Environmentalist and Gaia theorist James Lovelock dies at 103
British environmentalist James Lovelock died this week on his 103rd birthday. The brilliant scientist spent much...
Terrifying new study warns of more heat-related deaths
If global warming increases by two more degrees Celsius, the death rate from extreme temperatures will increase...
Three Americans' lifetime emissions enough to kill one person
A recent study on the mortality cost of carbon emissions has revealed that the average emissions created by 3.5...
Reducing and reusing via green burials in a Portland cemetery
New Jersey-based real estate developer Ed Bixby never expected to get into the cemetery business. But when he and...
Global warming to cause more deaths than all infectious diseases
A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that by the end of the century,...
Olson Kundig designs world’s first Recompose facility for composting human remains
Architectural practice Olson Kundig has unveiled designs for the flagship facility of Recompose, a company that...
'Water cremation' plans paused over fears liquefied remains could get in water system
The funeral industry could benefit from more environmentally friendly options. But some firms in the United Kingdom...
Biodegradable PawPods: a better way to bury your pet
Burying a beloved pet is never easy. But PawPods' bamboo and rice husk pods offer a thoughtful, biodegradable option...
Bios launches modern funerary urns that grow plants with loved ones' remains
Is there life after death? The Bios Urn is a modern funerary urn that enables people to grow trees with the ashes...
Peter Thiel thinks the blood of the young could help him fight death
Elon Musk and Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal together, but public perception of the two is wildly different. While...
Zika may have claimed its first victim in the continental US
Last Friday, health officials announced that the first death related to Zika has occurred in the continental US....
8 groundbreaking Buckminster Fuller semifinalist designs that are changing the world
1. African Design Center trains next wave of African architects The African Design Center is a program of the...
Here's what the environmentally-friendly cemetery of the future could look like
Did you know there is a DeathLab at Columbia University? Operating under the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning,...
The Fernwood Eco-Cemetery Offers Natural Burial for a Green Afterlife
Fernwood itself has existed for over a century, though their natural burial offerings are fairly new. The Mill...
Tamara Kostianovsky's Morbid Meat Slab Sculptures are Actually Made from Secondhand Clothes
We have become so desensitized to the actuality of meat that we often think of it like a textile - simply a material...
