'Mum kept saying she wanted to go up in a firework': why green burials are going mainstream

Environmental funerals are on the up - but are they really as sustainable as their providers say?"I want to become a pearl when I die - or a reef," said Madeleine Sutcliffe. Aged 80 and suffering from lung cancer, Sutcliffe was given six months to live in January.Adam, Sutcliffe's son, is enthusiastic. "I don't think a pearl is possible but if mum's ashes are made into an artificial reef, I'll be able to dive to it," he said. "Given how I feel when I dive - serene, calm and meditative - a reef is the perfect environment to remember mum." Continue reading...