Resources and Information Supporting Green Burial in North America
By Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope / Salt Lake City Weekly
Dear Cecil:
Do you ever wonder: in those houses built strategically next to graveyards, are the occupants drinking residual waste products (or atoms that the body is composed of) of those buried next to them? Think about it–if they’re drinking well water, coffins begin to break down over time, right? Is it plausible to assume they are consuming their beloved deceased? Just something I have always thought about. –H.M., via e-mail
By Nancy Jacques, New West Network, Four Corners
Drive a couple of hours east of Denver. While some would say there’s nothing out there, others might see a million acres of pasture, small towns or Kansas. Laina Corazon Coit and Rick Chase see potential, a prairie restored, the largest privately held wilderness area in America, which also will serve as the last resting place for thousands of Americans wanting to be buried naturally.