Organic Burial Pods???!!
I am so on board with this concept!!
Isn’t everyone??
I mean … a Jew or Christian surely can’t object.
It’s totally scriptural. :)
“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
Genesis 3:19
Forget Coffins – Organic Burial Pods Will Turn Your Loved Ones Into Trees | Bored Panda (Reblog)
Forget Coffins - Organic Burial Pods Will Turn Your Loved Ones Into Trees
The idea of coming full circle and returning whence we came is captured perfectly by this beautiful new burial method developed in Italy. The Capsula Mundi project by designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel has developed an organic, biodegradable burial capsule that will turn the deceased's body into nutrients for a tree that will grow out of their remains.
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