When Howard Fischer eventually dies, he is going to be composted in Seattle. He’ll be wrapped in cloth, placed on a bed of wood chips, and then his family will cover him in alfalfa and flowers. After ...

Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Colorado may soon join Washington as the second state in the nation to legalize human ...

With the Earth screaming for attention through increasingly severe natural disasters, people are realizing our planet is vulnerable. After centuries of believing this world is immune to the ravages of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composting isn’t just for leftovers and soiled napkins. You can now compost your body after you die in certain states, turning it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Seattle Times Katrina Spade At the age of 50, Nina Schoen expects to have a long life ahead of her, but the Seattle-based ...

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The phrase “human composting” sounds like something out of dystopian science fiction without any context — but it’s a new and green way lay the dead to rest. The term describes turning remains into ...

New York is the latest state to give residents the option of composting their deceased loved ones instead of a standard burial or cremation. The practice, sometimes called "natural organic reduction," ...

Architectural practice Olson Kundig has unveiled designs for the flagship facility of Recompose, a company that will offer a new and sustainable after-death care service, in which human remains are ...

Human composting company Recompose is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a greener death care option. Can you design a legal, respectful, and efficient way to bury deceased loved ...

Someday, Sonia Baker hopes her body will nourish a tree. She’s already picked one out — a big, old Gravenstein apple tree at her granddaughter’s place on Beacon Hill. “That kind of tree makes the best ...