(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the 12th century, the most common way to bury the dead has been to lay the corpse in a casket and then bury the casket several feet underground. Since then, we have learned ...

For some of us, visiting a family member’s grave in a cemetery can be an almost mathematical process. Every memorial day, it’s two rows down, three over to find my grandfather and leave plastic ...

Caroline Roberts writes articles and notifications for CNET. She studies English at Cal Poly, and loves philosophy, Karl the Fog and a strong cup of black coffee. Do you ever wonder what happens to ...

The push for environmental consciousness has sparked the rise of not only green energy initiatives, but now also the move to “green burials” or “human composting” practices over more traditional ...

If asked to think about what will happen to our bodies when we die, many of us would likely envision the ceremonial aspects of a funeral, wake and burial. We might instinctively gloss over the other ...

In its most general sense, ecopsychology is a term that means what it implies. It is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding human psychology concerning the non-human natural world. Humans ...

As a funeral director, I have had many parents ask me if they should allow their young children to be involved in the funeral process. Some parents feel that their children might be too young to ...