Green Burial...any opinions or experiences?

[Slynito]

Green Burial...any opinions or experiences?

Green burial is a return of one’s remains to the earth, as directly and simply as possible. This means that the body is placed with natural materials that will biodegrade to leave behind no harmful substances.  Green burial takes place without the use of formaldehyde-based embalming fluids, metal caskets, or concrete burial vaults, so as to minimize its impact on the environment.  It is the way that most of humanity has cared for its dead for tens of thousands of years up until the late 19th century.

[buddha]

Sounds viable. I don't know if it's legal, never thought to check into it. Do they allow it where you're at?

I'm thinking get away from the idea of headstones, too. Think about a wasted piece of property like a graveyard. The only thing you can do in there is drop people in metal boxes into holes in the ground. But imagine if people were buried "green" and the family had the option of planting whatever kind of fruit tree they liked on top of the grave in lieu of a piece of rock. Every graveyard would be turned into an orchard. Hunger crisis over!
All the greenery in all those graveyards might have a real impact on the CO2 problem since plants metabolize CO2 into O2. Dirty air crisis.....improving!
Plus it would really pull the landscape together.

[Hingatao]

I like that idea, Buddha. Granted, cemeteries can be peaceful places to visit (especially old historic ones) but I'd rather look at an orchard or some crop rows than a bunch of stones.