For this edition of the Scrub Hub, we are answering questions about 'greener' burials: What are they and how do they work?
For over a decade, funeral culture experts have advocated for natural burials as an alternative to the limitations of columbariums. Natural burials involve a cycle of cremation, temporary ...
That made Penn Forest Natural Burial Park, tucked along Plum Creek in Penn Hills, the right fit for the Ball family. They purchased a wooded lot to bury Steve, their dog Finn and, eventually ...
On 20 acres in the far northwest corner of Panorama Farms in Earlysville, the dead are laid to rest without metal caskets or concrete vaults or embalming chemicals.
Denver County does not allow burial on private property. Larimer County does permit a natural burial on private property, said Coroner Patrick Allen, who is head of the Colorado Coroners Association.
A Michigan township is using a new ordinance to block a natural burial business six months after losing to the cemetery’s ...
Changes to cemeteries in Rotherham, including plans for natural burials and the preservation of historical graves, have been put forward. Dignity, which is contracted by Rotherham Council to ...
Located in the open countryside, the grazed meadow is considered "a peaceful, environmentally sensitive location for natural ...
Currently, Tauranga does not have a city council-owned site specifically for natural burials. Natural burials have been made simpler for Tauranga and Western Bay residents wanting to bury their ...
The green burial (natural burial) section of a cemetery is pictured. In traditional burials, caskets are often buried within a concrete vault. But for green burials, there is no such lining and ...
Perry, who also is a licensed funeral director in Indiana and Illinois, said the group also is working to change the term from green to natural burial, noting there can be negative connotations wi ...