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  • From: "Kathleen O'Brien Blair" <ktho@comcast.net>
  • To: "'permaculture'" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Eco-cemeteries and etc.
  • Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 23:39:26 -0800


The trend for Eco cemeteries that might also function as reclaimed
land/forests/prairies or as arboreta, is going to hit critical mass
soon. The Natural Burial Company
http://natural-burial.typepad.com/photos/natural_casket_gallery/
featured in the Salem, OR newspaper
http://statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071226/UPDATE/7
1226018&template=printart is importing willow caskets from England
such as these

http://www.wickerwillowcoffins.co.uk/

But this could also be a cottage industry out of wetlands stabilization
projects. The Willows, hazels and dogwoods could be coppiced to create
local sources for these sorts of caskets - or even baskets for ashes.
Stabilization, water filtration, habitat, and local economy - Double,
triple and quadruple-duty and all that....

Kathleen








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