Recompose: Alternative Body Disposition
Description
Most modern burial practices have significant ecological footprints.
Recompose is developing a process that gently converts human remains into soil, so that we can nourish new life after we die. Their goal is to offer recompositon as an alternative choice to cremation and conventional burial.
The Palliative Care Institute, Fairhaven College and the Sustainable Action Fund invited Recompose CEO Katrina Spade to explain how their modular system uses nature's principles to return us to the earth, sequestering carbon and improving soil health.
They have calculated carbon savings over a metric ton per person. Recomposition allows us to give back to the earth that supports us all our lives.
Document Type
Streamed Video
Start Date
13-11-2018 7:00 PM
End Date
13-11-2018 9:00 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium, Western Washington University
Duration
1:21:35
Genre/Form
lectures; streaming video
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Dead; Compost; Human decomposition; Natural burial--Environmental aspects
Type
MovingImage
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Keywords
Burial practices, Recompose, Recomposition
Recompose: Alternative Body Disposition
Fairhaven College Auditorium, Western Washington University
Most modern burial practices have significant ecological footprints.
Recompose is developing a process that gently converts human remains into soil, so that we can nourish new life after we die. Their goal is to offer recompositon as an alternative choice to cremation and conventional burial.
The Palliative Care Institute, Fairhaven College and the Sustainable Action Fund invited Recompose CEO Katrina Spade to explain how their modular system uses nature's principles to return us to the earth, sequestering carbon and improving soil health.
They have calculated carbon savings over a metric ton per person. Recomposition allows us to give back to the earth that supports us all our lives.