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From green burials, biocremation, grave gardening and the future of cemeteries, we explore how death and the environment go hand-in-hand.

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For many unfounded reasons, water cremation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, aquamation and resomation, has a bad reputation ( I don’t give a ...
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          • Careers in Death Care: A Day in the Life of a DEATH DOULA Presenting our new ongoing series, Careers in Death Care: A…
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