[southern rock]

I actually really like this idea. I know the article clouds the whole thing in climate change which to me is not the issue. This just seems so much more respectful and peaceful than the traditional methods of embalming, a big wooden box with a mattress inside, formal dress of the body etc.... also so much more peaceful and respectful than cremation. I really want to look into this more. I understand that you have to be composted above ground because of Public health issues, but I always thought people should just be buried wrapped in cloth , without any of the disrespect to the body that I consider traditional funeral practices to be.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Depends on what they die from. If a person dies from “Mad Cow Disease”...they have to be buried, AFAIK.

[SharpRightTurn]

Can we nominate someone?

And do they already have to be deceased?

[dljordan]

“I actually really like this idea.”

Me too.

[TonyM]

Its Soylent Green!

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

You could grow some killer tomatoes.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[BipolarBob]

Why should we rot in hell when we can rot in the compost bin?

[MrEdd]

If someone would just sh¡t on George Soros until he drowned in it we could put leaves on top and make Gaia happy.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"claims that its process saves more than a tonne of carbon"

All the carbon in your body and the fuel used to cremate you will eventually return to the environment again regardless of how. The only way to prevent that is to shoot you into space.

[waterhill]

With you. Helped an aunt build her own casket, even tried to peddle them for a minute. Plane ole yellow pine; what more does one need? (Ironically, she was interred into a vault)..

I have an acquaintance in the funeral industry. Composting and the process for turning your remains into a paving stone are gaining momentum.

I went through a season of hard-core composting once. Bones have to get really ‘hot’ to break down. I still compost, just on a smaller scale these days.

[Jonah Hex]

Composting coming to a coronavirus site near you...

[goodnesswins]

Ok...but what about the vultures?

[StAntKnee]

Katrina Spade? Come ON! That’s funny.

[alloysteel]

I(f I recall correctly, certain of the Plains Indians did not bury their dead immediately, but put them on elevated platforms and let them decompose in the wind, only taking down the hard remains after several months, and burying them with the symbols of the life honors they had gained in their lifetimes. This was by no means a universal practice, and I am not even sure all these elements were present. But I have seen dozens of Indian burial mounds, and some practices are consistent with a belief in a “spirit world”.

[rktman]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3817215/posts These guys should talk. Make a plan. 😲

[scrabblehack]

I’m thinking it’s not the first...what about those above ground cemeteries in New Orleans? They usually have quite a few names on the marker.

[Retrofitted]

Does anyone know how much it’s gonna cost me to rot “in a respectful manner”? It’s been my experience every time someone mentions “environment” it’s gonna cost me a ton (solar panels, ‘nuff said).

[Gay State Conservative]

I thought that by dying I was fulfilling my duties to “the environment”. But now I find that Maoists want to desecrate my remains as well.

[mylife]

Sprinkle my ashes on the tomato patch.. then yall can EAT ME

[Gamecock]

In Germany they offer forest funerals.

No embalming. No casket. Canvas bag by a tree in they woods.