Additional Articles 2013–2019
2019
Millennials Aren't Killing the Funeral Industry‚ But They Are Changing It by Heather Morrison, Rewire, December 2, 2019
Eco-friendly cemeteries: More people preferring 'green' over standard by Alex Brown, The Washington Post, originally printed in PewTrusts,org, November 30, 2019
More People Want a Green Burial But Cemetery Law Hasn't Caught Up by Alex Brown, Pew Charitable Trusts, November 20, 2019
How to die a good, green death by Manola Secaira, Crosscut, October 31, 2019
Green Burials: Everything you need to know about the growing trend by Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin, CBC Life, October 29, 2019
You're Going to Die by Laura Guidry, IndyWeek, October 29, 2019
Paris Has Opened Its First Green Cemetery by Chlotilde Goujard, CityLab, October 7, 2019
Forest of the Dead: beautiful burial for space-poor cities, by David Neustein, Foreground, October 3, 2019
Coffin-making Workshop Confronts Mortality Head-On by Melina Bourdeau, Greenfield Recorder, August 17, 2019
Return to Nature by Lynne Freehill-Maye and Philip Pantuso, YES Magazine, August 14, 2019
Heartwood Preserve: a final resting place in nature by Alice Mary Herdon, Hernando Sun, July 8, 2019
This Startup is Building a New Kind of Cemetery by Katharine Schwab, Fast Company, June 9, 2019
We Need a Greener Way to Die by Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, May 23, 2019
Mother's Dying Wish for Green Burial in CT by Dan Corcoran, CT Investigates, May 22, 2019
Save the Planet, Don't Cremate, by Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 13, 2019
Green Burial Plots Offer a Return to Nature at Providence's Swan Point Cemetery by Kevin Andrade, Providence Journal, May 11, 2019
Why Some Are Ditching the Vault and Coffin for Natural Burials and At-Home Funerals by Kay Manning, Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2019
When Cemeteries Became Natural Sanctuaries by Allison Meier, JSTOR Daily, April 11, 2019
What is Human Composting? by Katherine Hignett, Newsweek, April 23, 2019
Green Burials: There are a number of environmentally friendly alternatives by Janelle Janci, Lancaster Online, April 28, 2019
More eco-friendly Americans are making a final statement by planning a ‘green’ burial by Deena Yellin, North Jersey Record, April 15, 2019
Boston’s Other Housing Crisis: The Cemeteries by Nora Caplan-Bricker, Boston Magazine, April 11, 2019
Virginia's First Green Cemetery by Sandy Hausman, Virginia Public Radio, March 28, 2019
Basic Tenets of Green Burial by Lee Webster, Port of Harlem Magazine, March 25, 2019
Opinion: Why we should save the last tiny scraps of nature by William Laurance, Ensia, March 21, 2019
The Practical Guide to Green Burial by Anne Murphy, Minnesota Women's Press, March 1, 2019
Meet the Wisconsin men who still dig graves by hand — even when the cemetery ground is frozen by Rick Rommel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 27, 2019
A Way Back to the Wildness of Death by Suzanne Kelly, On Being, January 27, 2019
More Americans are skipping traditional funerals in favor of green burials by Walecia Konrad, Considerable, January 28, 2019
'Afraid to talk about death:' Raleigh funeral director says green burials can bring solace to mourning families by Kaylee Merchak, 11ABC, January 24, 2019
Green Graveyard Aims to Preserve Lake Champlain/Adirondack Animal Corridor by Janet Lindholm, Matthew F. Smith, and Sam Gale Rosen, Vermont Public Radio, January 17, 2019
Going Green: Fournier by Kristen Hannum, The Catholic Sentinel, January 16, 2019
Why I Chose a Green Burial: The case for “cremation conversion” by June Smith, Good Times, January 16, 2019
The Case for Natural Burial by Ken West, The Ecologist, January 14, 2019
I Dug a Green Grave and Learned the Truth About the Dirty Death Industry by Brian Kahn, Earther, January 3, 2019
2018
Washington State May be The First State to Legalize Human Composting by Tafline Laylin, NBCNews, December 29, 2018
