Comments on: Green Burial: Choose to be Buried the Natural Way

By: Lydia Bess Omen

Lydia Bess Omen — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:04:53 +0000

Yeah, WTF is up with standard burial in this country? Though, as others who are concerned about the coming zombiepocalypse have noted, cremation is obviously the way to go. If I weren’t so concerned about the looming zombie threat, a green burial would obviously be fine. The standard burial racket is absolutely appalling and detrimental to the planet for many reasons.

By: klu9

klu9 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:31:46 +0000

Traditional Western burials do seem a great waste.

On the other hand, with a green burial, I just hope no-one later suspects you were murdered and wants to exhume your body to find evidence. Coz there won’t be any left.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:13:23 +0000

I’m very curious of the legality of this. This is how I’ve wanted to be buried for a long time, but my understanding is that there are strict laws on burials in most of the US.

By: Richard case

Richard case — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:32:57 +0000

My prefered way to be honest, I think donate all my needed organs, then give the remainder for all the insects to feed on. And hey, I ain’t there anymore and at least I’ve won the lottery of life and actually lived!! As for any loved ones light a candle at home remember my life and get on with yours cause youll be joining me one day.

By: greenburry

greenburry — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:28:00 +0000

@ ZEN, you are a well read person !

undertakers will go bankrupt if people start following the way of muslims, also the same lot is used again for other muslim burials, a few years later.

By: Wendiego

Wendiego — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:01:50 +0000

And in Six Feet Under, didn’t his in-laws get super-upset that he chose to bury his wife that way? I think it was illegal in that show too, which is too bad. It makes sense to do it this way, really.

By: Wendiego

Wendiego — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:00:26 +0000

Um…. dying IS a part of the “real world,” like it or not. No one or no living thing is immune. In light of the environmental disaster that is the BP oil spill, this article is perfect to get across the point that we do need to think about the way we do things.

By: hmm hmm

hmm hmm — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:41:30 +0000

One can go for a sky-burial. Put the body high up in the open sky, perched on some structure made of natural materials. Then vultures/crows would be able to finish off the carcass.

By: Nicholas Sterling

Nicholas Sterling — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:14:42 +0000

Well, if you really want to do one last good deed, consider http://medcure.org/

By: Yourfatmother

Yourfatmother — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:57:09 +0000

Or you could be buried ass up and make a nice bike rack.