Composting The Dead

5 Responses to “Composting The Dead”

1. Missy Posted: Dec 30th, 2007 at 8:48 pm

   1 Hey, Emma: Thanxs for linking to my article over at Keetsa. Ecopods are quite progressive and although it will take some time for people to get on board with the idea, it is something to definitely consider. Happy 2008 to you guys at Environmental Graffiti! Missy. P.S. How do you guys make it to Digg so much. I see EG on there quite abit. Good work! Reply to this comment.

2. Cynthia Beal Posted: Dec 31st, 2007 at 6:40 am

   2 Hi there, Your link to the Natural Burial Company is to the business in England that has a couple of cemeteries and not the Portland Oregon business that was the subject of the article you’ve posted. Thanks for running the story and adding links. There’s a lot more here than meets the eye and it will be good to see how many actually see it. I hear a bit of concern from the environmentalist community about “greenwashing” but I have to say that, until at least 5-10% of the coffins used are green, and the graves are natural, and the cremations are clean - low tech, small corp, clean burning, no carbon footprint, etc - then any improvement is better than none at all, don’t you think? Right now, we’re at way less than that, and most folks who suggest they’re environmentalists seem to have “planned” for cremation — but they haven’t really - that’s just what they say they want; they don’t know where they’re going to get it, or who’s going to pay for it, or whether they’re folks will actually do it, and all the cremation machines are built by … well, not handmade by artisans and not grown from the land with renewable materials that provide habitat for animals and greenspace for the planet, that’s for sure. If anyone wants to learn more, in addition to visiting the links (and including the proper Portland Oregon Natural Burial Company link - http://www.naturalburialcompany.com - ) check out www.beatree.com to learn more about how you can be active in your own community if you want to Be a Tree… Reply to this comment.

3. Chris Posted: Dec 31st, 2007 at 4:33 pm

   3 Hi Cynthia, Thanks for the correction and the extra info - really useful. I hope you have a happy new year, from all of us here at EG - All the best, Chris Reply to this comment.

4. Lill Hawkins Posted: Jan 2nd, 2008 at 6:18 am

   4 I’d much rather contribute to growing something than be embalmed and entombed. If cremation evolves to where it doesn’t take fossil fuel, I’ll choose that. If not, my family knows that I want to go out as Greenly as possible. Frankly, when I’m dead, I’d just as soon be weighted down and placed at the bottom of our swamp, in the company of Ospreys and moose, but that’s not possible. Pity. Shine On, Lill Reply to this comment.

5. Mike Salisbury Posted: Jan 9th, 2008 at 4:01 am

   5 Natural Burial Around the World The modern concept of natural burial began in the UK in 1993 and has since spread across the globe. According the Centre for Natural Burial, http://naturalburial.coop there are now several hundred natural burial grounds in the United Kingdom and half a dozen sites across the USA, with others planned in Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and even China. A natural burial allows you to use your funeral as a conservation tool to create, restore and protect urban green spaces. The Centre for Natural Burial provides comprehensive resources supporting the development of natural burial and detailed information about natural burial sites around the world. With the Natural Burial Co-operative newsletter you can stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the rapidly growing trend of natural burial including, announcements of new and proposed natural burial sites, book reviews, interviews, stories and feature articles. The Centre for Natural Burial Reply to this comment.