I always thought Mom would make a lovely camellia. But I digress. Author Sam Kean is a wonderfully creative nerd. In his book, "Caesar’s Last Breath," Kean seamlessly weaves together science and ...

If you walk through a particular spot of the forest in Northern California, you may notice something different about the trees — they are all marked with a number. “Better Place Forests is a ...

Your environmental footprint doesn’t end when you die: Traditional burial uses toxic chemicals like formaldehyde along with steel and concrete, and the acres of grass in cemeteries use fertilizer and ...

Composting isn’t just for leftovers and soiled napkins. You can now compost your body after you die in certain states, turning it into a rich soil. It’s called human composting or natural organic ...

Bodies don't go into the pods. Rather, cremated human remains are placed in the biodegradable, plastic-derived urns, and then those urns get covered in soil. After that, a pre-existing tree gets ...

Take a trip to Riverside Memorial Park, and you may stumble upon a mulch path in a dense forest and wonder why there’s a hiking trail in the middle of a cemetery. Other than a few unmarked basalt ...

This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the New Jersey Sustainability Reporting project. Along a winding, bright green moss trail in Steelmantown Cemetery is a small ...