Plant dead people?! Eco-Activists: Go Green, Compost Your Dead! – ‘Using dead bodies as compost’
'Environmentalists and some scientists who say it would be a way to bury the dead in an eco-friendly way and fight global warming. Apparently, cremation releases too many carbon dioxide emissions for some activists.'
“Beyond the environmental benefits to composting humans, she believes there is a spiritual one: connecting death to the cycle of nature will help people face their own mortality and bring comfort to the bereaved,” the Times reports, adding that “[c]onventional burial is anything but natural.”
