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The SpiriTree Urn: Your Next Life Might Be In A ForestYou'll probably be taller too. |
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| By Michael d'Estries in Conservation, Green Living, Green Products, Recycling | June 11, 2008 | ||
We’ve covered eco-friendly urns on Groovy before, but this is the first one with the sole intention of taking your cremated remains and using them to promote the growth of a some new life form; specifically trees. Called the SpiriTree, this biodegradable urn can be “impregnated” with tree seeds, or seedlings you select, as well as just being placed around any existing sapling. From the article,
“Fill the biodegradable urn with the remains of a loved one and cover it with the semi-porous shell top. Once planted, the bottom disintegrates, leaving room for a tree to grow through the center. The shell top remains intact until the tree trunk has grown to maturity, thereby breaking through the material and standing alone.”
The organic bottom of the urn is composted of peat moss, wood-chips, soil, post-consumer recycled paper, and other green materials. Like it? I think it’s a beautiful and creative way to return yourself back to nature — while contributing something that the same time. Hit the official site here for purchase — though we don’t think it would make the best Father’s Day gift.
Speaking of green burials, Eco Chick has a nice feature today on the “Best Eco-Friendly Coffins” — of which, the coffin coffee table looks most interesting. Also, congrats to New Zealand, where the first green cemetery was opened this month in South Wellington. Great to see this option taking off around the world!
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Stephanie Rogers said,
I love, love love this idea. I am so psyched that green funeral/burial options are becoming more available – it makes so much sense. I always thought it was so dumb to preserve our bodies in these huge practically indestructible coffins, and for what purpose? Like decomposition is any less gross inside a sealed coffin as opposed to in the ground (it’s probably more gross!)
katecontinued said,
Great idea and I am thrilled there are a lot of alternatives to traditional casket/embalming/concrete option. My only hesitation is the idea that you might kill the tree by failing to care for it properly. That would essentially be like a double death and huge guilt.