Westford Cemetery Commission to study green burials by Joy Richard, Westford Eagle, December 21, 2018
Environmentally Friendly Burials at Pasco County Cemetery by Sarah Blazonis, Spectrum News, December 12, 2018
Recomposition Takes Steps Towards Legalization After Being Proven Effective, Safe, and Clean by Patricia Hartley, Connecting Directors, December 12, 2018
Washington could become the first state to legalize human composting by Tafline Laylin, NBC News, December 28, 2018
Decomposition’s all the rage at this Pasco Cemetery. Why are people turning to green burials? by Justin Trombly, Tampa Bay Times, November 29, 2018
Make Death Green Again, by Tim Lydon, The Revelator, November 28, 2018
Life after death: Recompose, a soil-based alternative to burial and cremation, moves closer to reality by Brendan Kiley, Seattle Times, November 26, 2018
Arkansas: State’s First Natural Burial Cemetery Under Development by Jacqueline Froelich, KUAF National Public Radio, November 20, 2018
The Push for Green Cemeteries in Connecticut by Dan Corcoran, CT Investigates, NBC affiliate, November 16, 2018
Green Burials: At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin by Wendy McNaughton, The New York Times, November 15, 2018
Pushing Up Trees: Is natural burial the answer to crowded cemeteries? by Saimi Jeong, The Guardian, November 10, 2018
Green burials can feel raw, cathartic and are easier on the environment by Rachel Belle, TextKiro, November 9, 2018
Green Burial Numbers Set to Peak in 2018 by Travis Paterson, Oak Bay News, November 8, 2018
The Creepy and Fascinating History of How Humans Get Rid of Their Dead by Mike McRae, Science Alert.com, November 2, 2018
Rethinking Death in America by Matthew Cella, US News & World Report, October 31, 2018
Conservation Group Creates ‘Green’ Burial Ground in Mills River by Kimberly King, ABC News 13, October 2, 2018
Concerns over “abandoned cemeteries: When to act and who will assume control by Bill Stalter, Statler Legal Services, LLC, October 9, 2018
Swath of Grand Island Cemetery to See Revival as Nature Preserve by Stephen Watson, The Buffalo News, September 24, 2018
New Conservation Burial Ground Opens for Recreation in Sumner County by Holly Meyer, Nashville Tennessean, September 9, 2018
Green Burial Pitched for Mount Hamilton Cemetery by Matthew Van Dongen, The Hamilton Spectator, August 9, 2018
Earth Matters: A Green Exit Strategy by Susan Hellauer, Nyack News and Views, August 8, 2018
Natural Burials Are Rising, and That’s Good for the Planet by Sophie Yeo, Pacific Standard, July 30, 2018
Veterans in Maine Will Get a “Green” Burial Option by Steve Collins, Portland Press Herald, July 28, 2018
Green Burials: When Everything Old is New by Roz Braun, WXPR from San Juan Islander, July 27, 2018
No Expensive Caskets. No Toxic Chemicals. 'Green Burials' Growing in Popularity in Connecticut by Gregory B Hladky, Hartford Courant, July 6, 2018
Make an Eco-Conscious Final Exit by Katie O’Reilly, Sierra Club, July 22, 2018
Forest Home Cemetery's Green Burial Site Is a Traditional Muslim-Style Interment by Wisconsin Muslim Journal, July 20, 2018
Catholic Cemeteries to Offer “Natural Burial” Option Starting in Fall by Maria Wiering, The Catholic Spirit, May 21, 2018
Back to the land by Andre Mayer, CBC News, May 16, 2018
Families Turn to “Green Burials” to Make Funerals Eco-Friendly by Dan Hurley, WVXU, June 6, 2018
Opinion: Green funeral are a must by Noah Wingard, The Tacoma Ledger, May 7, 2018
The Case for Green Burials: Funeral Industry Dumps 800,000 Gallons of Formaldehyde Into Soil Each Year by Dr. Mercola, Mercola.com, April 28, 2018
Back to the Earth with Green Burials by Tara Lovdahl, Shepherd Express, April 17, 2018
A New Way to Dispose of Corpses—With Chemistry by Hayley Campbell, Wired, March 27, 2018
Thinking About Having A Green Funeral? Here's What To Know, by Sonya Vatomsky, The New York Times, March 22, 2018
Leaders of Death Care Revolution Publish First-Ever Comprehensive Look at Challenges Facing Funeral Industry, PR Newswire, picked up by Connecting Directors, February 28, 2018
