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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.39,0:00:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I die,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.02,0:00:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like for my body\Nto be laid out to be eaten by animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.10,0:00:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having your body laid out to be eaten\Nby animals is not for everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.84,0:00:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.89,0:00:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you have already had\Nthe end-of-life talk with your family
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.87,0:00:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decided on,\NI don't know, cremation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.01,0:00:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the interest of full disclosure,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.60,0:00:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I am proposing for my dead body\Nis not strictly legal at the moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.62,0:00:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not without precedent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.10,0:00:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been laying out our dead\Nfor all of human history;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.72,0:00:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's call exposure burial.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.28,0:00:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's likely happening\Nright now as we speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.86,0:00:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the mountainous regions of Tibet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.12,0:00:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they practice "sky burial,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.21,0:00:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ritual where the body is left\Nto be consumed by vultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.72,0:00:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Mumbai, in India,\Nthose who follow the Parsi religion
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.98,0:01:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put their dead in structures\Ncalled "Towers of Silence."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.67,0:01:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are interesting cultural tidbits,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.24,0:01:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they just haven't really been\Nthat popular in the Western world --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.71,0:01:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not what you'd expect.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.16,0:01:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In America, our death traditions\Nhave come to be chemical embalming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.21,0:01:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,followed by burial at your local cemetery,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.62,0:01:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, more recently, cremation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.02,0:01:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I myself, am a recent vegetarian,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.31,0:01:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means I spent the first\N30 years or so of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.95,0:01:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frantically inhaling animals --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.18,0:01:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as many as I could get my hands on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.89,0:01:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, when I die, should they not\Nhave their turn with me?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.49,0:01:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.28,0:01:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I not an animal?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.18,0:01:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Biologically speaking,\Nare we not all, in this room, animals?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.13,0:01:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accepting the fact that we are animals
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.80,0:01:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has some potentially\Nterrifying consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.40,0:02:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means accepting\Nthat we are doomed to decay and die,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.45,0:02:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like any other creature on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.26,0:02:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the last nine years,\NI've worked in the funeral industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.89,0:02:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first as a crematory operator,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.05,0:02:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then as a mortician
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.55,0:02:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most recently, as the owner\Nof my own funeral home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.34,0:02:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have some good news:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.10,0:02:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're looking to avoid the whole\N"doomed to decay and die" thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.69,0:02:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will have all the help\Nin the world in that avoidance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.93,0:02:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the funeral industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.82,0:02:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a multi-billion-dollar industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.01,0:02:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its economic model\Nis based on the principle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.02,0:02:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of protection, sanitation\Nand beautification of the corpse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.61,0:02:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether they mean to or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.81,0:02:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the funeral industry promotes\Nthis idea of human exceptionalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.82,0:02:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter what it takes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.48,0:02:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much it costs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.80,0:02:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how bad it is for the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.78,0:02:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to do it\Nbecause humans are worth it!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.95,0:03:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It ignores the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.56,0:03:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that death can be an emotionally messy\Nand complex affair,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.67,0:03:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that there is beauty in decay --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.24,0:03:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beauty in the natural return\Nto the earth from whence we came.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.18,0:03:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I don't want you to get me wrong --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.12,0:03:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I absolutely understand\Nthe importance of ritual,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.13,0:03:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when it comes\Nto the people that we love.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.26,0:03:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have to be able\Nto create and practice this ritual
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.82,0:03:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without harming the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.62,0:03:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why we need new options.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.42,0:03:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's return to the idea of protection,\Nsanitation and beautification.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.48,0:03:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll start with a dead body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.85,0:03:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The funeral industry\Nwill protect your dead body
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.90,0:03:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by offering to sell your family a casket\Nmade of hardwood or metal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.76,0:03:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a rubber sealant.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.26,0:03:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the cemetery, on the day of burial,\Nthat casket will be lowered
