A burial concept by Italian designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel.
Egg shaped pods containing the deceased, buried beneath (and subsequently providing a nutrient source for) the tree of their choice. Such interments are illegal in Italy but Citelli and Bretzel are campaigning for a change in the law.
In fairness, if you can get key scenes from Invasion of The Bodysnatchers out of your head, there are worse ways to return to dust.
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That’s a good idea. Proper scary forests.
this is wonderful, I would love to be buried like that. I don’t suppose it’s legal here either, does anyone know?
The IRA have been doing this for years.
I dig it
Great idea… could have done with a proof read…
Proper bone orchards.
Hoop approves. Cemeteries are wasteful, dull and single-purposed tracts of land. This is a vibrant way to dispose of remains yet let nature take its course. Hope we can see this here soon.
I wouldn’t be caught dead in that yolk
Hah!
heeheehee :)
i would definitely be into doing this when i die. what a cool idea.
These are amazing it’s so much better for the environment as well.
Similar idea for people who prefer to be cremated first. Biodegradable urn with specific tree seeds. Possibly less legal goop to fight over if it’s just ashes & not a bio-coffin?
https://urnabios.com/
Great but I wouldn’t like to be the one digging the hole. What if the tree dies, because they do sometimes?
They put the tree in an egg, stick it in a bigger hole, then bury a live child to it’s waist in the soil over it.
When I die, I want to come back as Groot.
This is a great idea. I want them to grow me into a whomping willow.
Great idea. Would be considered as an option by a lot of people, I’d imagine.
Trying to make it legal in Ireland would be like pushing one of those eggs up a treacle hill. Every moral issue requires a mandatory 30 years of inaction, followed by a few sympathetic horror stories in the media, 70% of the population in support, and THEN politicians will enact a half-way-house law that fudges the issue.
A bit showy for my liking. For a more discreet, and cheaper option, right here at home, there’s always this:
http://www.greengraveyard.com
On my demise, I wish to be stuffed and used as an amusing hat stand.