After You Die, You’re Usually Not Environmentally. The alternative is a green burial by Lauren Williams, The Orange County Register, February 26, 2018
A Non-Traditional ‘Green’ Cemetery Proposed for Forested Angwin Parcel by Jennifer Huffman, Napa Valley Register, February 24, 2018
Burial at Sea: Everything You Need to Know, TalkDeath, January 28, 2018
Green Burial: Is a Natural Burial Right for You? And is it even legal? by Dr. Josh Axe Food is Medicine
2017
How to Die: Sustainable Practices are Changing the Future of Burials by Kristin Hugo, Newsweek, November 17, 2017
8 Myths About Dead Bodies You Probably Think Are True by Sonya Vatomsky, Mental Floss, November 13, 2017
Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife, by Alice Klein, Daily News, New Scientist, November 17, 2017
Green Burials remain a niche market in the afterlife industry by Marion Renault, AP News November 4, 2017
Let’s Talk Trash: Green burial by Powell River Peak, Powell River Peak, November 3, 2017
Conservation from the Grave: Human Burials to Fund the Conservation of Threatened Species by Matthew Holden, Eve McDonald-Madden, Wiley Online Library, October 30, 2017
How to Give Back to the Earth in Death by Francie Diep, Pacific Standard, October 30, 2017
Green funerals keep growing in popularity by Ken Hall, Times Herald-Record, August 28, 2017
Want to be green even after you’re gone? Here's how by Ray Routhier, Portland Press Herald, August 13, 2017
Going back to tradition with green burials by Julia Dendinger, News Bulletin, July 30, 2017
Cemetery Overcrowding is Leading Europe to Recycle Burial Plots by Rafaela Ferraz, Talk Death, July 18, 2017
This is How I Want to Be Dead by Richard Conniff, The New York Times, July 7, 2017
Natural Burials Are Growing in Popularity, Learning English, July 1, 2017
At Greenwood Cemetery, a Friendly Place to Talk About the End by Elyssa Goodman, Village Voice with Amy Cunningham, March 27, 2017
Vermont green burial advocate dies, settles for ashes by Joel Banner Baird, Burlington Free Press, March 13, 2017
Why are 12% of green burial cemeteries Catholic? by Ann Hoffner, Green Burial Naturally blog February 7, 2017
More Funeral Homes Offer Green Burials by Jeff McGaw, Reading Eagle, July 31, 2017
2016
In the Future, Death Will be a Lot Greener – and a Bit Creepy by Katharine Gammon, NBCnews.com, December 27, 2016
What Happens When Cemetery Space Runs Out? by Julian Uzielli and Lara O’Brien, The Current CBC Radio, December 12, 2016
Creating a Living Shoreline with Reef Balls by Linda Conner Lambeck, CTPost, December 6, 2016
A California Startup is Using Ashes to Protect Forests by Nathan Hurst, Smithsonia.com, December 5, 2016
Let’s Get Beyond the Idea of Perpetual Care by Anne Hoffner, Green Burial Naturally blog, December 2, 2016
Why Death and Dying Guides are the Next Big Thing (And why you should care) by Kate Walker, FuneralOne, November 9, 2016
Traditional Funerals Are the Worst — Here’s What Millennials Are Doing Instead by Sarah Jacoby, Refinery29, November 1, 2016
Green Death by Emily Malter, Sierra Club, October 31, 2016
Green Burials Are Forcing the Funeral Industry to Rethink Death by Tony Rehagen, Bloomberg, October 27, 2016
How Natural Burial Can Conserve Land in Middle Tennessee by Holly Meyer, The Tennessean, October 27, 2016
Vatican Bans Catholics from Keeping Ashes of Loved Ones at Home by Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian, October 25, 2016
Final Resting Place: Vatican Releases Instruction on Burial, Cremation by Cindy Woodsen, Catholic News Service, October 25, 2016
Cemeteries, Ecological Restoration, Deep Time, and Net Present Value by Billy Campbell, MD, Memorial Ecosystems blog, October 9, 2016
Don’t keep harming the planet after you die by Liza Field, USA Today, September 24, 2016
Natural Burials: the ultimate recycling by Liza Field, The Baltimore Sun, September 22, 2016
