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“Recompose, the human-composting alternative to burial and cremation, finds a home in Seattle’s Sodo area”
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“Recompose, the first human-composting funeral home in the U.S., is now open for business”
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“Compost your departed loved one and save the planet, L.A. lawmaker says”
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“Cremation rate in the United States from 1975 to 2020”
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“Dust to dust: Will California lawmakers legalize human composting - transforming bodies into soil?”
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[@CiaTheVideoStalker]

"You're probably wondering how I got here" It's Caitlin, so no.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Yeah, not really. We all just kinda assumed this was in the cards.

[@bryanak6681]

Every opening in movie😁

[@marcelozerbini5411]

I'd be wondering if she wasn't there! LoL

[@Fauna4ever]

You're awesome Caitlin! The movement of free choice and being focused on normalizing the way "the end" is viewed and conceptualized is beautiful! Bless all of this community and yourself for all the progress forward (though it has such a long way to go, but honestly, something has to be done with the ever increasing human population, which at one point or another, will be an ever increasing corpse "population").

[@JC-qx5qo]

If this was available here (Alberta, Canada), I would be signing up today as part of my afterlife planning.

[@mrs.babzubo7530]

In Germany it´s a tradition to plant a tree for new born babies, now imagine planting your baby´s tree in the soil of your grandparents. The past generations would nourish the once just entering the world and look after them

[@SimpleWhiteSpace]

Very moving sentiment.

[@stacyragland3123]

Wow that sounds beautiful!

[@jwan1120]

That's beautiful❣

[@skeletor1422]

*drops the mic* ❤️

[@augustjsb]

It's the little suprises in life that can really show just how horrible of a person you are. I'm 26 minutes into this documentary, but still. When you said "plant your baby tree in the soil of your grandparents". My mind went to a completely different subject. If you'll excuse me, I need to go pray.

[@garrettreher5549]

It’s insane that it’s actually illegal to decompose naturally

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

Gotta love the corporate greed of the big funeral industrial complex & their lobbying. #Sarcasm You only have to look at what that hack politician Dick Ham did to aquamation in Tennessee. All because his coffin business would have. Been threatened by its introduction as a death option. To see how they will use any & all avenues available. To them to protect their profit margins the environment be damed.

[@noahpolvi]

It’s not actually illegal. You can have a natural burial in a lot of places. They are just trying to legalize this specific process.

[@LauraEilers]

To be a little fair, composting, even regular back yard composting of kitchen scraps, isn't as "natural" as you think as far as how decomposition works. It's a technology. Actually our modern understanding of it is about the same age as chemical fertilizer. People have always tossed organic stuff on the ground to improve soil nutrition without really knowing why. But the idea that you can do a good mix of organics and control the air and moisture to speed it all up and control the decomposition process isn't strictly "natural." Natural burial is legal all over, but I do think this is better in many cases, and I'm excited for all the new legislation that's coming up.

[@fizzyheart2486]

@@LauraEilers yea because bodies never decomposed into compost naturally at all for all of time lol composting is just a controlled natural process

[@LesPaul2006]

Not anymore. The bill finally passed at the end of 2022.

[@Selfhatingalabamian]

They need to make this legal in all 50 states. Donate my organs and compost the rest.

[@antoniofauxuci174]

illegal

[@limeyosu2000]

I would do the same ! What a great idea

[@antoniofauxuci174]

who need your sick organs!

[@Selfhatingalabamian]

@@antoniofauxuci174 That's why I'm moving to Tennessee, Alabama men are jealous of Tennessee.

[@Selfhatingalabamian]

@@antoniofauxuci174 Why are you Alabama men jealous of Tennessee men? Tennessee men are hotter than Alabama men, Alabama men are terrible in bed.

[@karebu2]

Well kid, these are granny’s apples. No, really, they are.

[@Honeybearsphone]

Gives Granny Smith apples a whole new spin

[@lydiagiampetro3063]

🤣😅😂🥰

[@aprilw7561]

😂

[@suecasper4243]

Hahaha that's so caitlin. I'm cracking up. Omg. I'm going down a rabbit hole in my head! New restaurant ( NOR ) presents salmon sponsered by the order of good death....food protected by the dead!

