Carry Out
By Jim Baca, Only in New Mexico Blog
I got an amazing copy of a news story in the Gallup Independent from the Environment Department on my state email yesterday. I am surprised that I haven’t seen it in picked up by other media yet. The release is about eco burials. Should we call it ‘Green Death Solutions?’
An eco burial is one where your body is not embalmed with toxic chemicals or buried in a non biodegradable container. No more pollution of ground water with harmful toxins or metals. Apparently, you are now just buried in a giant cloth baggie. The theory is that you will just dissolve away sooner or later. Most likely later in our arid environment. Maybe there are other solutions too as pictured here.
Actually, cremation still makes sense to me, although it does release carbon into the air and uses a lot of energy. I just want my ashes scattered in Pena Blanca, New Mexico.
Or as a final solution where we can continue to be productive after death, we could do the whole “Solyent Green” thing.