I just read this article on burial pods with your choice of tree on top:
http://www.boredpanda.com/biodegradable-burial-pod-memory-forest-capsula-mundi/
Instead of being in a cemetery you are part of a memory forest instead. Lovely idea.
I've wanted this for a long time, but I thought more of being cremated and my ashes buried around a tree. I like this idea better. My other idea was to have my body made into a stew and all my friends would eat it. I think most of my friends wouldn't do it, though. We'd have to trick them and tell them afterwards. I doubt they would remember me warmly if I tricked them into cannibalism, though.
Have any of you thought about what you want done with your body when you die?
I think being taxidermied would be hilarious. My mother was buried in her clown costume. Several clowns attended as well, and someone played a funeral march on a kazoo. I kept seeing people I didn't know trying very, very hard to be solemn, and then catching themselves smirking and looking horrified. She would have enjoyed that just as much as I did.
Cremated first. I dislike graveyards, they are not comfy. I always enjoyed swimming and water, but after reading The Swarm, I got a little scared of open waters. The idea with the tree is tempting. I would love to be spread on a forest floor so the mushrooms can take me up and spread me through the whole forest. Yes, this sound good. Writing it into my will right away.
Here's a company that does it for as low as $995:
If I was convinced you really wanted 'Mike stew', I'd do my best. But I'd hate it. I also lean towards spreading ashes around a tree. I spread my father's ashes, and it felt right. If I could, I'd prefer most to have my entire body buried under a newly planted white pine, but I don't think there are many places where that's legal. I wonder if one can do a pine box filled with earth? Burying that under a new tree would good for me. I suppose this capsule is the same. I'd do it.
I've made my intentions pretty clear that I want to be cremated, however if the tree idea were possible, I'd find it a suitable use for my body. Mike stew? That's one hell of a final prank to pull on your loved ones.
There's a really cool company that will make jewels from your ashes. When I eventually get a heart transplant, I want to have my old heart burnt to ash then made into a pendant or ring I can wear. Creepy? Maybe. I'd rather the majority of my meat go to feed some animals (Tibetan Sky Burial) or a tree. Unfortunately, the funeral home lobby in Michigan is pretty strong, and every single person who dies and is to be buried in this state has to be embalmed before they go in the ground, or even before they go into the furnace. As far as I know, it is actually against the law to be buried au natural.
I want to be cremated. I have never heard of the tree idea before but it looks interesting enough to consider. The idea of my remains being one with nature does sound very peaceful.
Cremated and scattered in the Mississippi. I can't help but add this Cemeteries are gross.
I'd certainly donate whatever bits of me could be useful, otherwise this tree thing is really cool. Alternatively, you could just bury my ashes in the ground and grow a tree on top of it.
Make me into a diamond, give it to whoever is the cause of my demise.