Life After Death, To Grow Or Go.

 a ripple stir I not, an echo make I not, life is done, death is here            

 Dying, death and funerals are not often spoken of. Subsequently neither is the fact that conventional burials are resource intensive and pollutes. Resource intensive in its use of materials such as wood and metal for caskets and clearings for plots and tombstones. Destructive in its methods of cemetery maintenance and use of lawn chemicals. Natural burials were common place till the appearance of our contemporary funeral industry, propagating expensive and evasive methods. Reducing carbon emissions, conserving natural resources and preserving habitat. Are we conceited? Do we merit everlasting? Here are some options, some ecologically respectful and others a little less, on life after death.

 Want to be a tree then read the article below explaining the cycle of life in all its glory.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-to-turn-into-a-tree-when-you-die.html

 Bio cremation, even with it's use of alkali is considered more environmentally friendly than conventional methods. With the help of alkali and high temperatures, the speed of natural decomposition is profoundly accelerated. The resulting liquid solution is then directed back into the water system, which  calls for some concern.
       
 Choose to turn into part of a reef, this is how you may manifest, watch the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwqsduaE7E

A little less visually spectacular is freeze drying, also called promession, where the corpse is frozen, dipped in liquid nitrogen and exposed to vibration. Liquid nitrogen?

                                                                                 

http://www.promessa.se/about-life-death/

Capsula Mundi is similar to the biodegradeable urns, with tree seed, sans cremation.

                             

http://www.capsulamundi.it/genesi_eng.html

Because carbon is one of the key elements in cremated human remains and the technology to turn carbon into gems is available, ash or hair can be transformed into LifeGems..

 

 

Space buffs can choose a Memorial Spaceflight. Yes, into space. A portion of the cremated ash is sealed in a container and launched into the orbit.

Care to be reanimated in the future? Then cryogenic freezing, also known as cryopreservation, and cryoconservation, is the way. No guarantees but who knows?!