COMMENTARY: The Ascension is crucial in the Catholic Church’s response to the crisis of our time, which is the crisis in the very idea of the human person.

You may have heard of environmentally friendly options for funerals and burials, but not everyone is familiar with human ...

More than 100 bills just became the new laws of the land across Georgia. The AJC’s Greg Bluestein breaks down some of them. Credits: AJC | Getty Images ...

The Rich Earth Institute will host an On-Farm Field Day from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10, at Spring Tree Road (head to ...

Starting Tuesday, the process is legal in Minnesota for people looking for an alternate option to burial or cremation.

Spending months of the year in national parks, Kevin Jackson, founder and lead guide for EXP Journeys, has seen firsthand how even small actions—such as tossing an apple core out of a car window—can ...

The Georgia General Assembly passed several new laws this year which will take effect July 1. Here is what you need to know.

An alternative to burial or cremation — allowing dead bodies to break down into a soil-like product — is just a signature away from reality in New Jersey.

Georgia now allows human composting as an alternative to burial or cremation, giving families a new, eco-friendly option for ...

A mandate for schools to have panic buttons and a rule on transgender student athletes are among many new laws taking effect ...

Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs)—among the most toxic in the arsenal of agrochemicals—cast a long, shadowy toll on human ...