Is Composting Humans the Future?

[@connorm-j6038]

We are not separate from the systems of life. We are participants.

[@Toast2005]

Yes, but we bypass and unnaturally disrupt those systems at times

[@oofmydude8173]

To me and my personal beliefs, it would actually be kinda sad if i didnt get composted

[@arturwieczerzynski9889]

we have to push it for being legal in every country

[@megmcguireme]

I've been saying I want this for years. I don't want to be burned, or pumped full of chemicals and separated from everything. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. I want to be a part of the system

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Same!!

[@nicolagoss9932]

Me too!

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

Unfortunately the number of places doing this and in an ethical way (without the use of chemicals all other means of breaking down the body) is very rare and costly. There are hardly any places. The last time I researched, there was only one legal location in the states, but that was like 4 or 5yrs ago. Idk if it’s becoming legal in more states yet.

[@megmcguireme]

@@TheKatarinaGiselle It's being more legalized. I live in California, and I know they're trying to pass a law. I'm also hoping I don't die for a good while, as I'm not quite 30. Who knows what things will look like 30 or 40 years from now?

[@connorm-j6038]

New to your channel but its really good stuff! cant wait to see it blowup.

[@jasonhatfield4747]

It’s hilarious and disturbing to me that humans have become so disconnected from the natural world from which we all originate, that we now think that turning our bodies back into soil when we die is so radical. I absolutely want my body composted when I die.

[@Mogswamp]

"And I'd like to be, a big ball of meat That bees can buzz all around and eat, when I die So that I might be granted One sense of purpose" Loved the video, I want to be dirt someday

[@EthanKirman]

Woah hi mogswamp

[@anates8060]

I've thought about this ever since learning about the nitrogen cycle in elementary school. I thought it was 'unfair' that humans use so many resources throughout our lives but that our energy isn't released back into nature due to our burial practices. Very cool to see that hopefully my remains can rejoin nature.

[@TechedCanvas]

You definitely earned my subscription! I’m genuinely looking forward to your future videos, & wish you the best of luck. You’re extremely talented.

[@gustavozarachoduarte9004]

Hola Claudia, el algoritmo de yt decidió mostrarme tu contenido y realmente es inspirador, he visto los 3 videos que subiste y estoy completamente fascinado por la narrativa de tus vídeos, te deseo muchos éxitos desde Paraguay!! 🇵🇾

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

This is so well done! Wow I wanna be composted now

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Jeje same!

[@Moosesoup]

Iv wanted this for years. its cool to see someone make a video about it.

[@danmurphy2379]

Completely agree with Poppy that our current western culture death is something that's viewed with fear, and honestly not discussed a lot! Great topic for a video. Really enjoying the channel so far, and the production value is high! Its gonna blow up

[@IreneGomezU]

I want this to be legalised in the UK and Spain. I want to be composted so bad!!

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Me too!

[@jdizzy90]

Interestingly, in Islam we are buried by being covered in a thin sheet of white cloth after being washed. Typically in a shallow grave, without adding any wooden boxes or anything else, just covered in the top layer of dirt.

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Yes! I read about it! Thanks for sharing :)

[@tnrmvrd]

I saw the video title and came here to write this exact same comment. After watching the video, I am a little bit disappointed that Claudia did not mention this even though she has read about it. This feels like one of those moments in our collective history where something indigenous people are criticized for, or were seen as not-so-civilized for, becomes a trend when white people do it. But at a much bigger scale! Muslims are always displayed in the media as destructive people when majority of our traditions are for the good of the people and the planet. And when someone ‘discovers’ a tradition of ours that is so good for all beings, we do not get the credit! (Not that we need the credit, but it sure amplifies the historical discrimination). -great video otherwise.

[@jackred2362]

Only difference is the bone isn't grinded.

[@dr.xd_eceptive7792]

But bro still they have place restricted only for a single grave so it's not totally composting, so you cannot just dig out the grave and call it compost 😂.

[@jdizzy90]

@@dr.xd_eceptive7792 Actually in Saudi Arabia, they do not designate the land for a single grave. After 2-3 years, they dig up the grave, bury the bones, then place the new body in the same spot. My mother is buried in a 400 year old cemetery and in one of the original plots before they expanded the cemetery. So she shares her grave with at least 150 people.