Cremation – Same Game, Same Rules by Caroline Vuyadinov, Beyond the Pall, September 14, 2016
Burials, Cremations, Dissolving: the new ways to die well by Stephanie Boland, The New Statesman, August 15, 2016
Dying to be different: Funerals without a carbon footprint by James McGinnis, The Intell, August 21, 2016
NH Towns Starting to Run Out of Cemetery Space by Doug Ireland, Eagle Tribune, August 7, 2016
Natural Burial: Bringing Death Back Down to Earth by Mark Harris, The Progressive, August 3, 2016
The death industry’s failure to learn from the music industry by Dave Balter, Mylestoned, August 1, 2016
Grave situation for city’s funeral homes as death rate drops and customs change by Hilary Potkewitz, Crains New York, July 24, 2016
Where we die: Less in ERs, More at Home by Shawn Radcliffe, Healthline, July 19, 2016
But WHY Can’t I Have a Tibetan Sky Burial by Tanya Marsh, Talk Death, July 18, 2016
Change is Afoot – When Did Cremation Become a Green Burial Option? by Caroline Vuyadinov, Beyond the Pall, July 6, 2016
Your Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Green Funeral Terms by Lee Webster, FuneralOne, June 3, 2016
A Different Way to Die: the story of a natural burial by Katie Herzog, Vox, May 29, 2016
What a Dying Industry Can Learn From the Death Industry by Steven Waldman, Fortune Magazine, May 17, 2016
A Different Way of Death: Why the Alternative Funeral Movement is Taking Hold in the United States by Kristen Warfield, Medium.com, May 14, 2016
Keeping the Green in Green Burial by Suzanne Kelly, Huffington Post, May 13, 2016
5 Myths That Families Have About Green Burial by Merilynne Rush, FuneralOne, May 11, 2016
Re-Using Graves Means UK Cemetery Will Never Run Out of Space by Damian Carrington, The Guardian, May 6, 2016
Call it a final act for the environment: Natural Burial by Daria Meoli, NJBIZ magazine, April 18, 2016
Traditional burials are ruining the planet – here’s what we should do instead by Max Plenke, Business Insider, April 7, 2016
7 thoughts on Mushroom Suits, Burial Pods, and Other Thoughtful but Ultimately Useless Green Burial Innovations by Billy Campbell, Memorial Ecosystems blog, March 27, 2016
Why is it so Difficult to Get a Green Burial? by Caroline Vuyadinov, Beyond the Pall blog Midwest Green Burial Society, March 23, 2016
The Redeeming Possibilities of Green Burial by Lee Webster, Funeral Business Advisor, March 21, 2016
Eco-Friendly Burial Suits Are on the Rise but Are They Really Necessary? by Tim and Sarah Crews, Alternet, March 7, 2016
Green Burials Bring Awareness to Environmental Concerns by Allyson Chiu, U.S. News & World Report, March 4, 2016
Think Outside the Box: Being green at the end of life by Joe Sehee, U.S. Catholic, November 11, 2016
2015
A Local Idea to Compost Dead Bodies by Maureen O’Hagan, Forterra, October 28, 2015
Ecological Burial Practices: Overcoming the Myth of the Infectious Corpse by Lorna Garano, Truthout, August 19, 2015
How Much does a Green Burial Cost? iMortuary blog, May 31, 2015
A Project to Turn Corpses into Compost: The Urban Death Project by Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times, April 13, 2015
The World is Running Out of Burial Space by John McManus, BBC News, March 13, 2015
What to Do with Our Bodies After We Die by Katrina Spade, Huffington Post, February 23, 2016
Death in the City: What Happens When All Out Cemeteries Are Full? by Ana Naomi de Sousa, The Guardian, January 21, 2015
2014
How Your Death Affects Climate Change by Katrina Spade, Huffington Post, December 3, 2014
Green Burials Make a Lot of Sense by Elizabeth Kulze, vocativ, August 19, 2014
Burying Your Dead Without Religion by Emma Green, The Atlantic, August 19, 2014
‘Corporatization’ of funeral industry drives quest for alternatives by Mary O’Connell, CBC News, May 7, 2014
Ashes to Ashes, But First a Nice Pine Box by Jeffrey M. Peihler, New York Times, February 1, 2014
2013
The Greenest Things to Do With Your Body After You Die by Amelia Martyn-Hemphill, The Atlantic, December 13, 2013
