Gerry Lougheed, the funeral home’s president, said the new type of casket continues the company’s tradition of innovation ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — For more than a year, Max Justice has been on a mission to bury the way we’re buried. Deciding to abandon metal caskets, he feels the funeral industry has mush-room to grow, ...

What does it mean when families ask for a green burial, and how does it differ from other options? A HelloNation article featuring Funeral Coordinator Naomi Bradbury-Marchand of Bradbury Memorial ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Cynthia Beal wants to be an Oregon cherry tree after she dies. She has everything to make it happen -- a body, a burial site and a biodegradable coffin. "It is composting at its best ...

The Lougheed and Jackson Barnard funeral homes in Sudbury, Ont., now offer mushroom-grown, biodegradable caskets from a company called Loop Biotech. Jeff Shrigley, the funeral director at Lougheed's, ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — Setas Mushrooms grows hundreds of pounds of mushrooms every week on a farm a few miles outside of Greencastle, Franklin County. Here, Company Chairman Max Justice is making more ...

Eco-lovers can now be buried in the world's first "living coffin" - which decomposes faster and is made out of mushrooms. The coffins are grown out of pliable mycelium - a mat of fibers and upcycled ...

The business of paying respect to the dead can be an eco-unfriendly matter, whether opting for a wooden coffin that contributes to deforestation, or a cremation service that produces carbon emissions.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Simple, green burials ...

Christo Ayoub was the kind of person who believed his treasures were stored in Heaven. "His main concern was to just bring light to people that were not aware of God," said his daughter, Carol Sfeir.