Footnotes From the Archives News in Brief Washington State Legalizes Composting of Human Remains It's the first state to allow the practice, which is intended to be a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional burial or cremation. Rebecca Worby
Social Justice Green Planting: Eco-Friendly Burials Catching On The numbers are still small and even proponents admit to a whiff of fad, but backers of green burials see their way of death as the wave of the future. Frank Nelson