Bodies don't go into the pods. Rather, cremated human remains are placed in the biodegradable, plastic-derived urns, and then those urns get covered in soil. After that, a pre-existing tree gets ...

For a few years, I worked as an assistant to a woman who owned a number of funeral homes, so I'm pretty well versed with funeral-speak. Jealous? While most people use the word coffin, it's actually ...

Cemeteries take up a lot of space, and cremating one person can take as much energy as that person used in a month back when they were alive. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign ...

Anthropologist Barbara J. King checks out a new project that will offer fetal-position, tree-topped burials in underground pods. It's a familiar conversation in our house. When my husband dies, he ...

This story is part of Fix’s Climate-Fiction Issue, which explores how fiction can create a better reality. Check out the full issue here, including the short stories in Fix’s first-ever ...