How Beijing celebrates Tomb-Sweeping Day
CHINA – The centuries old Tomb-Sweeping Day or Qingming Festival falls on 4 April this year.
CHINA – The centuries old Tomb-Sweeping Day or Qingming Festival falls on 4 April this year.
USA – Demand is growing for green burial in the US. More than 64% of over 40s want eco-friendly options.
USA – Why rethinking the way we handle the dead could be a boon to the environment and your wallet.
US – It’s raining in Washington on July 24, 1969. The weather seems appropriate, given the tragic events that have just transpired that evening. Richard Nixon stands before a tense press corps gathered at the White House, and a silence envelops the room.
USA – What we do with our dead can seem bizarre to outsiders. In a Tibetan tradition called sky burial, the deceased are cut into small pieces by a man known as therogyapa, or “breaker of bodies,” and laid atop mountains to be picked apart by vultures.
NY – Here’s a universal truth: We all die. And here’s another universal truth (that any good farmer would certainly agree with): Soil is everything. This, perhaps, is why so many eco-conscious folks today are buying out plots at green cemeteries.
UK – I’ve been to a number of woodland funerals and am considering one myself. But are they really the best option? Going green allows an empowered response to death. The Natural Death Handbook is full of ideas of how to think outside the box