The Flow Ice Urn, which floats on the water while slowly releasing ashes in an unapologetically pure way. It is simple yet beautiful; and it brings to mind other funeral traditions that are intrinsically tied to the idea of returning the body to nature.
This week, Washington Governor signed a bill to allow the composting of human remains within the state. It is the only state in the US—and possibly the only government in the world—to explicitly allow "natural organic reduction" of human remains.
California, US legislators are considering a bill that would allow state funeral homes to start dissolving bodies in a chemical bath by 2020.
US based startup Elysium Space is offering packages to memorialize the remains of your loved one by sending their ashes into space or to the surface of the moon.
Bodies that are buried or cremated leach essential nutrients into ground. But human funerary practices mean they are being concentrated in cemeteries instead of being dispersed evenly throughout nature.
Forget the gloom and doom of crowded graveyards – you can know turn the ashes of your loved ones into a blossoming coral reef under the sea.
A unique new proposal introduced by Columbia University offers up an alternative way to honor the deceased by transforming the undercarriage of the Manhattan Bridge into a twinkling graveyard.
The Infinity Burial Suit started as a concept by artist and MIT researcher Jae Rhim Lee, who was concerned about the environmental impacts of traditional burial methods.
Unlike a conventional cremation, the process does not release carbon dioxide or other pollutants into the atmosphere.
