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"Aquamation," a greener form of body disposal, is gaining acceptance in America. But some powerful groups are fighting to stop it. Samantha Sieber’s grandfather had a traditional American burial. His ...

Jan. 23—Add water, an alkali solution, mix and heat up for 18 hours, and your departed pet emerges as ashes. Aquamation is a 195-degree, water-based alternative to the traditional 1,500-degree ...

AN Irish mortician is set to offer the country’s first eco-friendly cremations — using water as opposed to flames. Elizabeth Oakes, 32, from Navan, Co Meath, is currently in talks with planning ...

The article outlines how water cremation works and why families in Oklahoma City are considering a more environmentally friendly pet aftercare option. The HelloNation article explains that pet ...

In Western societies, disposing of a dead body has come down to two choices: there’s burial, and there’s cremation. Occasionally, a corpse is donated to science, but even those remains usually make ...

Eternal Tides Owner says aquamation — which uses water, heat and alkaline chemicals to break down the body — uses 90% less energy than cremation and is used in some states for humans. Curtis Sullivan, ...

People who care about protecting the environment might recycle or conserve water while alive. But there are green end-of-life options as well. Dawna Agosto lost her mother to bladder cancer in April ...

“What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu,” read the headline on cnn.com in the days following the announcement that Tutu, prominent anti-apartheid activist and ...

INDY Week: How did you get into the business of aquamation? Hunter Beattie: In my twenties I was doing a lot of renewable energy work … then kind of fell off the path from that. I was trying to come ...

Kathy Chiavola never knew what joy a pair of dogs she adopted would bring. “Possum and Pearl have appeared in books. They have hundreds of fans. They even have their own song,” said Chiavola, a ...