06/03/2026
Are you curious about sustainably greener options? Or do you just have a reverence for ceremonial processes and a love for our earth and the planet? 🍃🌍🍃
And yes, I’m talking about planning for your body in the future for your death. This is important responsible adulting folks! 🫶
We are very lucky to live in beautiful Colorado and have so many options! Below is a really good article on several of the green options.
Have you considered a “natural burial”? ⚰️ So what even is that, right? Well, think way back when in our great grandparents era. (Depending on how old you are now) But in human history, not that far back.
This was the OG of how we buried our loved ones. No embalming. No plastic or metal casket, or metal vault. Our bodies went back to the soil, laid to rest, in their natural state.
Not only does this process have less impact on our earth, but it brings back the ceremonial aspect of laying our loved ones to rest.
🧎🏽♀️➡️It slows things down.
🧎🏽It gives us more time for grief and closure.
🕊️As we can be active participants in the process, we literally care for our loved ones and their bodies in a reverent, respectful, ceremonial way. The way we used to do it.
🪴There is also a way to become soil! Yes terramation! Human composting. 🌱 Returning to the earth in a completely natural state. With reverent body care added, our bodies can be placed with special objects of natural materials, plants and flowers. Then literally laid to rest with soil - by us. The process generally takes 60-90 days. Again, slowing the process down. Making visits to the vessel along the way, letting our grief and bereavement process happen in a slower pace…naturally.
We also have water cremation!💧Or technically, Alkaline hydrolysis.
It uses about 90% less energy than fire cremation. It takes about a full day. And yes, you still get cremains! …Along with the water solution to fertilize a special tree or plant.
Again, with reverent body care and witnessing, we can get meaningful closure on our loved ones life. And a ceremonial process prior, and after, to scatter the cremains.⚱️
Our friends in Wheat Ridge at Be a Tree Cremation are in this article! I encourage you to read more about their process.
And check out The Natural Funeral for all their environmentally responsible services. In Lafayette and Loveland CO.
Above all else, this is about you. What honors you, your values, and your life in a meaningful way.
And If you were to make a decision for someone else, how would you go about doing that? How could you honor your person, and yourself, along with your grief, in a compassionate meaningful way?
So have you made your choice? I would love to know your choices! Please comment.
Well, as they say, put that in writing!
And definitely have a conversation with your loved ones and family.
Please reach out if you need any assistance. 🙏🏽
Blessings! ✨
Your carbon footprint doesn’t end when you die. Conventional death practices like embalming, cremation and getting buried in a casket can have significant environmental and climate impacts.
