They said I could be anything.. so I became a tree

xzanti

This is how I want to be 'disposed of'

www.urnabios.com

The Bios Urn, a completely biodegradable urn that contains a single tree seed. When planted, the tree seed is nourished by and absorbs the nutrients from the ashes of a cremated body.

The urn itself is made from coconut shell and contains compacted peat and cellulose. The ashes are mixed with this, and the seed placed inside. You can even choose which type of tree you'd like to grow!

So which would you prefer; leaving behind a tree or a tombstone?

Thoughts?

Micky Dolenz

The idea is growing on me.

El Guapo!

Hippy!

:pac:

smash

I thought you were going to be talking about this guy...

Real Life

This is perfect. i was thinking i would just be buried and then they could plant a tree over me but this seems easier

jimmy180sx

I wooden know. Leaf it with me for awhile

xzanti

smash wrote: »

I thought you were going to be talking about this guy...

Poor Dede

kraggy

Controversial.

Just wait til the Special Branch get wind of this.

Duggy747

That tree from Sleepy Hollow where Christopher Walken hangs out.

We could talk about things like egg plants and cantaloupes :pac:

kraggy

kraggy wrote: »

Just wait til the Special Branch get wind of this.

I have heard they have already twigged it.

kneemos

Could feed you to the pigs and turn you to fertilizer.

pablohoney87

I hope kids try to climb me and fall off.

MY LEGACY LIVES ON!
Mwuhahahahaha:D

Sergeant

I hope this idea got some seed funding.

Zillah

pablohoney87 wrote: »

I hope kids try to climb me and fall off.

MY LEGACY LIVES ON!
Mwuhahahahaha:D

Because that's what happens now?

KKkitty

Barking mad idea so it is.

pablohoney87

Zillah wrote: »

Because that's what happens now?

I still dream of a place where children go out and climb trees. And when that happens again Ill be there. Growing. Waiting

holystungun9

smash wrote: »

I thought you were going to be talking about this guy...

You're barking up the wrong tree Smash!

Stella Virgo

there are little/no "nutrients" in human ashes.the heat of the crematoruim destroys all living cells etc,Bone is mainly calcium phosphate, plus traces of other elements, including stored pollutants like lead. The watery parts are tinged with carbon and nitrogen, iron and sulfur, chlorine and sodium, and a suite of trace elements from arsenic to zinc.

Mr Benevolent

Stella Virgo wrote: »

there are little/no "nutrients" in human ashes.the heat of the crematoruim destroys all living cells etc,Bone is mainly calcium phosphate, plus traces of other elements, including stored pollutants like lead. The watery parts are tinged with carbon and nitrogen, iron and sulfur, chlorine and sodium, and a suite of trace elements from arsenic to zinc.

That's the spirit!

Rabies

What happens when you get cut down? Are you cremated or sawdust?

Real Life

Stella Virgo wrote: »

there are little/no "nutrients" in human ashes.the heat of the crematoruim destroys all living cells etc,Bone is mainly calcium phosphate, plus traces of other elements, including stored pollutants like lead. The watery parts are tinged with carbon and nitrogen, iron and sulfur, chlorine and sodium, and a suite of trace elements from arsenic to zinc.

Thats what i was thinking, seems too good to be true. Thats why i was planning on just being buried in a bio degradable box and plant a tree over it. The roots can then feed off me and the box which will be made of banana leafs or something like that

Gambas

I'm OaK with this.

Pumpkinseeds

My husband and I are having woodland burials. No funeral, no priest, no fuss and no concrete or marble. No headstones. Just a tree over the grave when we've both been planted. Willow or banana leaf coffins as well.

LordSutch

Biodegradable coffin is the way I want to go.

POD > > > http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d199/ani_isms/coffin.jpg

Ilik Urgee

I think the whole idea's creepy tbh.

Stella Virgo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BHBaCZ3slis#t=5s
NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED! U HAVE BEEN WARNED.

xzanti

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My husband and I are having woodland burials. No funeral, no priest, no fuss and no concrete or marble. No headstones. .

Pardon my ignorance but.. do you need to apply for permission to do that?

