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Woman laid to rest in coffin made from mushrooms in Australian first

The casket, grown from mycelium and hemp fibres, takes just 45 days to break down, enriching the soil in the process

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6

A death scholar on why we need to stop being naive about dying: ‘I always hear, “Can’t you just put me into a nice meadow?”’

Dr Hannah Gould on eco-funerals, being ‘the death person’ and the one thing everyone should know before they die

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7

Gone to a wetter place: the Queenslanders disrupting the death industry with water cremations

Proponents of alkaline hydrolysis, a process of liquidising human remains, say the technology is a cheaper, greener and more ‘calming’ way of returning to the earth

The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2025

Minimalism and wellbeing: how is living with less really more? Here’s what the research says

"The less you have, the less you have to worry about," according to Buddha. But beyond the most recent minimalism trend, how is living with less linked to wellbeing?

ABC News · Feb 18, 2023

From high-rise towers to underwater cities of the dead – what is the future of Australian cemeteries?

Australia's annual number of deaths will more than double by 2050, meaning our cities will have to embrace dramatic shifts in the way we deal with the dead.

ABC News · Jul 9, 2022