[Lekooks] Green Burial

[Diane Macbain]

I investigated green burial several years ago. I really liked the whole
idea until I found that you still have to buy a patch of ground to put your
shrouded body in and it is much more expensive than cremation. I wish my
body could be magically transported to India and put inside one of the open
top burial structures where the birds fly in and clean your bones. I like
the idea of Burial at Sea. My body would be food for the sea creatures and
the heavy bones would drift to the bottom of the ocean where other
creatures could benefit from the calcium. If other fish and mammals die in
the ocean, how could the human body upset the balance of nature? I hope the
heavy metals and toxins wouldn't cause harm. We know that all fish contain
microscopic particles of plastic of which we do not know the harm at this
time.

I know that I will be cremated. I also know that Diane will not be in those
ashes so I don't care where they are disposed of. My son's can make that
decision.

Someday the crematoriums will be able to clean their ash cloud and CO2.

Another thought. Anyone remember the movie Soylent Green? If we keep
destroying the planet, that may solve feeding the overpopulation and give
people a choice when they want to die.

I don't consider this a morbid topic. Talking about death is anathema to
the vast majority of Americans. We all have to die.

Diane MacBain

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 7:24 AM Kerry Duma via Lekooks <lekooks at lekook.org>
wrote:

> If any of you have thought about Green Burial,  this is an excellent video
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5THrqZbQ-w&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=NowThisEarth>   that
> helps us understand it better.  As an environmentalist, it seems to be, by
> far the best option.  For example, it says that the amount of CO2 released
> with cremations every year in the US is equivalent to the amount released
> by 52,000 cars in a year.
>
> Apparently we are lucky to have a cemetery that offers green burial
> nearby- Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha offers them.  The important thing
> is to make your wishes known, do your advanced plan.  My Dad talked about
> wanting a "pine box", but he ended up in a typical steel vault/traditional
> casket, because the funeral home wouldn't give us any other option.
>
> It's never a bad time to plan for this stuff, and this virus helps us
> understand how precious human life is. It's a good time to make a plan.
>
> Stay safe everyone!
> Kerry
>
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