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Spanish company, Bios Urn, has developed a fully biodegradable urn that allows people to grow a tree from the ashes of a loved one’s mortal remains. The company hope the urn will offer users a natural ...

It’s official: you can now regrow your loved ones after they pass—into a tree that is. Bios Incube is the world’s first incubator system designed for the afterlife. Yep, you read that sentence right.

In an attempt to make death a little less scary, startups in recent years have started expanding our alternative options to traditional burial rituals. For example, Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn ...

From left to right: Anna's rose bush with the ashes of her grandmother planted within the roots, The Living Urn planting system. All photos courtesy of The Living Urn The Local newsletter is your free ...

Whether it be the rising costs of funerals, cemeteries filling up or a need to do something that isn't viewed as traditional, many people are searching for new ways to honor loved ones after death.

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 ...

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 ...

I have always wondered what it’s like to be a tree. “In my next life, if there is one, I want to be a tree,” I tweeted after a tree walk around UP Diliman. Trees are amazing, aren’t they? Good news ...

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 ...