Tag: death
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
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
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‘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
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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?
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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
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
