permaculture

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At 4:50 PM -0400 5/26/08, trevor william johnson wrote:
> also in jenkins humanure handbook he says that we have been using
> composting to turn dead animals into compost.  he does not say
> anything about composting humans though.  i imagine the process is
> the same. does anyone out there know anything of this practice?  i  ...

Green burials? I've heard of several around the world, AFAIK without 
the embalming and concrete vaults and decorator coffins, where the 
land is managed as a nature preserve.

As for composting people specifically, several years ago I heard 
someone from North Carolina on the radio talking about composting 
people. I don't recall his name (or where he got his research 
subjects).