Why can't we have Green Burial Cemeteries like this in Franklin?
Mourners gather around a natural pine casket at a green burial.
US funeral homes each year put nearly 1 million gallons of embalming fluid into the ground along with the departed, wrap them in tons of metal and concrete—and charge a fortune for it. All of which makes “green burial” a sensible and fast-growing alternative. Green burial sites replace tree-cleared cemeteries with woodlands, eliminate embalming, and use simple pine caskets. Traditional funeral directors complain that makeup is difficult to apply for viewing without embalming, which also prevents spreading of disease. But picturesque headstone-free eco-cemeteries, now in many states, are increasingly popular. Grave markers are usually flat stones natural to the area, and the money spent on plots is used to fund a trust to preserve the land.
Markers for "green burials" are flat and simple,
chosen from naturally occurring stones in the area.
Galisteao River Basin Preserve Green Cemetery
◄Green Burial Council
"Unglued?" .... only when my cheap pine casket falls apart on the way to the cemetery. Actually I want to be cremated, but they say my "fillings" will let off too much mercury pollution .... You would think I would be dead by now if I had that much mercury in my filliings! Go figure ....
What do you think?
Would you want a Green Burial?
"Green burial provides us with a way of getting in sync with the natural process of death, decay, and regeneration, rather than having to stave it off, as conventional deathcare demands."
