PROVIDENCE − Will 2024 be the year that Rhode Island joins seven other states in allowing natural organic reduction, also known as human composting, as an alternative to cremation and burial? For the second year in a row, Rep. Michelle McGaw, D-Portsmouth, introduced legislation (H 7212) to allow the practice that turns human remains, over […]
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Southern Israel was filled with blood and death. Brilliant red wildflowers now bloom among the ashes
REIM, Southern Israel (AP) — Each year as spring approaches, wildflowers erupt across Israel, a splash of color before the punishing Middle Eastern summer. Nowhere is the show more dramatic than in southern Israel, near Gaza, where brilliant red anemones burst forth with such intensity that rolling hills seem to be covered in red carpets. […]
Where can you scatter a loved one’s ashes in Illinois? Here’s what the law says
As families become more transient and individuals become more aware of the negative impacts their end-of-life arrangements may have on the environment, cremation as opposed to burial is growing increasingly popular in the United States. Cremation rates in the U.S. are expected to increase from about 60% in 2023 to 81% by 2045, according to […]
You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should
An illustration of a metallic lander on the moon. When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was at risk than just US$108 million worth of development and equipment. The agency earned the ire of the Native American Navajo people, who made a bid to […]