Amid the concrete jungle, a growing number of New Yorkers are embracing green burials, a more sustainable alternative to traditional interments.

Inquiries about placing the body directly in the earth, forgoing embalming and using biodegradable materials have increased so much at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery , staff there organized an hours-long seminar this fall that was packed with about 80 curious residents, death doulas and family members planning after-death care.

“It’s certainly not traditional but interest, in general, is way up,” said Theresa Woznuk, a memorial counselor at Green-Wood.

Whereas most Americans opt to be cremated or buried in a casket, there are now plenty of people looking for a natural alternative, said Amy Cunningham, a licensed New York State Funeral Directo

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