[Lekooks] Green Burial

[Paula Hillmann]

Hi Diane,
This is NOT a morbid topic- this is a topic we should all be talking about.
I am now thinking I might revive ideas I shared on "Inspired Aging, Dying,
and Death" at one of our LCUUC retreats about 4 years ago - perhaps in an
online group in Spring or something....??

*Soylent Green! * I taught a course in lifespan development to undergrads
and grads at UW Madison for about 20 years and always showed clips from the
movie! Lots of things to think about in that flick in case others
reading this haven't seen it.

Keep at us, Diane - miss seeing you!!
Paula

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 2:46 PM Diane Macbain via Lekooks <
lekooks at lekook.org> wrote:

> 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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