Spirituality, Popular Stories

Christmas trees bring green into the home for the holiday. Most come from commercial farms but a few cut their own from federal forests.

"Green is becoming the color of places of worship." See how some are taking innovative initiatives and why.

Kwanzaa is a festival of contradictions, rooted in Africa's past but begun in the USA in 1966. It values individuals and communities; but is it racist or inclusive?

At death, we make our final environmental impacts through our funeral arrangements. Two religions in India have rituals with very different effects on the environment.

The Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic is one of a kind. Nowhere in the world can one worship and pray amongst the bones of 70,000 people.

Burial practices from all around the world can be beautiful spiritual, even a bit bizarre. They say a lot about who we are as humans and what is important to us.

Esoteric Buddhism, or Sokushinbutsu, was commonly practiced in the 18th &19th century. Over the course of 6 years, monks would slowly mummify themselves.

Believe it or not, green is in when it comes to options for end-of-life arrangements.

We all like to think that we have control over our lives, yet we still throw some salt over the left shoulder if we spill the container. Are we hostages to our beliefs?

How a little Robin taught me a valuable life-lesson.