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May 03, 2012

Green burials use less energy, consume fewer resources such as water, are less toxic, may use local, sustainable materials and encourage environmental protection or regrowth.

Bodies are not embalmed because that delays decomposition and without the chemicals to preserve the body, toxic chemicals are avoided, reducing harmful exposure both to nature and the embalmer. Instead, bodies are wrapped in...

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April 26, 2012

Goodbye

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

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April 17, 2012

Fed-ex to the grave

Fedex Funeral Hong Kong from David Alberts on Vimeo.

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April 15, 2012

Webcast Funeral

Millions attended Whitney Houston's funeral and listened to "I will always love you" as her body left the local church. After Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros was killed covering a Libyan uprising, thousands attended his memorial service. The majority of the audience at each of these funerals attended them virtually.

While very new to Ireland, streaming funerals live around the globe could...

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April 02, 2012

An end of life wish between friends

Nachu Bhatnagar and Colton met at a summer camp in Yale.

18-year-old high school seniors, Nachu lives in Maryland, and Colton lives in California.

Nachu was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma - a bone cancer and treatment was unsuccessful.

Instead of talking college applications, these friends were discussing end of life plans.When asked what he wanted for his birthday Nachu told Colton he wanted to...

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