Proving that there is no end to people who are willing to buy the 21st century version of snake oil
In a world that is increasingly renewable, recyclable and energy-efficient, many Americans already spend much of their lives in an eco-friendly environment.
Now they can spend eternity there, too. (snip)
People in the funeral industry say more Christians are embracing the idea of burial in cemeteries striving to contain their own carbon footprint.
You just had to figure there was some wacko globull warming aspect to it, didn’t you? If they really wanted to be carbon neutral and ecological, they would state in their wills that they wanted to be dumped at sea or near where carnivores would eat and recycle them into something approaching what anthropogenic global warming actually is.
Typical practices in sections of these cemeteries include:
• Bans on chemical embalming, to leave the body in a natural state, and out of concern that chemicals contaminate groundwater.
• Prohibiting coffins of metal or rare woods in favor of coffins of more easily reproduceable woods or wicker that decompose relatively quickly; or burying bodies in just a shroud.
• Forbidding tall, cut headstones, which require costly fueled transport, in favor of smaller markers.
• Banning herbicides and pesticides for lawn care; and banning mowers, to save fuel.
• Banning the concrete vaults that are used to hold coffins at most American cemeteries.
“This is the way it was 100 years ago,” said Robert Prout, a funeral director in Verona who promotes green burial techniques at funeral directors’ conferences around the country. “This is the way it was for thousands of years. Wrapping a body in a shroud without a casket is still done in many parts of the world.”
Dumped at sea. Left for the wolves and coyotes. Do it!
I think its wonderful that eco-funerals are being taken seriously.