Architects and designers including David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Audrey Large and Philippe Starck have created funeral ... Previous urns featured on Dezeen include biodegradable burial ...

Returning to nature has become a new trend in funeral practices. At the Phoenix Mountain memorial park, each urn is crafted from biodegradable materials designed to dissolve over three to five ...

In a quiet corner of Phoenix Mountain Ecological Cemetery in Luoyang, Henan province, a memorial ceremony was held in late March next to rows of white pines and golden osmanthus trees. Beneath the ...

Another cruise host had referred the man to Nelson, knowing she is friends with the owners of a funeral home. She placed a phone call; a biodegradable urn was brought; the man paid for it ...

At dawn, 112 families boarded a charter boat off Tiger Beach in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, and lowered biodegradable urns containing their loved ones' ashes ...

Frank McQuade grew up Catholic, became a priest and always envisioned a traditional send-off when he died — a funeral home wake ... remains to be stored in urns, scattered in meaningful ...

Even by today's standards, it was an unusual request for a funeral director. Judy Cole vividly recalls the man ...

Green burial may involve practices like forgoing embalming, using biodegradable caskets or urns, and using GPS units or non-native stones to mark grave sites in lieu of headstones. 5. Look at ...

However, the concept of green burials, aiming at curbing extravagance and advocating eco-friendly burials, is gaining in popularity.Fushouyuan conducted a ceremony to bury six biodegradable urns ...