Green is The Word/ Act XXXII

AHHHHH-HAAAAA!

And you thought that because the main office was
closed today that the High Priest was out of
commission!  Guess again, sucker.

It’s midnight AND Good Friday!

For the superstitious ones, being the 13th doesn’t
help. So in keeping with such a dark day, the time is
ripe for another dark subject.

Death.

But more precisely, what to do with that hunk of
worthless flesh?

An obvious choice would be to donate to a university
medical lab just as my great old man did and a very
honorable thing indeed. Another alternative is
cremation though there are some negative environmental
effects. The burning of a human body puts pollutants 
into the air such as nitrous oxide, hydrogen chloride,
sulfer dioxide, carbon monoxide, and even mercury from
our teeth fillings.

But there is a new trend and it’s called- what else-
green burial.

It’s created on the simple idea that we’re born as
part of the earth and therefore should naturally
become a part of it as we pass. First off, the big
expensive casket is out in favor of a cloth wrap
(preferably organic, of COURSE), which will biodegrade 
much easier. Secondly, no more concrete vaults.  Who
needs them? And last but not least, the third rule-
which as you know by now is called “The Trinity”- no
more gravemarkers. Use a TREE, bush, or a rock(s) as a
sign of where to find you if we need you.

As you might have guessed, green burials haven’t
exactly taken off in the US. (We’re SO invincible!).
There are about 15 green cemetaries in the country at
this point.
http://www.greenburials.org/index.htm

Praise be to the Almighty dream of “fertilizing
dandelions”!

Curtis
High Priest of Green