[@perryneum778]

I have always sworn that when I die I want to be buried without a coffin in Nature and composted. It's honestly so absurd of a social convention to be trapping ourselves in boxes and withholding ourselves from nature for however many ages beyond when we die it takes a coffin to decompose. I find the idea of decomposing and cycling back into Life so deeply comforting and honestly kind of exciting. Especially opposed to having your soul and essence cling on, stifle and ferment in some box for decades. Collectively we are one of the most immense parasites to this Earth but things are not set in stone and are malleable to change. This is an example of one of them. Thank you Claudia for spreading a good word 😊🙏🧡💚

[@thenameisico]

This is incredibly well done Journalism! Love what you‘re doing

[@Ravn7]

Feels weird to watch a video of this quality, then see that it only has 350 views after 5 hours.

[@keizan5132]

New channel. Gonna get viral soon.

[@shahidnyker2900]

Fascinating topic and very well written and presented!

[@U2ëë919ajanwo]

I love your channel!! I can't wait for your channel to become viral!❤

[@DakikFr]

First, just discovered your channel and the few videos you delivered and i'm impressed with the quality of the content, i'm subbing right now !! Second, i really enjoyed the topic and as as my beliefs, i find it a nice idea to be turned into compost, nurrish a long living plant that people i cared about can enjoy, knowing i helped making that plant grow and thrive !! Cheers

[@bedardpelchat]

Claudia, bravo. I learned something today. This is a much better post mortem way of not being than other I know of. Also you might want to look at sewage and how the use of vegetation to clean up our daily sewage is being implemented. Decades ago I met John Todd, a biologist located in Cape Cod who is a pioneer in this process. He's probably in his 80s now but he published quite a bit on the subject over the decades with concrete results starting in Burlington, Vermont.

[@OwlSimulator]

Love the topics you choose to explore! In this video, the only thing I would have liked to hear more about is if it's in any way different in Sweden considering the places allowing human composing are so few and all the other places were US states.

[@pixellips]

Thank you for this I was invested for the entirety of it. I'm so down to get composted

[@samuraibeluga3749]

just randomly stumbled upon your channel, im so sold on the concept, editing and you as a great speaker. keep up the awesome and interesting work!

[@griffinwintonmusic]

I’ve thought about this for years but never had the words! Thanks for this!

[@drwellsaesthetics1960]

Just love the way your videos flow so amazingly!!!

[@CymbellineStCyr]

I have just stumbled across to you- and this topic actually. I really enjoyed your video, and now I want to watch more as well as research this topic. Congratulations on your citizenship! I look forward to hearing more from you

[@schululalala6212]

Another fantastic video and a wonderful practice. Some Middle-European countries allow the practice of being being cremated and then the ashes to be used as the basis of a tree that is planted above the burial place. The composting here makes even more sense though, a lovely holistic Gaia-style approach

[@tomkirchhof]

very interesting topic, enjoyed your video👍

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@sebastiancallevega132]

I love how well structured and informative your videos are. Realmente uno de mis canales favoritos

[@gabedwards]

I appreciate the quality of your videos. Definitely Cleo Abram inspired - shout out to the both of you!

[@uggali]

This reminds me of NZ Māori precolonial burial practices. Sometimes the dead were placed in the cavities of certain trees until they decomposed and just the bones were left before being collected and hidden in caves. Idk too much about this bcuz its not practiced anymore but it may have been specific to certain tribes with variations and probably reserved for certain classes of people.

[@Italianjedi7]

Circle of life for sure. I’m from NYC and I recognized some of the reporters you had in clips in the beginning!

[@paulnamaste]

I had heard of Green burial but not Human Composting so thank you for this information! If it is not legal in my state I will look into getting it approved. I would much prefer this to any other form of burial that I have seen. Unfortunately we are not good at dealing with death in the West and it complicates making changes

[@arminmadari4808]

I’m so excited to see this channel blow up, you really know how to make captivating videos

[@fraser8364]

i loved this, i hope you get all the views ❤

[@dotnothing5620]

well done video. thank you!

[@noahsander-]

just found your channel, reminds me alot of cleo abram, great vid !

[@olatunjiolakunle6908]

Claudia keep going, you are really exploring interesting topics. Subscribed

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Thank you so much!

[@krisrizakis9989]

This is such a brilliant idea.

[@brian_john5834]

As long as the compost is treated as toxic waste; can you imagine the toxins we we accumulate in our lives, heavy metals, pfoas, etc.?

[@ericgabrielbautistajaimes9187]

Keep doing videos, I love them

[@justinhutchison3070]

Your channel is gonna become massive

[@shersinghsaini8510]

woooow this is such a gem of a channel!!

[@emilymartinez6061]

Very cool!!

