The four-acres of forest that make up Green Acre Cemetery is more than green in color. It's the only "green" burial site in the state. "Everything is natural, you're going back to a natural state, ...

What is a natural burial? Natural burial is actually what we would say is the closest we can come to the way Christ was buried. This idea looks at how we would care for the body from baptism all the ...

Thursday, the Humboldt County Planning Commission unanimously approved a permit for a proposed Kneeland natural burial cemetery known as Sacred Groves. The cemetery’s nonprofit has seen hundreds ...

BALTIMORE - The question no one wants to consider, yet, someday, we will all have to answer: What should be done with your body, or your ashes, once you have died? A burial trend is natural or 'green' ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new Johnson County nonprofit aims to create the first conservation burial cemetery in the state of Iowa. Founded just this year, the Back to Ground Natural Burial Cemetery group is in talks with ...

Basil Eldadah assumed his father’s funeral would be simple. Years before, Basil’s father had taken steps to make the process easy on the family, purchasing plots and making arrangements. But in 2012, ...

The Meadow, a natural burial ground in Ferndale, will inter unembalmed bodies in a simple, biodegradable coffin or shroud, without concrete vaults or liners. It joins White Eagle Memorial Preserve in ...

(The Conversation) — Green burial is not a new concept, but it is gaining interest among consumers, and some religious groups are leading the way. A theologian explains what’s involved and who natural ...