The historic Green-Wood Cemetery—the final resting place of Leonard Bernstein and half a million others—explores a cutting-edge method of processing human remains: electric cremation.
The Green Burial Council defines the term as burying “without impediment” to natural decomposition — no embalming, plastic liners, concrete vaults, metal handles or exotic wood caskets.
Like every other aspect of our society, how we handle death and dying needs to change in the face of climate change. This method may be a path forward.
