Green/Natural Funerals

This has been a big month for novelty caskets (more to come...) and the latest to make headlines is by...

The Ganges River is a spiritual center for Hinduism and as the population of India grows the ancient rituals are putting...

The Green Burial Guidebook is a new book by Elizabeth Fournier explaining the methods and ideas behind having an affordable, environmentally...

Dr. Philip Nitschke is one of the world's outspoken advocates for assisted suicide. He is founder of Exit International, an...

Over the last year, Berardinelli Funeral Home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has been making a shift in their product...

When a funeral director is viscerally disturbed by the odor of embalming fluid, you know something is off. That's what...

The funeral industry is renowned for being conservative, but the sector has been revolutionized with the arrival in the UK...

This past weekend California Congress voted overwhelmingly to authorize water cremation in the State.  California’s Water Cremation Bill was authored...

Originally Posted on FS Local Blog Losing a loved one is hard. But sending them off with a meaningful, personalized...

As cultures around the world depart from long-standing death rituals in favor of specialized solutions, we are seeing a shift...