rejoin the circle of life after death
Green burial practices reflect the fact that death and the birth of new life are central to the functioning of earth's natural ecosystems.
A growing number of people understand that humans are part of, and not separate from, the larger natural world and are joining together to create spiritually and environmentally satisfying alternatives to conventional burial and cremation.
In Green or Natural Burial, the human body is returned to the earth to decompose naturally and help nourish the endless circle of life.
I intend to live forever, or die trying.
Groucho Marx
Death is not the end.
There remains the litigation over the estate.
Ambrose Bierce
Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
Walt Whitman
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time
Mark Twain