[@alinabaish]

amazing content, thank you so much!

[@sebastiantovarmarquez1902]

"what do u think I am?" Me, who has seen Full Metal Alchemist 45 times: sit down and listen boy

[@simianbarcode3011]

This is the way to go! Especially the Tree Pod system, so there's a carbon negative life form taking my place and giving shade and oxygen to the people and animals who lives on after me!

[@arturwieczerzynski9889]

make it an option in every country possible. This is something not only good for earth but its a beauty of human, science and spirituality connected. It can be symbol something not apocaliptic

[@alexjizquierdo3198]

No puedo con lo hermosa y angelical que se ve en el thumbnail

[@ericgabrielbautistajaimes9187]

I love your videos ❤

[@thegzak]

I actually put this in my will a few years ago - I didn’t even know if it was a thing back then, I just wrote it in

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

That’s so cool

[@sirabarbeito9488]

Clau, could you give us a list of resources (documentaries, books, people, etc) to keep on learning about all of what you're talking about in these videos? Love this!!

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Check the further reading and watching list in the description, I add links there :)

[@sirabarbeito9488]

@@Claudia-Ayuso thank you!

[@latefoolstalk676]

I love how you are taking a turn towards a solarpunk future. Keep It great :)

[@marcoloza9850]

Turn me into some compost, put me under a forest tree and add some mushroom spores. 😮‍💨🤌

[@alphamorion4314]

Huh, that's interesting. For years I had this idea that I wanted to be "buried" just plain, no casket no nothing, no "layer of protection" bewteen my remains and the soil. Maybe plant a couple of trees too, in my grave, and just let the natural compost of my remains be the nourishement for those couple trees. Of course, I always assumed it was impossible, and could never happen. It is amazing to see that a similar idea is beginning to be legally valid in some places

[@claytonlynch6288]

As somebody that makes and sells various forms of compost and variations of organic matter, I am stoked to become compost someday.

[@sophiasg]

This was so fantastic. I've never thought about this before. SO much compost is animal poop so I assumed dead human would be fine too. Very interesting video

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Thank you Sophia!!!

[@HugoReeds]

New favorite channel

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Wooow!

[@JayFLopez]

Me encanta esta idea! En Centroamérica una antigua creencia indigena es que nos convertimos en árboles, quisiera poder hacer eso en el UK cuando me muera

[@katipohl2431]

Natural nutrient cycles.

[@ChachiBunny]

Praying that this becomes legal by the time I die, because this is literally what I've always wanted from my dead body

[@leonylias]

Amazing video

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Thank youu!

[@b.rileyjowett6925]

Personally I would feel much more disrespected if I was pumped full of chemicals and put a big metal box forever separated from the earth than if I was turned into compost and returned to the soil to feed the plants.

[@lmartinez1968]

Siempre pensé que sería buena idea de que me enterraran al lado de un árbol (pero pensaba que podía ser incluso ilegal... jejeje). Esta idea me surgió después de leer un artículo en El País de una experta forense que hablaba de cómo se descompone el cuerpo y cómo eso ayuda a la tierra y luego, también, de leer que las cenizas son un producto inerte que no aporta nada a la naturaleza. Esta opción de convertir el cuerpo en un compost me parece genial y ojalá sea una opción común en el futuro y en todo el mundo.

[@FaithAloneUK]

How do we find our closest human composting service?

[@kt6332]

Recycling! I’m all for it!

[@jackred2362]

This is better than just burying the body in cloth, because the bones are grinded.

[@michaelsiengo1]

Everybody decomposes eventually, and turns into compost

[@MariaJoseGuzman-qg2un]

Finally, im tired of telling people to bury me under a tree or something so I can be useful to the earth for one last time. And become bigger than myself. I was worried I'd get my family in some sort of legal trouble if they found my body burried in the back yard 😅

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

lol!

[@ndenise3460]

Remember the funeral industry has good lobbysts. Why do you think this isn't more widespread

[@sethmaki1333]

Well, if my body were used for compost, the resulting soil would likely have a street value of at least a few million dollars.

[@tarr3653]

Soylent green.

[@paolaflies1534]

Anyone knows between cremation and a casket which is the more “green” option, sadly I don’t think that my country will approve body composting by the time I die😢 Edit: loved the video, subscribed!

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

Green burials are more widely legal, shallow graves with biodegradable caskets :) Edit: Welcome!! So happy to have you!

[@DefinitelySpirit]

i feel like its wasteful to NOT compost yourself, but thats because once im dead i wont care

[@Copper.Trees.]