Also when you say 'no headstone'.. I'm imagining news headlines when someone's dog sniffs you out while out for walkies :pac:

Sergeant

You could just be buried in a shallow grave with your arse protruding a number of inches out of the ground. This could then be used as a growing pot for a small Oak sapling. In hundreds of years time young androids will make out under that tree, little knowing that it grew out of the arse of a real human.

Lapin

Rabies wrote: »

What happens when you get cut down? Are you cremated or sawdust?

Bad enough being cremated once.

But twice, fúck that. :eek:

Pumpkinseeds

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My husband and I are having woodland burials. No funeral, no priest, no fuss and no concrete or marble. No headstones. Just a tree over the grave when we've both been planted. Willow or banana leaf coffins as well.

Do you own a woodland? Or does someone provide that service?
You'll need the council to ok that beforehand.
They need to make sure you won't pollute the water system.

wandatowell

Stupid idea, tree's wont grow in the nuclear fallout

antodeco

jimmy180sx wrote: »

I wooden know. Leaf it with me for awhile

I seed what you did there

Ilik Urgee

Sergeant wrote: »

You could just be buried in a shallow grave with your arse protruding a number of inches out of the ground. This could then be used as a growing pot for a small Oak sapling. In hundreds of years time young androids will make out under that tree, little knowing that it grew out of the arse of a real human.

Anybody else's puckerhole start cold-sweating reading this?

Hoop66

Sergeant wrote: »

You could just be buried in a shallow grave with your arse protruding a number of inches out of the ground. This could then be used as a growing pot for a small Oak sapling...

Or someone could park their bike there.

kneemos

Stella Virgo wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BHBaCZ3slis#t=5s
NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED! U HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Looks well busy,Berlin was it?

jacool

Hoop66 wrote: »

Or someone could park their bike there.

Worse than their bike I'd say!

Pumpkinseeds

xzanti wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance but.. do you need to apply for permission to do that?

Also when you say 'no headstone'.. I'm imagining news headlines when someone's dog sniffs you out while out for walkies :pac:

There's a woodland burial ground in Wexford, the Green Graveyard company that do woodland burials with biodegradable coffins etc. Otherwise it could be a bit creepy alright:D

StewartGriffin

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My husband and I are having woodland burials. No funeral, no priest, no fuss and no concrete or marble. No headstones.

My uncle had one of those. They threw in an execution before hand for free.

Zillah

pablohoney87 wrote: »

I still dream of a place where children go out and climb trees. And when that happens again Ill be there. Growing. Waiting

I meant that you made it sound like children currently climb you and fall off.

anncoates

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My husband and I are having woodland burials.l.

Just pay the loan shark. It's not worth it.

1ZRed

I like it. Then again I favour anything that means I'm not fuked into a hole and left to rot with a pack of other strangers.

Celly Smunt

When I die I hope they just leaf me in peace.

ruthloss

I will be cremated., 'they' can do whatever gives them most pleasure after that.:D

xzanti

I retract my earlier statement... Green Graveyard all the way!!

A little passage from the website www.greengraveyard.com

Don't lay me in some gloomy churchyard shaded by a wall
Where the dust of ancient bones has spread a dryness over all,
Lay me in some leafy loam where, sheltered from the cold
Little seeds investigate and tender leaves unfold.
There kindly and affectionately, plant a native tree
To grow resplendent before God and hold some part of me.
The roots will not disturb me as they wend their peaceful way
To build the fine and bountiful, from closure and decay.
To seek their small requirements so that when their work is done
I’ll be tall and standing strongly in the beauty of the sun.

Sob

1ZRed

1ZRed wrote: »

I like it. Then again I favour anything that means I'm not fuked into a hole and left to rot with a pack of other strangers.

Thats Secondary School all over again.

Alun

Stella Virgo wrote: »

there are little/no "nutrients" in human ashes.the heat of the crematoruim destroys all living cells etc,Bone is mainly calcium phosphate, plus traces of other elements, including stored pollutants like lead. The watery parts are tinged with carbon and nitrogen, iron and sulfur, chlorine and sodium, and a suite of trace elements from arsenic to zinc.

That's what I understood too. In Sweden there's an alternative method where instead of cremating you they freeze-dry you, then grind you up (that'd be a great job, wouldn't it :eek:). That way the nutrients are preserved apparently.