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 ...

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

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 ...

This casket was made from reclaimed wood. At "green cemeteries" around the country, there is a movement to use fewer harmful chemicals and non-renewable resources in funerals and burials. Courtesy ...

Death is not a subject people typically have an easy time discussing. But for Christian scholar Beth Hoeltke, it’s one she’s devoted much time to, focusing particularly on the growing interest in ...

Funeral firms call it "natural'' and environmentally friendly. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, mobile, ...

Leif Larsen, Green-Larsen Mortuary funeral director, works by the quote “A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be,” by Thomas Lynch. Owner of ...