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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.43,0:00:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I die,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.16,0:00:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like for my body\Nto be laid out to be eaten by animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.14,0:00:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having your body laid out to be\Neaten by animals is not for everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.83,0:00:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you have already had\Nthe end-of-life talk with your family,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.65,0:00:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decided on --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.34,0:00:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.38,0:00:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cremation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.12,0:00:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the interest of full disclosure,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.71,0:00:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I am proposing for my dead body\Nis not strictly legal at the moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.78,0:00:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not without precedent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.27,0:00:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been laying out our dead\Nfor all of human history;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.88,0:00:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's call exposure burial.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.43,0:00:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's likely happening\Nright now as we speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.06,0:00:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the mountainous regions of Tibet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.38,0:00:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they practice sky burial,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.47,0:00:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ritual where the body is left\Nto be consumed by vultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.83,0:00:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Mumbai,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.90,0:00:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in India,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.05,0:00:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who follow the Parsee religion
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.22,0:01:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put their dead in structures\Ncalled Towers of Silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.80,0:01:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are interesting cultural tidbits,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.45,0:01:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they just haven't really been\Nthat popular in the Western world --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.96,0:01:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not what you'd expect.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.26,0:01:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In America,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.29,0:01:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our death traditions have come to be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.99,0:01:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chemical embalming followed by\Nburial at your local cemetery,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.86,0:01:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or more recently, cremation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.19,0:01:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I myself, am a recent vegetarian,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.48,0:01:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means I spent the first\N30 years or so of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.12,0:01:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frantically inhaling animals --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.35,0:01:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as many as I could get my hands on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.96,0:01:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, when I die, should they not\Nhave their turn with me?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.93,0:01:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.40,0:01:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I not an animal?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.41,0:01:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Biologically speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.76,0:01:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are we not all, in this room, animals?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.27,0:01:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accepting the fact that we are animals
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.04,0:01:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has some potentially\Nterrifying consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.52,0:02:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means accepting that we\Nare doomed to decay and die,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.74,0:02:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like creature on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.26,0:02:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the last nine years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.79,0:02:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've worked in the funeral industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.19,0:02:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First as a crematory operator,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.35,0:02:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then as a mortician,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.85,0:02:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most recently as the owner\Nof my own funeral home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.41,0:02:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have some good news:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.42,0:02:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're looking to avoid the whole\N"doomed to decay and die" thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.80,0:02:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will have all the help\Nin the world in that avoidance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.07,0:02:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the funeral industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.92,0:02:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a multi-billion-dollar industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.22,0:02:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its economic model\Nis based on the principle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.22,0:02:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of protection, sanitation\Nand beautification of the corpse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.69,0:02:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether they mean to or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.09,0:02:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the funeral industry promotes\Nthis idea of human exceptionalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.94,0:02:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter what it takes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.76,0:02:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much it costs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.08,0:02:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how bad it is for the environment --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.06,0:02:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to do it because\Nhumans are worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.05,0:03:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It ignores the fact that death can be\Nan emotionally messy and complex affair,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.83,0:03:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that there is beauty in decay --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.55,0:03:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beauty in the natural return\Nto the Earth from whence we came.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.31,0:03:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want you to get me wrong --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.04,0:03:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I absolutely understand\Nthe importance of ritual,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.21,0:03:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when it comes\Nto the people that we love.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.63,0:03:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have to be able to create\Nand practice this ritual
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.03,0:03:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without harming the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.97,0:03:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why we need new options.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.58,0:03:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's return to the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.44,0:03:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of protection, sanitation\Nand beautification.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.48,0:03:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll start with a dead body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.96,0:03:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The funeral industry\Nwill protect your dead body
