Tag: death

Image for Thinking outside the box: eco concerns prompt greener funeral options
Thinking outside the box: eco concerns prompt greener funeral options As more people seek a climate-friendly end to their lives, funerals are changing. Will eco burials go mainstream? Culture Environment Lifestyle Society Spirit
Image for The living coffin that transforms your body into compost
The living coffin that transforms your body into compost A Dutch startup has created a fully biodegradable mycelium casket – and it says the orders are flooding in Environment Society
Image for ‘I play his favourite reggae songs’: the joyful ways people remember loved ones Positive.News | Partners
‘I play his favourite reggae songs’: the joyful ways people remember loved ones Marking the anniversary of a loved one’s death is an important ritual. But these events don’t need to be only sorrowful Written in partnership with Bequest
Image for Fancy discussing your demise over tea and cake? The rise of the ‘death cafe’ Positive.News | Partners
Fancy discussing your demise over tea and cake? The rise of the ‘death cafe’ What are death cafes, why is their popularity surging, and how can we prepare positively for our passing? Written in partnership with Bequest
Image for Rewilding from beyond the grave: the burial plots that heal broken landscapes
Rewilding from beyond the grave: the burial plots that heal broken landscapes A burial startup wants to use death to breathe new life into degraded ecosystems, helping the departed leave ‘a positive legacy’ Conservation Environment Lifestyle Spirit
Image for Recording the precious stories of the dying
Recording the precious stories of the dying A charity that records people’s life stories in hospices is now set to expand its work to homeless people and prisoners Society
Load more

Popular articles

image for Read, swap, repeat: secondhand book recycling platform launches in the UK

Read, swap, repeat: secondhand book recycling platform launches in the UK

Going with the flow: how menstrual blood could revolutionise healthcare

Five ways to avoid burnout