial?

Depending on where you live — and die — you might have a new choice available to you for how your loved ones will carry out your final wishes. In the past two years, bills that legalize human ...

Martha Stewart has sparked conversation after revealing she would like to be composted after death, describing the idea as an ...

Conventional burial methods are profoundly energy and resource intensive. In contrast, NOR returns the body to the earth by reflecting the natural cycles, enriching soil and supporting new life. It’s ...

Human composting is now legal in New Jersey. The bill was signed into law last week. It allows for natural organic reduction, also known as human composting. NEW JERSEY - Families who want to forgo a ...

Nina Schoen likes the idea of life (plant life) springing from death. Schoen has a close friend who chose to have her remains made into compost. The process of those remains being broken down into ...

A proposal to turn human remains into soil as an alternative to current funerary options is approaching reality. The Urban Death Project is currently crowdfunding its prototype, with a potential ...

Human composting is now legal in New Jersey. The bill was signed into law last week. It allows for natural organic reduction, also known as human composting. Families who want to forgo a traditional ...