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.86,0:03:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a large concrete or metal vault.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.75,0:04:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're wasting all of these resources --\Nconcretes, metal, hardwoods --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.70,0:04:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hiding them in vast\Nunderground fortresses.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.30,0:04:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you choose burial at the cemetery,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.87,0:04:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your dead body is not coming anywhere\Nnear the dirt that surrounds it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.75,0:04:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food for worms
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.33,0:04:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.66,0:04:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, the industry will sanitize\Nyour body through embalming:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.50,0:04:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the chemical preservation of the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.31,0:04:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This procedure drains your blood
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.26,0:04:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and replaces it with a toxic,\Ncancer-causing formaldehyde.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.65,0:04:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say they do this\Nfor the public health
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.02,0:04:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the dead body can be dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.89,0:04:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the doctors in this room will tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.41,0:04:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that claim would only apply
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.19,0:04:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the person had died of some wildly\Ninfectious disease, like Ebola.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.02,0:04:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even human decomposition,\Nwhich, let's be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.28,0:04:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a little stinky and unpleasant,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.30,0:04:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is perfectly safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.80,0:05:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bacteria that causes disease\Nis not the same bacteria
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.33,0:05:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that causes decomposition.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.66,0:05:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, the industry\Nwill beautify the corpse.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.18,0:05:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll tell you that the natural\Ndead body of your mother or father
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.09,0:05:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not good enough as it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.66,0:05:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll put it in makeup.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.42,0:05:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll put it in a suit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.23,0:05:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll inject dyes so the person\Nlooks a little more alive --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.20,0:05:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just resting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.67,0:05:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Embalming is a cheat code,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.96,0:05:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,providing the illusion that death\Nand then decay are not the natural end
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.38,0:05:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all organic life on this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.61,0:05:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if this system of beautification,\Nsanitation, protection
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.65,0:05:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't appeal to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.87,0:05:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.83,0:05:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a whole wave of people --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.83,0:05:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,funeral directors, designers,\Nenvironmentalists --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.82,0:05:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to come up with a more\Neco-friendly way of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.38,0:05:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For these people, death is not necessarily
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.89,0:06:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a pristine, makeup,\Npowder-blue tuxedo kind of affair.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.75,0:06:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no question
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.17,0:06:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our current methods of death\Nare not particularly sustainable,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.12,0:06:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what with the waste of resources\Nand our reliance on chemicals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.50,0:06:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even cremation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.86,0:06:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is usually considered\Nthe environmentally friendly option,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.61,0:06:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uses, per cremation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.87,0:06:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the natural gas equivalent\Nof a 500-mile car trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.93,0:06:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where do we go from here?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.37,0:06:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last summer, I was in the mountains\Nof North Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.74,0:06:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hauling buckets of wood chips\Nin the summer sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.74,0:06:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at Western Carolina University\Nat their "Body Farm,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.95,0:06:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more accurately called\Na "human decomposition facility."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.79,0:06:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bodies donated to science\Nare brought here,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.06,0:06:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their decay is studied\Nto benefit the future of forensics.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.82,0:06:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On this particular day,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.13,0:07:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were 12 bodies laid out\Nin various stages of decomposition.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.73,0:07:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some were skeletonized,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.03,0:07:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one was wearing purple pajamas,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.43,0:07:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one still had blonde facial hair visible.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.21,0:07:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The forensic aspect is really fascinating,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.14,0:07:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not actually why I was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.56,0:07:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was there because a colleague of mine\Nnamed Katrina Spade
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.85,0:07:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is attempting to create a system,\Nnot of cremating the dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.21,0:07:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but composting the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.92,0:07:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She calls the system "Recomposition,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.47,0:07:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've been doing it with cattle\Nand other livestock for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.64,0:07:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She imagines a facility
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.19,0:07:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the family could come\Nand lay their dead loved one
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.84,0:07:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a nutrient-rich mixture that would,\Nin four-to-six weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.30,0:07:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reduce the body -- bones\Nand all -- to soil.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.80,0:07:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those four-to-six weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.27,0:07:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your molecules become other molecules;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.75,0:07:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you literally transform.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.71,0:07:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would this fit in\Nwith the very recent desire
