I spend my days attempting to tread lightly on the planet recycling cereal boxes taking the bus choosing tofu over steak. The idea that my death will necessitate one final poisonous act is hard to stomach. I am resolved to find a more sustainable option. Listen to the Climate Questions episode exploring whether we can have a climatefriendly death. In traditional burials graves are lined with concrete a carbonintensive material and bodies are embalmed in toxic fluids which can leach into the soil Credit Getty Images In traditional burials graves are lined with.
Concrete a carbonintensive material and bodies are embalmed in toxic fluids which can leach into the soil Credit Getty Images My first port of call is the Natural Death Centre a charity based in the UK. I pick up Mobile App Development Service the phone and am pleased to find Rosie InmanCook on the other end of type who is quick to warn me about the dubiousness of many alternative deathcare practices. There are always companies jumping on the bandwagon seeing a cash cow inventing stuff.
Theres a lot of coffin producers and funeral packages that will sell you a green thing and plant a tree. You have to be careful. Her warning brings to mind some eco urns Ive read about. Some are biodegradable so that buried ashes can be mixed with soil and grow into a tree others combine ashes with cement so they can form part of an artificial coral reef. These options offer a kind of econovelty whats a more fitting end for an ocean lover.