For years, my compost bin sat in the corner of the garden like a badge of environmental virtue. I turned it dutifully, separated my kitchen scraps, and felt quietly superior at the recycling center.

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No need for an urn or a casket: California will soon offer a new option to be laid to rest — in a steel vessel, surrounded by wood chips and destined to become compost that could fertilize new life.

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A high school in the Bywater focused on coastal restoration and sustainability is set to close this summer. It leaves a ...

What would you do if a 40-ton sperm whale carcass washed up on your shoreline? You might call Mark Hutchinson, a member of the Maine Compost Team, a state interagency task force that has proved an ...

When Dennis Cunningham was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wanted his death to reflect the values he lived by. As a civil rights lawyer, Cunningham defended the Black Panthers, AIDS protestors, and ...