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.19,0:03:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by offering to sell your family a casket\Nmade of hardwood or metal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.05,0:03:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with rubber sealant.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.47,0:03:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the cemetery,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.47,0:03:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the day of burial,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.47,0:03:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that casket will be lowered\Ninto a large concrete or metal vault.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.97,0:03:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're wasting all of these resources --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.93,0:04:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concretes, metal, hardwoods --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.91,0:04:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hiding them in vast,\Nunderground fortresses.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.45,0:04:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you choose burial at the cemetery,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.12,0:04:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your dead body is not coming anywhere\Nnear the dirt that surrounds it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.75,0:04:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food for worms --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.55,0:04:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.80,0:04:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, the industry will sanitize\Nyour body through embalming:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.64,0:04:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the chemical preservation of the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.54,0:04:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This procedure drains your blood,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.58,0:04:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and replaces it with a toxic,\Ncancer-causing formaldehyde.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.83,0:04:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say the do this for the public health
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.30,0:04:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the dead body can be dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.29,0:04:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the doctors in this room will tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.66,0:04:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that claim would only apply
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.32,0:04:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the person had died of some wildly\Ninfectious disease, like Ebola.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.15,0:04:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even human decomposition,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.03,0:04:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which let's be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.59,0:04:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a little stinky and unpleasant,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.50,0:04:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is perfectly safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.97,0:05:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bacteria that causes disease
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.20,0:05:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the same bacteria\Nthat causes decomposition.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.69,0:05:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, the industry\Nwill beautify the corpse.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.25,0:05:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll tell you that the natural\Ndead body of your mother or father
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.22,0:05:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not good enough as it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.66,0:05:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll put it in makeup;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.64,0:05:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll put it in a suit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.45,0:05:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll inject dyes so the person\Nlooks a little more alive --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.42,0:05:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just resting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.82,0:05:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Embalming is a cheat code
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.11,0:05:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,providing the illusion that death\Nand then decay are not the natural end
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.53,0:05:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all organic life on this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.78,0:05:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if this system of beautification,\Nsanitation, protection
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.82,0:05:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't appeal to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.03,0:05:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.05,0:05:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a whole wave of people --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.05,0:05:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,funeral directors, designers,\Nenvironmentalists --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.04,0:05:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to come up with a more\Neco-friendly way of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.44,0:05:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For these people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.44,0:06:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,death is not necessarily a pristine,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.88,0:06:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makeup, powder-blue tuxedo kind of affair.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.94,0:06:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no question
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.37,0:06:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our current methods of death\Nare not particularly sustainable,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.38,0:06:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what with the waste of resources\Nand our reliance on chemicals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.62,0:06:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even cremation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.16,0:06:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is usually considered\Nthe environmentally-friendly option,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.90,0:06:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uses, per cremation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.09,0:06:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the natural gas equivalent\Nof a 500-mile car trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.04,0:06:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, where do we go from here?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.53,0:06:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last summer I was in the mountains\Nof North Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.90,0:06:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hauling buckets of wood chips\Nin the summer sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.90,0:06:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at Western Carolina University\Nat their "Body Farm,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.06,0:06:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more accurately called a human\Ndecomposition facility.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.94,0:06:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bodies donated to science\Nare brought here,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.13,0:06:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their decay is studied to benefit\Nthe future of forensics.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.88,0:06:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On this particular day,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.19,0:07:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were 12 bodies laid out\Nin various stages of decomposition.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.24,0:07:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some were skeletonized,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.24,0:07:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one was wearing purple pajamas,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.63,0:07:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one still had blonde facial hair visible.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.28,0:07:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The forensic aspect is really fascinating,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.21,0:07:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not actually why I was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.71,0:07:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was there because a colleague of mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.78,0:07:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named Katrina Spade,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.26,0:07:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is attempting to create a system\Nnot of cremating the dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.40,0:07:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but composting the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.92,0:07:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She calls the system Recomposition,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.75,0:07:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've been doing it with cattle\Nand other livestock for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.72,0:07:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She imagines a facility where the family\Ncould come and lay their dead loved one
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.100,0:07:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a nutrient-rich mixture that would,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.94,0:07:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in four-to-six weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.60,0:07:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reduce the body --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.68,0:07:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bones and all --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.10,0:07:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to soil.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.91,0:07:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those four-to-six weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.37,0:07:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your molecules become other molecules;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.86,0:07:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you literally transform.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.79,0:07:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would this fit in with the very recent\Ndesire a lot of people seem to have
