2006-07-04 13:41:07 · 10 answers · asked by van 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
A green burial is a "natural return" to the earth. When you die you are buried without being embalmed in a wooden casket. You body eventually returns to the earth instead of being preserved in a vault.
2006-07-04 13:52:32 · update #1
I think green burials are a fabulous idea. They're better for the environment, they don't conflict with any religious funeral traditions, and you can completely avoid having anything weird done to your body after you die. Who really wants to be pickled?
2006-07-04 13:55:25 · answer #1 · answered by Spooky Wan 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think however you wish to spend eternity is up to you. Essentially, 'green burials' are not new in the sense that before embalming became 'popular', green burials were the way people were buried. It is the true meaning of 'ashes to ashes and dust to dust.'
Green burials refers to using non-toxic embalming fluid or not at all and using 'natural' woods for caskets. The casket and the body of the person 'biodegrade.' It is 'earth friendly' because this type of burial doesn't cause contamination to the earth.
2006-07-04 13:48:37 · answer #2 · answered by spolie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm all for "green" burials. Having toxic embalming fluids seeping to the ground is a definite no no. To me, a dead person should be buried as soon as possible. People should not spend thousands just for relatives and friends to pay their last respects to a dead body. No need for an elaborate coffin lined in silk/velvet/satin. Guess what? The dead cannot feel anything! They don't care if the coffin cost more than their wedding. They don't care if it's more comfortable than their own bed. Fine. I know we have to respect the dead but material possessions don't mean anything to them anymore.
I opinion is, if you want to preserve the body, do it the Ancient Egyption style. Draw out the internal organs and use spices. All biodegradable.
2006-07-04 13:54:15 · answer #3 · answered by delusionale 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a practice that much of the world has used since before recorded time.
Putting dead people into boxes really didn't come into wide until the times of the Early Egyptian Pharaohs.
There's nothing wrong with it morally that I know of.
2006-07-04 14:01:04 · answer #4 · answered by Doc Watson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In lieu of cremation, I think they're a great idea. No toxic chemicals, metals or treated wood.
2006-07-04 13:45:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must update "what is a green burial?'
2006-07-04 13:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by SUzyQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they are an excellent idea..
2006-07-04 13:54:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what are you talking about?
2006-07-04 13:45:14 · answer #8 · answered by SEO915 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
erm.. i think there green..
2006-07-04 13:44:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are they?
2006-07-04 13:45:27 · answer #10 · answered by older woman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