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Urban Death Project Aims To Rebuild Our Soil By Composting Corpses (inhabitat.com)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bring-out-your-dead dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Urban Death Project utilizes the process of composting to safely and gently turn our deceased into soil-building material, creating a meaningful, equitable and ecological urban alternative to existing options for the disposition of the dead," said Katrina Spade, a designer based in Seattle. "The project is a solution to the overcrowding of city cemeteries, a sustainable method of disposing of our dead, and a new ritual for laying our loved ones to rest."

6 of 197 comments (clear)

  1. Already did my part by sinij · · Score: 5, Funny

    I already did my part. This is exactly how I disposed of my mother-in-law's corpse.

  2. I know just what to call it by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Soylent Brown

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    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
  3. I would like to volunteer some participants. by Required+Snark · · Score: 3, Funny

    Most of them are currently breathing. I think this way they would be much more useful.

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    Why is Snark Required?
  4. Re:Incinerate me by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would vegans refuse to eat veggies grown from human content compost?

    Just tell them it's soylent green.

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    "Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
  5. My eyes must be tired: by Hartree · · Score: 4, Funny

    I read the headline as:

    "Urban Death Project Aims To Rebuild Our Soil By Composting Congress"

    And thought, "What an amazingly good idea!"

  6. Re:Don't care by h33t+l4x0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just make sure I'm dead first.

    **gunshot fires** - Ok, what was next?