![]() ![]() In the United States and Europe, the situation is even worse because of the common custom of holding wakes, in which visitors view the body of the deceased. ![]() At the same time, toxins such as drug or hormone remnants are discharged from the body, and find their way to the groundwater. In such conditions, human remains release methane – a much more powerful and destructive greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. The coffins are made from wood and metal, and are buried in plots of concrete – a material whose manufacturing process is environmentally destructive. Traditional burials harm the environment in countless ways. This is why we cannot escape the environmental discourse that has permeated every aspect of our lives, even when these lives have ended. While dying may be the most natural thing a person can do, it turns out that what happens to our bodies after we shuffle off our mortal coil is as far from natural as possible. If the American television series “Six Feet Under” was still airing today, the Fisher family’s funeral home would have found itself dealing with all sorts of unusual requests – green or ecological funerals, natural burial pods or mushroom burial suits – practices that are gaining more and more traction in an attempt to reduce the carbon footprint of death itself. ![]()
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