Many things have not changed for centuries and are part of human civilization.
One of them concerns burial. We grew up knowing that as soon as we die, we will enter a coffin and then into the earth where we came from, or alternatively, we will be cremated and reduced to ashes. Burial has been done in the same way for many centuries.
But things seem to be changing as two people from Italy try to change the burial process - as we know it - by proposing a whole new process.
Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel are two designers who have an alternative to burial, which is, in fact, environmentally friendly.
Their suggestion
When people are still alive, they choose a tree or plant of their choice. After their death, they are buried in an ecologically viable burial capsule, and their body is used as nutrients for the tree they chose.
The body is placed in a fetal position in the lobe, and a seed is planted above it. This allows the plant's roots to absorb nutrients and grow.
This way, people could have the opportunity to "turn into trees" when their lives are over and their loved ones, instead of going to the cemeteries to mourn their dead, visit them in a "sacred forest."
The revolutionary proposal of Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel is - for the time being - just an idea since the laws in Italy prohibit this kind of burial, but in the future, who knows?
The original idea of the Italian company Capsula Mundi, in which Anna Citelli works, was to bury the dead in an ecological way instead of coffins, with the idea of returning to where we came from.
Capsule photo credits to: Capsula Mundi
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