The title sounds strange though. But yes I literally meant on how to get a life out of dead human.
The biodegradable burial pod that turns a dead body into a tree.
There is a burial concept made by Italian designers Raoul Bretzel and Anna Citelli.
Basically it is a shell like structure in which the body is kept just like a baby in womb. Once buried, they say, the biodegradable plastic shell breaks down and the remains provide nutrients to a sapling planted right above it. It is cool and at the same time weird.
Image is sourced from google.
Actually what happens is while you rest in peace, the wood, the synthetic cushioning and the metals generally used in traditional coffins -- as well as the concrete around reinforced graves -- continue to litter the earth. this is usually the condition of coffin in western world coffins is majorly used for cremation purposes but in India specially in Hinduism, bodies are burnt.
It was invented more than a decade ago.
But I assume this capsule thing could be a very useful alternative of regular coffins.
rest I got to know about all this on a post on instagram and I would like to share some of the screenshots depicting how sarcastic were the people and
Okay these are just jokes apart from the scientific point of view that would it really benefit the environment? De Bruyen seems to think so: "The problem with traditional burials is that they're completely anaerobic. The remains are buried deep and sealed in a coffin. There's a lot of incomplete degradation."
"These pods may help maintain some oxygen flow into the system. The other thing they bring to the whole system is carbon [from the starch-based bioplastic]. One of the constraints and challenges with decomposing a human body is that it's very nitrogen rich. And so, the microbes that are trying to break down all that nitrogen need some carbon to balance it out."
Which indeed is nature friendly.
What do you think about this idea?
Great alternative.