October 30, 2007
Going naturally into the hereafter
Some cemeteries are requiring eco-friendly burials...
...grave markers...aren't permitted in natural burial sections of Forever Fernwood in Mill Valley, Calif.
At that cemetery near San Francisco, locating the grave of a departed loved one is like an electronic scavenger hunt.
"We issue the family a Google map with the GPS coordinates," said Jay Boileau, executive vice president of Forever Enterprises, owner of the 32-acre facility.
>related:
"A technique called promession is often touted as the 'new cremation'. Developed by Swedish biologist Susanne Wiigh-Masak, it involves freezing a body and converting it into a fine organic powder. It is not, however, very easily available outside Sweden.
Should I choose to be buried or cremated? w/various links
by way of Daily Weird [10/29/07]
[photo stubornson\ not from above]
Posted by Stubbornson at October 30, 2007 11:54 PM