It occurs to me that burying someone in a casket is incredibly wasteful.

@leefeagin I was just reading yesterday about caskets made of mushrooms. A friend was buried in a willow casket. It doesn’t need to be wasteful. For myself, I’m hoping for aquamation when the time comes.

@Miraz That’s interesting! I’ve certainly never heard of that aspect.

I guess this mostly comes from my personal belief/want to be cremated. Quite simply, given the resources of this planet, I don’t want to be a burden when I go.

Interestingly, I asked my wife (she’s a history professor) about the number of people that have died in history versus the amount of land we have on the plant. And she assured me that the idea of burying a whole person in some kind of casket or man-made body holder (I can’t think of a better name for that 😃) is a relatively new phenomenon.

@leefeagin Over the last few years I’ve watched many videos on Youtube by Caitlin Doughty - caitlindoughty.com . Cremation is actually not very eco-friendly, and there are various other options (in theory, perhaps not specifically where we live). In some cultures they dig up bodies after a year or two so another person can use that spot, in others graves are shared. It’s been enlightening to learn how many different approaches there are around the world to dealing with the dead.