In search of an earth-friendly burial
By Linda Falkenstein, The Isthmus Daily
You’d expect any place called the Gardens of Eternal Peace Mausoleum to be peaceful. Maybe too peaceful. In the central area of the Y-shaped building, rows of chairs face a large modernist mural of angular praying people. A soft symphonic version of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” wafts from invisible speakers. Lining the walls are white marble squares with discreet brass lettering. Behind the marble squares, of course, lie the bodies of the dead.