More and more, people are concerned with the impact that humans have on the earth. Choosing a green burial—using green burial products and being buried in a green cemetery or natural burial ground—is a way to lessen your impact and reduce your "carbon footprint."
Many people view green burial as the traditional way of being buried, and a return to the way people were buried before the industrialization and commercialization of funerals.
For people observing religious traditions, specifically Jewish funeral traditions or Muslim funeral traditions, green burial may be an easy way to meet the requirements of religious law.