I want my loved ones to be able to sit in the shade of a tree I helped to grow post mordum

[@Claudia-Ayuso]

what an awesome idea

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

As Frank Reynolds famously said 'if I die throw me in the trash' xD

[@JackSmith-x8s]

Makes so much sense. Our sewerage should be used as fertilizer too. 🤷 Graveyards are superstitious nonsense and kind of a ridiculous concept when you think about it.

[@stephenkelly2648]

Solid waste from wastewater is used as fertilizer in many places. It is called Biosolids. It does have to meet certain standards for removal of pathogens, heavy metals and other emerging contaminants. A couple states have banned due to PFAS concerns

[@johnhavel7685]

I had heard about this before and it sounded crazy. I thought people were suggesting tossing people into municipal compost heaps treated like garbage and yard waste but this sounds more like natural burial with a bit extra. I’ve thought about natural burial from time to time and I think that is what I would prefer. Bury me in the ground and plant a tree on me or something. If there is an afterlife it’s obvious i won’t need this body any longer. Death is scary absolutely but I try to think about it in a way that is you do go on. It makes it a more comfortable thing I think. I think it’ll be really cool if there is an afterlife but if not I suppose I have no control over it. But I do have control over the impact I leave on the world today and how even the tiniest seed will send ripples through all eternity an acknowledgement by the cosmos that I existed. My body may go on to be incorporated into some new being. Perhaps I will become part of that tree and live for hundreds or thousands of years that way before nurturing another form of life or perhaps I will become part of millions or billions of other life forms seeing from all different perspectives and seeing parts of the world and futures I could only dream of. Who knows it’s certainly far more comfortable to think of those sorts of things than to think of lying motionless locked in a box for eternity and all my blood and fluids removed and replaced with a toxic cocktail of chemicals. I know there are certain things around my death I don’t want like to be dismembered or eaten or ways I don’t want to die like burned alive or executed or beheaded etc. Those are the things that truly terrify me. The potential brutality of actively dying and the immediate aftermath. But I try not to think about those things so much and try instead to focus on the ongoing journey of life and the impacts I can make now. That is my comfort these days.

[@largestudent198]

Please do not use deaths as message of love. I'm still waiting for a non-morbid great co-interactive message. Thanks.

[@dionysusnow]

We are not passengers on the starship Earth, we are part of the ship.

[@sofiaanton17]

No te creoooo, que nivel de inglés mas bueno!!!

[@benjoabate2091]

and thus we are back to the classic question: will you love me when im worms?

[@GwydionFrost]

Glad to see this catching on. Now I can cancel my disposal instructions for something LEGAL...! Ever since obtaining adulthood, I've been very clear-- no cremation (refuse that my final form will be air pollution), no embalming (refuse to be preserved for no reason, especially if being buried -- what's the point?). This left me with sky burials (long road trip to take a corpse to Tibet however), or burials at sea (not fond of being fish food). In the end, I've been telling everybody to take my corpse up into a plane and toss it out the back at about 15,000 ft over a national forest, making sure to put a good spin on it so that when it hits the canopy, it disintegrates into a nutritious spray. Gee, now that I don't have to bribe officials to be disposed of in an organic way, my children might actually see some inheritance... Side note: I have no fear of death, no existential dread. I choose to see my life through the eyes of the archaeologist who digs me up in 100,000 years. I'm already dead. I'm just finishing creating the footprint I leave behind.

[@ndenise3460]

Promession, freeze dried hammer milled, pink dust ...

[@demoncloud6147]

Every living animals poop soil not just earthworms

[@polespinosa4858]

Te conozco IRL?

[@LeoDas688]

Can foreigners get this service

[@keijojaanimets819]

Hey chick check out vitamin bottle etiquette!😁

[@stevencook7156]

The Zoroastrians leave there bodies out for the birds and beasts. The body returns to the earth in this manner. They went green with this idea thousand of years ago. Interesting how it finds it's way back round again. There is no new knowledge which is not already know. 🍻

[@sanjuansteve]

We should all donate our bodies to science, and they should compost what remains of us.

[@dark_sear]

News flash: we all turn into compost whether you like it or not.

[@vqtia]

huminerals. there are so many other ways our bodies can be used.

[@Crisdapari]

This element composition thing from a human gave me a flashback from the first season of breaking bad. 🧪⚗️🧫🧬🩻

[@Crisdapari]

Then remind me Apocalypto... And that we are mortal animals...