Green Burials: Opting for Eco-Friendly Graves

Chris had personally requested the burial site because "he had taken from nature and he wanted his body to return back to the Earth-without the embalming fluids," says Brown. "It's through giving that you receive, and my son felt that giving to the Earth was a way to come back to it again."

While some people prefer the traditions and stateliness embodied by a modern cemetery, others find this rendition of a burial ground to be sterile, spiritually vacant, and in conflict with their environmental leanings. And with the Cremation Association of North America reporting a huge rise in cremations- from four percent to nearly thirty percent over the last fifty years-it's apparent that a growing number of people are seeking alternatives to modern cemetery burial.

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