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Keen to be sustainable after dying? Earth to earth, cradle to compost

Despite expanding legislation and increasing popularity, sustainable death care options are still relatively unknown.

The Conversation · Jul 8, 2024

First Thing: Joe Biden arrives in Kyiv in surprise visit

US president meets Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy ahead of anniversary of invasion. Plus, the disruptors who want to make death greener

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

From cradle to compost: the disruptors who want to make death greener

Startups rush to gain foothold in a burgeoning industry as New York and California move to legalize human composting

The Guardian - US · Feb 19, 2023

Is California ready for ‘human composting’ as an alternative to casket burial, cremation?

During a rafting trip in the West, Angela Bean took a palm full of her son's ashes and spread them across rushing water. Her 27-year-old son, who died in a fatal fall from a pickup truck in 2015, had told her he wanted to donate his organs and be cremated.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 6, 2022

Inside the rise of human composting and other green burial practices

The quest to save the planet doesn’t end when your life does.

Mic · Apr 21, 2022