Millennials Aren't Killing the Funeral Industry‚ But They Are Changing It by Heather Morrison, Rewire, December 2, 2019
Eco-friendly cemeteries: More people preferring 'green' over standard by Alex Brown, The Washington Post, originally printed in PewTrusts,org, November 30, 2019
More People Want a Green Burial But Cemetery Law Hasn't Caught Up by Alex Brown, Pew Charitable Trusts, November 20, 2019
How to die a good, green death by Manola Secaira, Crosscut, October 31, 2019
Green Burials: Everything you need to know about the growing trend by Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin, CBC Life, October 29, 2019
You're Going to Die by Laura Guidry, IndyWeek, October 29, 2019
Paris Has Opened Its First Green Cemetery by Chlotilde Goujard, CityLab, October 7, 2019
Forest of the Dead: beautiful burial for space-poor cities, by David Neustein, Foreground, October 3, 2019
Coffin-making Workshop Confronts Mortality Head-On by Melina Bourdeau, Greenfield Recorder, August 17, 2019
Return to Nature by Lynne Freehill-Maye and Philip Pantuso, YES Magazine, August 14, 2019
Heartwood Preserve: a final resting place in nature by Alice Mary Herdon, Hernando Sun, July 8, 2019
This Startup is Building a New Kind of Cemetery by Katharine Schwab, Fast Company, June 9, 2019
We Need a Greener Way to Die by Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, May 23, 2019
Mother's Dying Wish for Green Burial in CT by Dan Corcoran, CT Investigates, May 22, 2019
Save the Planet, Don't Cremate, by Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 13, 2019
Green Burial Plots Offer a Return to Nature at Providence's Swan Point Cemetery by Kevin Andrade, Providence Journal, May 11, 2019
Why Some Are Ditching the Vault and Coffin for Natural Burials and At-Home Funerals by Kay Manning, Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2019
When Cemeteries Became Natural Sanctuaries by Allison Meier, JSTOR Daily, April 11, 2019
What is Human Composting? by Katherine Hignett, Newsweek, April 23, 2019
Green Burials: There are a number of environmentally friendly alternatives by Janelle Janci, Lancaster Online, April 28, 2019
More eco-friendly Americans are making a final statement by planning a ‘green’ burial by Deena Yellin, North Jersey Record, April 15, 2019
Boston’s Other Housing Crisis: The Cemeteries by Nora Caplan-Bricker, Boston Magazine, April 11, 2019
Virginia's First Green Cemetery by Sandy Hausman, Virginia Public Radio, March 28, 2019
Basic Tenets of Green Burial by Lee Webster, Port of Harlem Magazine, March 25, 2019
Opinion: Why we should save the last tiny scraps of nature by William Laurance, Ensia, March 21, 2019
The Practical Guide to Green Burial by Anne Murphy, Minnesota Women's Press, March 1, 2019
Meet the Wisconsin men who still dig graves by hand — even when the cemetery ground is frozen by Rick Rommel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 27, 2019
A Way Back to the Wildness of Death by Suzanne Kelly, On Being, January 27, 2019
More Americans are skipping traditional funerals in favor of green burials by Walecia Konrad, Considerable, January 28, 2019
'Afraid to talk about death:' Raleigh funeral director says green burials can bring solace to mourning families by Kaylee Merchak, 11ABC, January 24, 2019
Green Graveyard Aims to Preserve Lake Champlain/Adirondack Animal Corridor by Janet Lindholm, Matthew F. Smith, and Sam Gale Rosen, Vermont Public Radio, January 17, 2019
Going Green: Fournier by Kristen Hannum, The Catholic Sentinel, January 16, 2019
Why I Chose a Green Burial: The case for “cremation conversion” by June Smith, Good Times, January 16, 2019
The Case for Natural Burial by Ken West, The Ecologist, January 14, 2019
I Dug a Green Grave and Learned the Truth About the Dirty Death Industry by Brian Kahn, Earther, January 3, 2019
2018
Washington State May be The First State to Legalize Human Composting by Tafline Laylin, NBCNews, December 29, 2018
