My dad used to say: « When I die, just put me in a basic cardboard box and burn me. »
He would have loved this, though it might cost more than what he had in mind. I think it’s a fantastic idea and a great design.
Recycle me
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that box looks like it has a metal bow tie on…
Another eco-friendly burial technique was recently unveiled in Sweden – a freeze-drying technique that reduces bodies to mulch, which can then be placed in a dissolvable cornstarch box, buried under a newly planted tree, for instance.
AJ, the box tie looking thing is actually an urn, which will be used to store the ashes after the cremation.
« The stainless steel urn, which is shaped like an hour-glass to symbolize that « time heals all wounds, » sits on top of the coffin. The urn withstands the heat of the burning process and gains a uniquely colored patina from the flames. »
I hope all these cool, environmentally friendly designs will be available by the time I die – you know, in the next hundred years or so. ;-)
hey marine, sorry can’t find your email so posting here… have you checked librivox recently? volunteers reading chapters of public domain books…thought it would be good to get montreal bloggers and podcasters together to do a livre en francais … must be in public domain though. interested?
check the site:
http://librivox.blogsome.com/about-librivox
and we have a forum where you can suggest books etc:
http://www.mediatinker.com/librivoxforum/
cheers, Hugh from dose.