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i see a couple commenters in semi-relevant professions so i'd like to ask: when i die i don't want to be pickled and buried, nor belched into the atmosphere as a plume of carbon. (i like the idea of my remains being placed on a body farm where they can go back to nature but i don't really know where to start looking into a thing like that.) to whom and how can i donate my remains with assurance things like this won't happen?
If you’re not already aware, take a look at tree pod burial, depending on country/states.
for example, look at https://www.greenmatters.com/p/tree-pod-burials
this article from the same site lists the availability in different states in US: https://www.greenmatters.com/sustainable-living/what-states-allow-green-burials
I can't exactly answer your question, but I strongly encourage you to donate your organs. You can easily save 3 or more lives.
My plan is to do that, and have my remains naturally buried. But natural burial grounds vary by state (if you are in the US). Some states allow natural burial on private property, with some caveats (acreage, ground water).
It's kinda complicated and requires you to look into your state/county laws and nearby natural burial grounds.
I personally hate the idea of pumping our bodies full of preservatives and sealing it in a concrete tomb underground. I also hate cremation, even if it is accompanied by planting trees over the ashes.
I think the best legacy is to transfer our ATP to organisms in a food web. How cool is it to imagine our energy transfered into fertilizing plants and eaten by insects, which are eaten by frogs, which are eaten by snakes, and then hawks, etc.
So much cooler than wasting it in cremation or trying to preserve a useless empty vessel. What cooler legacy is there than allowing your energy to be carried on through an endless chain of diverse lifeforms?
I'm into the idea of sky burial like in Asia. Let the birds eat me.
Probably not legal here in the U.S. though.
that's why i like the body farm idea. they leave your corpse out in the elements and let nature take its course so forensics students can study it.
I like that idea too, but how do you guarantee your corpse goes to a body farm? Honest question.
I have the same question, especially since the wishes of people who donate their bodies to this-or-that don't seem to be particularly respected per the article.
This doesn't provide an answer, but seems relevant. John Oliver did a piece on the loose nature of "donating my body to science" and also the issues with the current organ donation system in the US.
https://youtu.be/Tn7egDQ9lPg
John Oliver is a national treasure.
Embalming is optional in the US. I have had someone here tell me it is non-optional in some countries like Spain.
Necrophiliacs?