Westford Cemetery Commission to study green burials by Joy Richard, Westford Eagle, December 21, 2018
Environmentally Friendly Burials at Pasco County Cemetery by Sarah Blazonis, Spectrum News, December 12, 2018
Recomposition Takes Steps Towards Legalization After Being Proven Effective, Safe, and Clean by Patricia Hartley, Connecting Directors, December 12, 2018
Washington could become the first state to legalize human composting by Tafline Laylin, NBC News, December 28, 2018
Decomposition’s all the rage at this Pasco Cemetery. Why are people turning to green burials? by Justin Trombly, Tampa Bay Times, November 29, 2018
Make Death Green Again, by Tim Lydon, The Revelator, November 28, 2018
Life after death: Recompose, a soil-based alternative to burial and cremation, moves closer to reality by Brendan Kiley, Seattle Times, November 26, 2018
Arkansas: State’s First Natural Burial Cemetery Under Development by Jacqueline Froelich, KUAF National Public Radio, November 20, 2018
The Push for Green Cemeteries in Connecticut by Dan Corcoran, CT Investigates, NBC affiliate, November 16, 2018
Green Burials: At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin by Wendy McNaughton, The New York Times, November 15, 2018
Pushing Up Trees: Is natural burial the answer to crowded cemeteries? by Saimi Jeong, The Guardian, November 10, 2018
Green burials can feel raw, cathartic and are easier on the environment by Rachel Belle, TextKiro, November 9, 2018
Green Burial Numbers Set to Peak in 2018 by Travis Paterson, Oak Bay News, November 8, 2018
The Creepy and Fascinating History of How Humans Get Rid of Their Dead by Mike McRae, Science Alert.com, November 2, 2018
Rethinking Death in America by Matthew Cella, US News & World Report, October 31, 2018
Conservation Group Creates ‘Green’ Burial Ground in Mills River by Kimberly King, ABC News 13, October 2, 2018
Concerns over “abandoned cemeteries: When to act and who will assume control by Bill Stalter, Statler Legal Services, LLC, October 9, 2018
Swath of Grand Island Cemetery to See Revival as Nature Preserve by Stephen Watson, The Buffalo News, September 24, 2018
New Conservation Burial Ground Opens for Recreation in Sumner County by Holly Meyer, Nashville Tennessean, September 9, 2018
Green Burial Pitched for Mount Hamilton Cemetery by Matthew Van Dongen, The Hamilton Spectator, August 9, 2018
Earth Matters: A Green Exit Strategy by Susan Hellauer, Nyack News and Views, August 8, 2018
Natural Burials Are Rising, and That’s Good for the Planet by Sophie Yeo, Pacific Standard, July 30, 2018
Veterans in Maine Will Get a “Green” Burial Option by Steve Collins, Portland Press Herald, July 28, 2018
Green Burials: When Everything Old is New by Roz Braun, WXPR from San Juan Islander, July 27, 2018
No Expensive Caskets. No Toxic Chemicals. 'Green Burials' Growing in Popularity in Connecticut by Gregory B Hladky, Hartford Courant, July 6, 2018
Make an Eco-Conscious Final Exit by Katie O’Reilly, Sierra Club, July 22, 2018
Forest Home Cemetery's Green Burial Site Is a Traditional Muslim-Style Interment by Wisconsin Muslim Journal, July 20, 2018
Catholic Cemeteries to Offer “Natural Burial” Option Starting in Fall by Maria Wiering, The Catholic Spirit, May 21, 2018
Back to the land by Andre Mayer, CBC News, May 16, 2018
Families Turn to “Green Burials” to Make Funerals Eco-Friendly by Dan Hurley, WVXU, June 6, 2018
Opinion: Green funeral are a must by Noah Wingard, The Tacoma Ledger, May 7, 2018
The Case for Green Burials: Funeral Industry Dumps 800,000 Gallons of Formaldehyde Into Soil Each Year by Dr. Mercola, Mercola.com, April 28, 2018
Back to the Earth with Green Burials by Tara Lovdahl, Shepherd Express, April 17, 2018
A New Way to Dispose of Corpses—With Chemistry by Hayley Campbell, Wired, March 27, 2018
Thinking About Having A Green Funeral? Here's What To Know, by Sonya Vatomsky, The New York Times, March 22, 2018
Leaders of Death Care Revolution Publish First-Ever Comprehensive Look at Challenges Facing Funeral Industry, PR Newswire, picked up by Connecting Directors, February 28, 2018
