Environmentally-Friendly Mass Burials?

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I think this is a terrific idea!

I really would prefer to be rolled in a shroud and tossed into the earth. I don’t think coffins and concrete containers do much for proper decomposition.

Of course, if I really had my druthers I’d be given a Viking’s funeral. Valhalla!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I really would prefer to be rolled in a shroud and tossed into the earth. I don’t think coffins and concrete containers do much for proper decomposition.

This is the Jewish stance. Cotton shroud and nothing else. Coffin made of ONLY wood, no metal or anything, and no tombs - just you and the earth.

I can dig it. I just wish the box didn't cost so damn much. But that's comfort for the living, which makes sense.