Dead Earth

Now you can't even rest in peace without the eco-freaks kicking your coffin:

Instead of row upon row of grayish white tombstones, imagine being buried in a meadow of wildflowers, or forest setting. Imagine the comfort your loved ones will feel knowing that they can sit down and remember you while leaning against a tree that was planted above you, and which your everlasting energy feeds. In a sense, the tree is you – living on – as it was your body that provided the nutrients it needed to grow tall and strong. It might be environmental legislation that eventually persuades (or forces) the Western world to stop using embalming fluids and clear-cutting thousands of acres for the traditional graveyards.

A Note from the Author - To my family: Let this article stand as my living request for a green "tree burial" in the event of my death. - Everett Sizemore

Excellent, Mr. Sizemore... Very touching. Let this post stand as a living request for me to be buried in a radioactive, mercury-filled lead coffin -- right next to you.