As we become increasingly aware we're slowly destroying the planet, it seems like everything is getting a "green" makeover. Even funerals. Remember when we showed you the concept for eco-friendly ...

The company has thousands of trees and flowering shrubs in stock to supply an increase in demand for its unique ...

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," goes the saying derived from biblical text, and the phrase certainly suits this latest innovation for the after-life. Meet the Bios Incube, the very first incubator ...

When a family member dies, lasting memorials can offer distressed relatives some relief. For a number of years Barcelona-based Bios Urn has been producing biodegradable urns that use people's ashes to ...

None of us knows where we go after we die. But as overcrowded cities run out of real estate for cemeteries, interest in leaving a smaller footprint even in death grows. Designers have been ...

The thing about dying, and subsequently being buried, is that you stand a good chance of eventually being turned into worm poop. Now, while this thought may sit well with some of you, I prefer the ...

Is there life after death? The Bios Urn is a modern funerary urn that enables people to grow trees with the ashes of loved ones. The company (which Inhabitat has covered since 2005) recently marked ...

The developers of a biodegradable urn that turns the ashes of a dead person into a tree have designed an incubator to aid the growth process (+ slideshow). The Bios Incube is the latest development ...

The idea of life after death is a tempting one for many people, and now there’s a way to achieve it that’s totally beautiful and not-at-all creepy way. Bios Urns are the brainchild of Barcelona based ...

A company called Bios Urn finally has an answer to the question, "What happens when the circle of life gets a Wifi connection?" Meet the Bios Incube, a smartphone-connected planter that turns cremated ...

If you want the memory of your loved ones or family pets to live on you can now immortalise them as a tree. A Barcelona firm has designed a biodegradable urn that is planted in the ground and can be ...

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