Forever green: Cemeteries make more room for natural burials
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 00:32
in Earth & Climate
RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) -- Last goodbyes are said in these woods with wildflowers placed on a shrouded body, or with the beloved wrapped in a favorite childhood blanket. Dirt shoveled back into the graves leaves behind slowly sinking mounds of earth on the forest floor, marked with stones....