After You Die, You’re Usually Not Environmentally. The alternative is a green burial by Lauren Williams, The Orange County Register, February 26, 2018
A Non-Traditional ‘Green’ Cemetery Proposed for Forested Angwin Parcel by Jennifer Huffman, Napa Valley Register, February 24, 2018
Burial at Sea: Everything You Need to Know, TalkDeath, January 28, 2018
Green Burial: Is a Natural Burial Right for You? And is it even legal? by Dr. Josh Axe Food is Medicine
2017
How to Die: Sustainable Practices are Changing the Future of Burials by Kristin Hugo, Newsweek, November 17, 2017
8 Myths About Dead Bodies You Probably Think Are True by Sonya Vatomsky, Mental Floss, November 13, 2017
Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife, by Alice Klein, Daily News, New Scientist, November 17, 2017
Green Burials remain a niche market in the afterlife industry by Marion Renault, AP News November 4, 2017
Let’s Talk Trash: Green burial by Powell River Peak, Powell River Peak, November 3, 2017
Conservation from the Grave: Human Burials to Fund the Conservation of Threatened Species by Matthew Holden, Eve McDonald-Madden, Wiley Online Library, October 30, 2017
How to Give Back to the Earth in Death by Francie Diep, Pacific Standard, October 30, 2017
Green funerals keep growing in popularity by Ken Hall, Times Herald-Record, August 28, 2017
Want to be green even after you’re gone? Here's how by Ray Routhier, Portland Press Herald, August 13, 2017
Going back to tradition with green burials by Julia Dendinger, News Bulletin, July 30, 2017
Cemetery Overcrowding is Leading Europe to Recycle Burial Plots by Rafaela Ferraz, Talk Death, July 18, 2017
This is How I Want to Be Dead by Richard Conniff, The New York Times, July 7, 2017
Natural Burials Are Growing in Popularity, Learning English, July 1, 2017
At Greenwood Cemetery, a Friendly Place to Talk About the End by Elyssa Goodman, Village Voice with Amy Cunningham, March 27, 2017
Vermont green burial advocate dies, settles for ashes by Joel Banner Baird, Burlington Free Press, March 13, 2017
Why are 12% of green burial cemeteries Catholic? by Ann Hoffner, Green Burial Naturally blog February 7, 2017
More Funeral Homes Offer Green Burials by Jeff McGaw, Reading Eagle, July 31, 2017
2016
In the Future, Death Will be a Lot Greener – and a Bit Creepy by Katharine Gammon, NBCnews.com, December 27, 2016
What Happens When Cemetery Space Runs Out? by Julian Uzielli and Lara O’Brien, The Current CBC Radio, December 12, 2016
Creating a Living Shoreline with Reef Balls by Linda Conner Lambeck, CTPost, December 6, 2016
A California Startup is Using Ashes to Protect Forests by Nathan Hurst, Smithsonia.com, December 5, 2016
Let’s Get Beyond the Idea of Perpetual Care by Anne Hoffner, Green Burial Naturally blog, December 2, 2016
Why Death and Dying Guides are the Next Big Thing (And why you should care) by Kate Walker, FuneralOne, November 9, 2016
Traditional Funerals Are the Worst — Here’s What Millennials Are Doing Instead by Sarah Jacoby, Refinery29, November 1, 2016
Green Death by Emily Malter, Sierra Club, October 31, 2016
Green Burials Are Forcing the Funeral Industry to Rethink Death by Tony Rehagen, Bloomberg, October 27, 2016
How Natural Burial Can Conserve Land in Middle Tennessee by Holly Meyer, The Tennessean, October 27, 2016
Vatican Bans Catholics from Keeping Ashes of Loved Ones at Home by Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian, October 25, 2016
Final Resting Place: Vatican Releases Instruction on Burial, Cremation by Cindy Woodsen, Catholic News Service, October 25, 2016
Cemeteries, Ecological Restoration, Deep Time, and Net Present Value by Billy Campbell, MD, Memorial Ecosystems blog, October 9, 2016
Don’t keep harming the planet after you die by Liza Field, USA Today, September 24, 2016
Natural Burials: the ultimate recycling by Liza Field, The Baltimore Sun, September 22, 2016
