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'Green' Burials Growing in Popularity
Casper Star Tribune ^ | Saturday, July 01, 2006 | WILLIAM KATES

Posted on 07/01/2006 10:03:57 PM PDT by Lorianne

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1 posted on 07/01/2006 10:03:59 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Al Gore walked by one day and two guys with shovels chased after him.


2 posted on 07/01/2006 10:07:51 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: Lorianne
I actually agree with this guy. I have no real need for my body to be preserved for an eternity even if it was possible. As the song says "Earth and worm they have a claim".
3 posted on 07/01/2006 10:09:52 PM PDT by Hawk1976 (Borders. Language. Culture. AAA-0. Free Travis Mcgee.)
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To: Lorianne

LMAO! There was a thread earlier today about "green burial disasters"

That said, i told my kids I want no chemicals used when I take a dirt nap.

Burn me up, pack me into a fireworks shell and let my dust settle where it may.


4 posted on 07/01/2006 10:10:17 PM PDT by Toby06 (True conservatives vote based on their values, not for parties.)
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To: Lorianne

Actually, I have no problem with this... I actually like the idea, and it cuts the costs down. The Lord I imagine has no problem with me down there naturally... I want to face the east, not creamated, and the Lord will take care of the rest... The big expensive cement vaults mean nothing to Jesus.. anyway... just the funeral homes...


5 posted on 07/01/2006 10:11:12 PM PDT by LowOiL ("I am neither . I am a Christocrat" -Benjamin Rush)
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To: Lorianne

...good place for a vegetable garden. ;-)


6 posted on 07/01/2006 10:11:20 PM PDT by familyop ("Either you're with us, or you're with the terrorists." --pre-Roadmap President Bush)
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To: Lorianne

I'm no tree hugger, but I really like this idea.

A casket is just a method of delaying the inevitable. I'd rather let my carcass get right back into the overall cycle.

Besides, the idea of being eaten by insects after I'm dead isn't so bad to me.


7 posted on 07/01/2006 10:12:24 PM PDT by Greenpees (Coulda Shoulda Woulda)
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Taking up lawn space for eternity while dead is not environmentally friendly. Better to be created and scattered. Or eaten by some animal.


8 posted on 07/01/2006 10:12:58 PM PDT by Tax Government (Defeat the evil miscreant donkeys and their rhino lackeys.)
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Or 'buried at sea'. Lots of hungry things there.


9 posted on 07/01/2006 10:14:33 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Darkwolf377

LOL!


10 posted on 07/01/2006 10:16:26 PM PDT by skr (We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.-- Ronald Reagan)
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Why dad's eco-funeral went horribly wrong
11 posted on 07/01/2006 10:16:36 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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I prefer to continue waking up on the green side of the grass...


12 posted on 07/01/2006 10:17:31 PM PDT by tubebender (Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.)
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To: Lorianne
My Last Wish
13 posted on 07/01/2006 10:20:21 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: martin_fierro

Hilarious!


14 posted on 07/01/2006 10:22:15 PM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: Lorianne

Hope it don't flood... those waterproof tubes will float


15 posted on 07/01/2006 10:23:02 PM PDT by GeronL (Bush lost his mojo??)
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To: Greenpees

Worse ... imbalming! Esquire did an article about this about 20 years ago. Scary beyond belief. Who the heck would want that done to them!


16 posted on 07/01/2006 10:23:16 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (NUTS!)
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To: Darkwolf377; Slings and Arrows


17 posted on 07/01/2006 10:24:36 PM PDT by bitt (NY Times to New York: Drop Dead!)
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To: Lorianne
It's fine with me.

Why should I want my bones preserved for decades in a hole in the ground?

18 posted on 07/01/2006 10:29:21 PM PDT by Jorge
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I'm a gardner, I love the idea of enriching the earth. The ancients used to place a walnut or an acorn in the mouth of their dead so when they were buried, a tree would grow.


19 posted on 07/01/2006 10:30:39 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If the intelligence agencies can't find the leakers how can we expect them to find terrorists?)
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To: Lorianne
And only one person is allowed in each 15-foot-by-15-foot plot.

You could fit about six traditional graves in an area that size. Talk about the eco-terrorists being wasteful!

20 posted on 07/01/2006 10:31:10 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (Everyone should have a subject they are ignorant about. I choose professional corporate sports.)
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