Green Burial on Fresh Air

Today's guest on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross is Journalist Mark Harris, a former environmental columnist with the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. His new book is Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial. Audio for today's show is available after 3 pm EST.

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Cradle-to-Grave Environmentalism

A new green burial movement is gaining momentum. Burial without metal caskets, vaults, or embalming has been practiced in Britain for a decade. Will this novel method of recycling catch on in the US? Listen to the NPR story here.