Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Images For decades, a community of workers has been building "the city of the future" in the Arizona desert. The project, known as Arcosanti, was envisioned by architect Paolo Soleri, who wanted to create a sustainable city without cars, roads, or air conditioning. The original design was meant to house around 5,000 inhabitants. […]
Composting human bodies to turn them into soil will soon be legal in one US state — part of a growing green death trend
Associated Press Washington state just became the first in the US to legalize human composting, an alternative to traditional burial and cremation methods. The process is more environmentally friendly than the burning involved in cremation. Recompose, a company setting up its headquarters in Seattle, has a plan to compost human remains inside reusable steel "vessels" […]