Some veterans show interest in lower-cost green burials offered at three national cemeteries.

I bought a pair of earrings and a couple of paperbacks. And a gravesite. It’s near a cluster of oaks, in a cemetery in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, where some mossy Civil War-era headstones are so ...

As for cemeteries, some have started green burial sections to attract business as conventional burials fall out of fashion. But even Miller notes the cost and space savings associated with cremation.

Although cost is a factor, people also prefer green funerals because it’s better for the environment. Cremation can use up a lot of energy and release excessive C02 into the air.

He said he wants to give families an affordable alternative to funerals, which industry experts say averages around $5,000 in cost. That excludes a burial plot, which can add thousands.

Tradition is meeting innovation in today's memorial practices, proving that even life's final chapter can be reimagined. Today's funerals bear little resemblance to those of the past. According to the ...

According to the National Funeral Directors Association, green funeral options have become an increasingly popular in the U.S. as 60 percent of Americans are looking for environmentally friendly al… ...

With walls painted in a calming green, comfortable furnishings, and paintings hung on every wall, Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service feels like a friend’s living room rather than a death care ...