https://talkdeath.com/talkdeath-eco-burial-and-human-composting/ Death Positive, Grief & Bereavement Resources Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:41:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://talkdeath.com/talkdeath-eco-burial-and-human-composting/#comment-366 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 19:37:00 +0000 http://www.talkdeath.com/?p=3819#comment-366 I love Katrina’s Composting initiative and have supported it since it’s inception!! I think we need this type of disposition option in urban centers. I live remote and off grid in British Columbia and see the potential in rural Canada for the easy development of green burial sites because land is not the issue out here. Perhaps we could be looking at areas of forest that have been clear cut to turn into green burial grounds as a way to regenerate growth? Personally I prefer cremation. My question is this … why are we not looking at greener ways to cremate by fire. Is anyone in North America developing a greener retort?? There is a company in India who have developed and are manufacturing and selling a Gasifier Cremation Furnace which I believe shows great potential for rural areas in North America. http://www.gasfromwood.com I live in the ‘back woods’ of BC and if you are not familiar with current forest practices, you might be horrified to see how much ‘waste’ there is from logging activities that could easily be used to fuel a gasifier cremation furnace. Instead this ‘wood waste’ as it is called by the industry is heaped in huge piles and burned. Can’t we find a way to make (fire) cremation greener? And I am aware of Bio cremation but I don’t feel it’s really all that green either …the process requires super heating the water and chemicals and ends up with about 150 gallons of waste water which goes down the drain and ends up … where??

]]> https://talkdeath.com/talkdeath-eco-burial-and-human-composting/#comment-365 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:41:00 +0000 http://www.talkdeath.com/?p=3819#comment-365 Is there any part of the green burial movement that you think is just a fad, or really isn’t feasible?

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