The Centre for Natural Burial

Simon Webster, Sydney Morning Hearald
DYING might seem like the ultimate way to reduce a carbon footprint. After all, once we’ve shuffled off this mortal coil we are highly unlikely to drive to the shops or turn up the air-con again. However, achieving zero-emission status is not that simple. Without wanting to speak ill of the […]

Gizmodo
When you die, instead of having your grave marked by granite, you can now peg it to something even more immutable: latitude and longitude. A new eco-friendly forest graveyard promises a new kind of service, according to the Sydney Morning Herald:

By Simon Webster, The Sun-Herald
Relatives and friends will require a satellite navigation device to find graves of loved ones in NSW’s first eco-burial site. The deceased will be buried in biodegradable coffins between gum trees in a protected koala sanctuary.
Reflecting a worldwide trend towards environmentally friendly burials, the site, on bushland attached to Lismore Memorial […]

By Bae Ji-sook, Korea imes
A prototype of a garden cemetery in Yongmiri, Seoul. Instead of tombs, the burial place will be filled with flowers and paths to provide a more pleasing atmosphere. / Courtesy of Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs
From May, people will be able to pay their respects to their deceased loved […]

By nzherald
South Australia’s largest cemetery will offer carbon-neutral cremations and burials as part of plans to offset the carbon emissions of its operations. Centennial Park in Adelaide says its carbon offset scheme is believed to be a first for an Australian cemetery and follows a study into the environmental impacts of cremations and burials.

By Michael d’Estries, Green Living
Several years ago, during a stay in Hong Kong for a summer, I often found moments to trek out to the jungle forests that surround the outskirts of the city. Many times, I would wander through abandoned villages where cemeteries long forgotten would blend in with the flora; creating a natural […]

Bob Such
When Homo sapiens dropped dead in our hunter and gatherer phase, the remains stayed there, subject to the decaying processes of nature. Since then, humans have used burials, cremation, tombs, embalming, mummification and pyramids to deal with the inevitable day when Mother Nature comes knocking. But we now have a choice of returning to […]

By Rebekah Burgess, APN News & Media
Natural burials, though little is known about them in New Zealand, will soon be offered in provincial Wairarapa.

The Yomiuri Shimbun, Associated Press
With natural burial grounds becoming increasingly popular among people wanting to “return to nature” after they die, a new ecologically friendly woodland burial ground was opened near Tokyo this autumn.

The China Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Taipei County Government and the Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association yesterday jointly inaugurated a life garden in Jinshan Township, allowing county residents to bury ashes of their deceased family members in an environmentally friendly way.