Ashes, including those from cremated remains, are good sources of phosphorus for plants. So the final act of the ecologically-minded could be to fertilize a tree. The Bios biodegradable urn changes the Biblical paraphrase from, “ashes to ashes; dust to dust,” to “ashes to fertilizer, dust to soil.” Ashes, including those from cremated remains, are good sources of … [Read more...]
Green funeral options widen with new technologies
Burnt, buried or frozen and turned to powder are some of the options for dealing with the remains of a loved one whose last wishes include lessening death's environmental impact. Our demise can have a big environmental impact. Cremation uses about the same amount of domestic energy as a person uses in a month. Globally, cremation emits over 6.8 million metric tons of carbon … [Read more...]
Eco Funerals, Pt 2: The Circle of Life
In keeping with nature’s basic ‘waste becomes food’ design, when we die all our organic remains, and particularly our trace elements and nutrients, should ideally go back to the agricultural fields whence they came. Join us for part 2 of our Eco Funerals series. In keeping with nature’s basic ‘waste becomes food’ design, when we die all our organic remains, and particularly … [Read more...]
Eco Funerals, Pt 1: Nourishing life after death
Death and funerals, topics we generally prefer not to think about, are an inevitable reality for us all. And an important question to ask ourselves is: Would I want to turn a loved one or myself into pollution when they or I pass on? Of course not! But this is exactly what we do. Instead of our decaying bodies nourishing future life, we let them pollute our ecosystems and … [Read more...]
The Crying Forest
Al Jazeera correspondent Gabriel Elizondo paints a shocking portrait of life in the Brazilian Amazon, where at least 212 environmental activists have been murdered since 1996, an average of 12 a year. He pieces together the last six months of the life of activist Ze Claudio Ribiero and his wife Maria. During a prophetic TED talk in November 2010, Ze Claudio correctly … [Read more...]
