3 ways to get rid of a dead body

Leta Keane (she/they)

3 ways to get rid of a dead body

3 ways to

get rid of

a dead

body

green

return

to the earth

  • Leta
  • they/she
  • Future dead person
  • Not particularly macabre
  • Likes the planet a lot
  • Interested in
    not being a butthead

Good Death

Green burial

1.

Professionals

Embalming

eternal rest under a grass lawn in a vault and sealed casket

Family + Community

Embalming

eternal rest under a grass lawn in a vault and sealed casket

Family + Community

Non-invasive care

eternal rest under a grass lawn in a vault and sealed casket

Family + Community

Non-invasive care

Eternal rest in a cemetery but not sealed up to turn into person-soup

Family + Community

Non-invasive care

Eternal rest but just, like, in the woods or a meadow somewhere

water cremation

2.

AKA aquamation

AKA alkaline hydrolysis

Isn't regular cremation already a green alternative to burial?

yes ok fine this is basically a fancy, legal version of a lye bath

Is it really green?

  • uses 90% less energy than flame cremation
  • doesn't emit mercury
  • the resulting liquid is free of pathogens and heavy metals and can be safely used outdoors

Human composting

3.

AKA natural organic reduction

Ashes to ashes is all well and good, but maybe we could get a little more creative here

body

+ sustainably harvested plant material

+ naturally occurring microbes

+ heat

+ pressure

= soil

death can be scary.

Green Burial Council

that person from the thing .com

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