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.58,0:07:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be buried under a tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.11,0:08:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to become a tree when they die?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.79,0:08:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a traditional cremation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.86,0:08:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ashes that left over --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.69,0:08:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inorganic bone fragments --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.50,0:08:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form a thick chalky layer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.78,0:08:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that unless distributed\Nin the soil just right,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.02,0:08:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can actually hurt or kill the tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.74,0:08:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you're recomposed,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.11,0:08:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you actually become the soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.03,0:08:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can nourish the tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.73,0:08:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and become the post-mortem contributor\Nyou've always wanted to be --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.44,0:08:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you desreve to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.82,0:08:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's one option\Nfor the future of cremation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.24,0:08:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about the future of cemeteries?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.37,0:08:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a lot of people who think\Nwe shouldn't even have cemeteries anymore
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.33,0:08:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're "running out of land."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.10,0:08:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if we reframed it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.54,0:08:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the corpse wasn't the land's enemy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.16,0:08:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but its potential savior?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.87,0:08:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about conservation burial,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.69,0:08:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where large swaths of land\Nare purchased by a land trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.46,0:09:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beauty of this is that once you plant\Na few dead bodies in that land,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.23,0:09:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can't be touched,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.68,0:09:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can't be developed on --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.34,0:09:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hence the term,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.33,0:09:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conservation burial.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.13,0:09:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the equivalent of chaining yourself\Nto a tree post-mortem --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.16,0:09:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hell no, I won't go --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.76,0:09:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no really, I can't,\NI'm decomposing under here."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.61,0:09:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any money that the family\Ngives to the cemetery
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.96,0:09:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would go back into protecting\Nand managing the land.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.51,0:09:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no headstones\Nand no graves in the typical sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.93,0:09:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The graves are scattered\Nabout the property
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.10,0:09:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under elegant mounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.80,0:09:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marked only by a rock\Nor a small metal disk,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.36,0:09:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or sometimes only locatable by GPS.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.88,0:09:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no embalming,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.71,0:09:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no heavy, metal caskets.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.66,0:09:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My funeral home sells a few caskets
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.89,0:09:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made out of things like\Nwoven willow and bamboo,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.46,0:09:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but honestly, most of our families\Njust choose a simple shroud.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.17,0:09:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are none of the big vaults\Nthat most cemeteries require
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.14,0:10:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because it makes it easier\Nfor them to landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.20,0:10:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Families can come here;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.70,0:10:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can luxuriate in nature;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.92,0:10:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can even plant a tree or a shrub,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.62,0:10:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though only native plants\Nto the area are allowed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.16,0:10:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dead then blend seamlessly\Nin with the landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.34,0:10:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's hope in conservation cemeteries.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.14,0:10:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They offer dedicated green space\Nin both urban and rural areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.85,0:10:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They offer a chance to reintroduce\Nnative plants and animals to a region.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.05,0:10:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They offer public trails,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.04,0:10:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places for spiritual practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.17,0:10:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places for classes and events --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.44,0:10:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places where nature and mourning meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.45,0:10:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.03,0:10:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they offer us once again,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.20,0:10:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a chance to just decompose\Nin a hole in the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.09,0:10:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.41,0:10:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.28,0:10:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has missed us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.30,0:10:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think for a lot of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.35,0:11:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're starting to get the sense
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.97,0:11:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our current funeral industry\Nisn't really working for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.30,0:11:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.62,0:11:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being sanitized and beautified\Njust doesn't reflect us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.05,0:11:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't reflect what we\Nstood for during our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.18,0:11:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will changing the way we bury\Nour dead solve climate change?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.50,0:11:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.16,0:11:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it will make bold moves
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.43,0:11:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in how we see ourselves\Nas citizens of this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.73,0:11:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we can die in a way that is more\Nhumble and self-aware,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.52,0:11:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that we stand a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.37,0:11:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.77,0:11:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)