Green Burials

[mijan]

Sometimes, I see a little something that Kansas is doing, and I feel a bit better about living here.  Last week, I learned that Greensburgh (that town that got decimated by a tornado a couple of years ago) has begun an amazingly comprehensive rebuilding effort that is based on environmentally friendly technologies and policies.  (http://www.greensburgks.org/)  That alone is really impressive - taking such a catastrophe and turning it into an opportunity. 

And now, this from Lawrence, KS:

"Lawrence Offering Green Burials"

Although some private cemeteries offer "green" burial options, this is the first time a public cemetery, ANYWHERE IN THE NATION, is offering this option.  I think it's awesome, and that's exactly how I want my remains to be handled after I die in a skydiving accident at the age of 104.

Comments

[vampireanneke.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I want (and have wanted for a long time) 'a Green burial'. Now I know exactly how to phrase things in my will.

[tonights.livejournal.com]

That is exactly what I want for my remains as well, and I'm so, so thrilled to see that it's catching on.

[karaz.livejournal.com]

Simple and solves so many problems.

[adevyish.livejournal.com]

The people of Greensburg have a lot of vision and guts. Good for them!

[lilia-blackbear.livejournal.com]

Yay, Boog! He was good as a city commissioner here in Lawrence... I am sure Cromwell will not only follow in his footsteps but tread even further.

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

If the body of a petite centurian fell out of the sky, I'm pretty sure that you'd be getting less of a green burial and more of a spreading of the blood pudding across the fields.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

We had a chant in the Army:
"Blood blood blood makes the green grass grow!"

Consider it fertilizer. :D

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

Does that make you full of shit?

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Nope. Just full of bloody hell. :D