Green Funerals Make for Eco-Exits
By NunoXEI • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Blog
It’s no longer enough to live a greener life – now people are being encouraged to be environmentally friendly when they leave the Earth too. Cardboard coffins, clothes sewn from natural fibers, a burial plot in a natural setting. Green funerals attempt to be eco-friendly at every stage.
Britain has been a world leader in eco-friendly funerals for years and a source of green burial products and ideas for countries like the United States, where the trend is just starting to catch on. Over the weekend in London, those in the business showcased their products and services at the Natural Death Center’s Green Funeral Exhibition.
Some may expect green funerals to be as cheap as a do-it-yourself project, while others might brace for price hikes similar to those fair trade food.
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This article talks about the impact of everything from embalming and dressing the body to the coffin and the actual headstone…
Its crazy!! I won’t lie, my after-life impact on the earth is not something I’ve ever considered. At first I was like hmmm…will grieving families really want to put in the effort to plan a green funeral? (The article says it is actually pretty complicated). Then I thought… why wouldn’t they?! The ability to give your loved on a last chance to give back to the earth!
This is now on record: When I die, make my funeral eco-friendly. Cremation please! (Or maybe I should let myself biodgrade naturally so I can feed the insects? Can ashes be good for the environment?)
This seems a bit ridiculous…
What they don’t talk about is costs – wonder how the comparison is to an already expensive “normal” funeral process.