Environment – TalkDeath

Climate Change Catastrophe: The Disappearance of Ancestral Graves in the Pacific Islands

Jason Collins — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:17:35 +0000

Climate change exposes a deep injustice for many coastal communities: the denial of the right to grieve in place.

Heartwood Preserve and the Value of Conservation Cemeteries

TalkDeath — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:38:41 +0000

Heartwood Preserve in Tampa Bay, Florida is a 41-acre conservation cemetery serving as a model for eco-friendly death care.

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Becoming Human Compost: The Process of Natural Organic Reduction

TalkDeath — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:51:24 +0000

“Throw me in the woods, let me decompose, and I’ll just be plant food,” says every aunt and uncle who wants to be shocking and humorous, but what if that idea is not so far-fetched? Human composting, or natural organic reduction, is the process of breaking down human remains into usable compost or soil that can be returned to the bereaved family or contributed to a conservation area and, ultimately, become plant food. The process was first legalized in the United States in Washington in 2019 with the aid of Katrina Spade, founder of Recompose and the mind behind the urban […]

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Where is Green Burial Available in Canada? UPDATED 2022

TalkDeath — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:42:19 +0000

What is Green Burial? Green or natural burial is the process of human disposition with the least environmental consequences, while encouraging greater land stewardship. Bodies are not prepared using chemical embalming fluids, are placed in simple shrouds or biodegradable caskets, and concrete vaults are not used, nor are traditional markers (headstones & footstones). In Canada, green burial cemeteries come in three forms: full or conservation, hybrid and green-friendly (our term). Full or Conservation Green Cemeteries are cemeteries that only practice green burial, or despite the debate surrounding the environmental impact of cremation, the interment of eco-friendly urns. Hybrid Cemeteries are 'traditional' […]

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How to Become a Tree when you Die – Debunked

TalkDeath — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 15:05:19 +0000

If I had a bitcoin for every time someone excitedly expressed the desire to “become” a tree after they die, I’d be annotating this piece to my robot butler from my very own tropical island… Yes, we completely understand the comforting visual of your decaying body (somehow) nourishing and feeding a growing tree (we are made up of 70% water, right?). We are however deeply saddened to inform you that you may need to rethink your green end-of-life plans. In this guest piece, authored by our friends at Life Forest, we dig into the ~root~ of this misconception, and provide […]

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