“Many people today want to commit their remains to rejuvenating the planet. But are these green deaths just greenwashing?”
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Weave Your Own Coffin
“Green burial, she said, ‘offers so much for the person being buried, for the family saying goodbye, for the community surrounding the cemetery, for the very earth itself.’”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend stories by Carla Ciccone, Lex Pryor, Bhavya Dore, Michelle Cyca, and Casey Lyons.
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The Mushrooms That Ate Luke Perry
“When actor Luke Perry died in 2019, he was buried in a compostable mushroom suit. The only problem: it didn’t work.”
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Kate’s Still Here
In an incredibly moving feature, journalist Libby Copeland spends time with a couple in their 60s, Kate and Deloy Oberlin, as they very consciously prepare for Kate’s death from metastatic breast cancer, and again in the aftermath of her passing. Deloy honors his wife’s wishes that once she’s gone, for three days while her body […]