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.78,0:07:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people seem to have
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.41,0:07:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be buried under a tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.94,0:07:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to become a tree when they die?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.71,0:08:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a traditional cremation,\Nthe ashes that are left over --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.26,0:08:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inorganic bone fragments --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.27,0:08:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form a thick, chalky layer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.55,0:08:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, unless distributed\Nin the soil just right,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.80,0:08:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can actually hurt or kill the tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.55,0:08:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you're recomposed,\Nif you actually become the soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.88,0:08:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can nourish the tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.44,0:08:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and become the post-mortem contributor\Nyou've always wanted to be --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.15,0:08:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you deserve to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.82,0:08:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's one option\Nfor the future of cremation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.18,0:08:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about the future of cemeteries?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.11,0:08:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a lot of people who think\Nwe shouldn't even have cemeteries anymore
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.20,0:08:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're running out of land.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.98,0:08:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if we reframed it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.21,0:08:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the corpse wasn't the land's enemy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.84,0:08:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but its potential savior?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.80,0:08:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about conservation burial,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.38,0:08:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where large swaths of land\Nare purchased by a land trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.27,0:09:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beauty of this is that once you plant\Na few dead bodies in that land,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.13,0:09:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can't be touched,\Nit can't be developed on --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.17,0:09:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hence the term, "conservation burial."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.99,0:09:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the equivalent of chaining yourself\Nto a tree post-mortem --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.90,0:09:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hell no, I won't go!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.39,0:09:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, really -- I can't.\NI'm decomposing under here."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.46,0:09:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.57,0:09:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any money that the family\Ngives to the cemetery
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.92,0:09:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would go back into protecting\Nand managing the land.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.38,0:09:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no headstones\Nand no graves in the typical sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.80,0:09:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The graves are scattered\Nabout the property
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.97,0:09:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under elegant mounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.55,0:09:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marked only by a rock\Nor a small metal disk,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.26,0:09:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or sometimes only locatable by GPS.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.74,0:09:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no embalming,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.44,0:09:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no heavy, metal caskets.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.30,0:09:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My funeral home sells a few caskets
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.53,0:09:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made out of things like\Nwoven willow and bamboo,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.30,0:09:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but honestly, most of our families\Njust choose a simple shroud.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.98,0:09:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are none of the big vaults\Nthat most cemeteries require
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.84,0:10:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because it makes it easier\Nfor them to landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.10,0:10:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Families can come here;\Nthey can luxuriate in nature;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.66,0:10:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can even plant a tree or a shrub,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.36,0:10:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though only native plants\Nto the area are allowed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.05,0:10:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dead then blend seamlessly\Nin with the landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.26,0:10:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's hope in conservation cemeteries.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.09,0:10:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They offer dedicated green space\Nin both urban and rural areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.75,0:10:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They offer a chance to reintroduce\Nnative plants and animals to a region.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.92,0:10:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They offer public trails,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.92,0:10:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places for spiritual practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.99,0:10:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places for classes and events --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.13,0:10:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places where nature and mourning meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.45,0:10:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most importantly,\Nthey offer us, once again,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.87,0:10:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a chance to just decompose\Nin a hole in the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.97,0:10:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.38,0:10:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.07,0:10:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has missed us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.16,0:10:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think for a lot of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.21,0:11:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're starting to get the sense
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.83,0:11:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our current funeral industry\Nisn't really working for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.30,0:11:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.51,0:11:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being sanitized and beautified\Njust doesn't reflect us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.95,0:11:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't reflect\Nwhat we stood for during our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.01,0:11:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will changing the way we bury our dead\Nsolve climate change?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.45,0:11:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.05,0:11:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it will make bold moves
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.10,0:11:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in how we see ourselves\Nas citizens of this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.65,0:11:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we can die in a way\Nthat is more humble and self-aware,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.29,0:11:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that we stand a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.23,0:11:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.50,0:11:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)