FfFfFfFF 58,083 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 After months of testing, the first funeral has taken place in the Netherlands using a fast-composting “living coffin” made of mycelium, the mat of fibres that forms the underground part of fungi. “I didn’t actually go, but I talked to a relative beforehand – it was a moving moment, we discussed the cycle of life,” Bob Hendrikx, the founder of Loop, the startup producing the Living Cocoon, told the Metro newspaper. “He had lost his mother, but he was happy because thanks to this box, she will return to nature and will soon be living like a tree. It was a hopeful conversation.” Hendrikx said the process by which a human body in a traditional coffin becomes compost can often take a decade or more, slowed by the varnished wood and metals of the casket and synthetic clothing, which can take even longer to disintegrate. A mycelium coffin will be absorbed back into the soil within a month or six weeks, he said, actively contributing to the full decomposition of the body it contains and enriching the surrounding soil quality – all within a period of two to three years. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/15/first-funeral-living-coffin-made-mushroom-fibre-netherlands Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doot 2 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 This is amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vyniildisk 12,689 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 “I didn’t actually go, but I talked to a relative beforehand – it was a moving moment, we discussed the cycle of life,” This is beautiful and make so much sense! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastertoyo 22,734 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 This is so cool very eco friendly i still wanna be turned into a Diamond one day could you imagine The Blaster Diamond please enlighten me to death Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsemanche 97,796 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 This is how I wanna be buried tbh Soft, soothing, and succulent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 99,106 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I am interested in being burried in something like this, I like the concept of my body helping nature grow more life If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outtahere12428 2,850 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Blastertoyo said: i still wanna be turned into a Diamond one day same! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Oak 7,761 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I was expecting "made of noodles" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch 10,513 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 What an ugly coffin. I like the concept but I would not want to be buried in that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro 8,438 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Queen Bitch said: What an ugly coffin. I like the concept but I would not want to be buried in that Why would you care, you'll be dead Spyro the Dragon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch 10,513 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Just now, Spyro said: Why would you care, you'll be dead I want to go in style Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Snow White is shook Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombieboysfriend 363 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I want my last words to be, "eat my dust" and then be buried in it. In the future, on a windy day, my spirit will giggle as my dust flies in the air. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilMonst3r 5,681 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Love this, great way to curb human wastefulness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Id be pretty pissed and come back as a ghost to haunt anyone who deems it a good idea to bury me in a ****IN MUSHROOM COFFIN!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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