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Life After Death: America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding | More burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic.(www.nytimes.com)

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nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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Cemeteries are a waste of space and resources.

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silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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There’s a deep human need to engage in death-related rituals, and burial is one that’s been around for a very very long time. I do not expect to end the use of burial.

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Maeve@kbin.earth
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We could start making green burial the norm. No formaldehyde, “air tight” (marketing lie) non -biodegradable caskets (cotton, linen or silk sheet will do) with tree, bush or native plant markers.

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Arbiter@lemmy.world
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Sure, but you have to recognize the inherent unsustainable nature.

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silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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There are a lot of options for dealing with that, including the possibility of burying bodies for a century or three, and subsequently moving any bones to an ossuary.

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mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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Funerals are for the living.

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nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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You can have a funeral without a cemetery.

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Donk@slrpnk.net
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I really like the idea of memorial forests much better. for instance:
https://www.thelivingurn.com/pages/memory-forest

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The Assman@sh.itjust.works
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I’m to be buried naturally with no casket or embalming. Great for wildlife. It’s like putting a fish head in the hole when you plant corn. Except, you know, a 200lb guy.

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