Cremation – Same Game, Same Rules by Caroline Vuyadinov, Beyond the Pall, September 14, 2016
Burials, Cremations, Dissolving: the new ways to die well by Stephanie Boland, The New Statesman, August 15, 2016
Dying to be different: Funerals without a carbon footprint by James McGinnis, The Intell, August 21, 2016
NH Towns Starting to Run Out of Cemetery Space by Doug Ireland, Eagle Tribune, August 7, 2016
Natural Burial: Bringing Death Back Down to Earth by Mark Harris, The Progressive, August 3, 2016
The death industry’s failure to learn from the music industry by Dave Balter, Mylestoned, August 1, 2016
Grave situation for city’s funeral homes as death rate drops and customs change by Hilary Potkewitz, Crains New York, July 24, 2016
Where we die: Less in ERs, More at Home by Shawn Radcliffe, Healthline, July 19, 2016
But WHY Can’t I Have a Tibetan Sky Burial by Tanya Marsh, Talk Death, July 18, 2016
Change is Afoot – When Did Cremation Become a Green Burial Option? by Caroline Vuyadinov, Beyond the Pall, July 6, 2016
Your Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Green Funeral Terms by Lee Webster, FuneralOne, June 3, 2016
A Different Way to Die: the story of a natural burial by Katie Herzog, Vox, May 29, 2016
What a Dying Industry Can Learn From the Death Industry by Steven Waldman, Fortune Magazine, May 17, 2016
A Different Way of Death: Why the Alternative Funeral Movement is Taking Hold in the United States by Kristen Warfield, Medium.com, May 14, 2016
Keeping the Green in Green Burial by Suzanne Kelly, Huffington Post, May 13, 2016
5 Myths That Families Have About Green Burial by Merilynne Rush, FuneralOne, May 11, 2016
Re-Using Graves Means UK Cemetery Will Never Run Out of Space by Damian Carrington, The Guardian, May 6, 2016
Call it a final act for the environment: Natural Burial by Daria Meoli, NJBIZ magazine, April 18, 2016
Traditional burials are ruining the planet – here’s what we should do instead by Max Plenke, Business Insider, April 7, 2016
7 thoughts on Mushroom Suits, Burial Pods, and Other Thoughtful but Ultimately Useless Green Burial Innovations by Billy Campbell, Memorial Ecosystems blog, March 27, 2016
Why is it so Difficult to Get a Green Burial? by Caroline Vuyadinov, Beyond the Pall blog Midwest Green Burial Society, March 23, 2016
The Redeeming Possibilities of Green Burial by Lee Webster, Funeral Business Advisor, March 21, 2016
Eco-Friendly Burial Suits Are on the Rise but Are They Really Necessary? by Tim and Sarah Crews, Alternet, March 7, 2016
Green Burials Bring Awareness to Environmental Concerns by Allyson Chiu, U.S. News & World Report, March 4, 2016
Think Outside the Box: Being green at the end of life by Joe Sehee, U.S. Catholic, November 11, 2016
2015
A Local Idea to Compost Dead Bodies by Maureen O’Hagan, Forterra, October 28, 2015
Ecological Burial Practices: Overcoming the Myth of the Infectious Corpse by Lorna Garano, Truthout, August 19, 2015
How Much does a Green Burial Cost? iMortuary blog, May 31, 2015
A Project to Turn Corpses into Compost: The Urban Death Project by Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times, April 13, 2015
The World is Running Out of Burial Space by John McManus, BBC News, March 13, 2015
What to Do with Our Bodies After We Die by Katrina Spade, Huffington Post, February 23, 2016
Death in the City: What Happens When All Out Cemeteries Are Full? by Ana Naomi de Sousa, The Guardian, January 21, 2015
2014
How Your Death Affects Climate Change by Katrina Spade, Huffington Post, December 3, 2014
Green Burials Make a Lot of Sense by Elizabeth Kulze, vocativ, August 19, 2014
Burying Your Dead Without Religion by Emma Green, The Atlantic, August 19, 2014
‘Corporatization’ of funeral industry drives quest for alternatives by Mary O’Connell, CBC News, May 7, 2014
Ashes to Ashes, But First a Nice Pine Box by Jeffrey M. Peihler, New York Times, February 1, 2014
2013
The Greenest Things to Do With Your Body After You Die by Amelia Martyn-Hemphill, The Atlantic, December 13, 2013