[@SombreroPharoah]

@@suecasper4243 Let the Dead, nourish Your life!

[@plottwisted5793]

This is the first burial varient that actually appeals to me. Before I was pretty "whatever" about what happens to my corpse, because I'll be dead and won't care. But the thought of just naturally become food for plants feels so pure and comforting. I'll have to look into if there is anything like this where I'm from

[@shaddowsdieout]

Completing the carbon cycle woooo

[@painterscastle]

I agree why are burying coffins and caskets all that's needed is a shroud.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Check out Diogenes the Cynic and how he wished to be buried.

[@TheOnlyElle.]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher 😂

[@kreiner1]

It feels right. I don't know how else to put it.

[@janethagaman9075]

I live in Seattle and this is where our mom was laid to rest. I'll be here when it's my trurn. They were wonderful people that made it easy to do.They even picked up our mom's body and helped with all the paperwork, at an affordable price. Thank you Caitlin, for briging this information to the people.

[@vendettaverrone7159]

If you don't mind sharing. Do you remember how much you paid for the composting? I'm planning for when it's my time and when it's legal in my state(if I'm still in the US when I do)

[@marywelden7692]

I’d like to know the cost too.

[@sharonhicks808]

❤

[@1BRWNSKN]

🤔 $7000-$8000 isn't exactly "affordable". Those are funral home prices. Cremation is a few hundred.

[@scclif]

I heard once it was 5k .

[@odesseus]

I was deeply moved by this video. I now want to be composted when I die. It's the best way to give back to the planet that supported me.

[@CarriUSA]

Or you could just poop outside aka manure🙄 Stupidest comment ever!

[@andrewgeary9749]

Agreed! If we wait a little to die it should become more common place!

[@madshorn5826]

For a science fiction story where this practice is prominent read Becky Chambers "Records Of A Space Born Few". It is the third book in a series of four, but can be read as a stand alone novel.

[@Copyright-di4we]

i'd rather be buried butt naked and just have a tree planted on top. Seems much more simple and peaceful tbh.

[@comradebismarck]

I agree, too! And the best thing is even if you do wake up, you have air, and they'll take you out straight away.

[@allysmith2284]

“Yes, Simba, but let me explain. When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connnected in the great Circle of Life” Mufasa…

[@jessicacollins4042]

🧡

[@pissfrog]

I wonder how the antelopes felt about that philosophy

[@dlr_rosa254]

That's what I thought as soon as I heard the topic

[@TheWizardboy5]

@@pissfrog Do it matter how anyone feels about it? Everyone dies homie, dont matter whether you eat grass or meat

[@thoughtengine]

@@pissfrog There was a segment of an episode of the "AHHH It's The Mr Hell Show" that parodied that quote in that very manner.

[@jfinney225]

I'm wondering if that's how people got the idea of a ghost being a spirit under a white sheet/shroud... Being that people buried their dead that way for so long.

[@ailem2707]

That... makes a whole lot of sense

[@fkr9032]

It actually is. That's totally where the concept came from 😉

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Ghosts frequently have a white aura outlining them too. The spirit leaving the body is usually drawn as a Casper the Friendly Ghost blob

[@sierra4603]

Oh dang

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

I was going to say cartoons, but then the cartoonists had to get that idea from somewhere too.

[@chrianmbandas6277]

This would be great for pets too ! We could literally have them apart of our garden .

[@myparceltape1169]

I know some people do, and have done for generations.

[@larryfaust456]

Ours are buried in the yard.

[@Maple.leaves]

You can. Just put them in your compost pile.

[@alyssiataylor546]

"Oh these tomatoes are delicious" "Thanks, we grew them with rover 😚"

[@kim99may]

I’m in California. I always thought it was illegal to bury my pets but I did it anyways. Then last year the vet gave me the option to bring home my fur baby and bury him in my yard. Not only did it save me money I’ll always have his place marked in the yard he loved so much. ❤❤❤

[@dukeofgibbon4043]

This video convinced me. And my mom. The laying in ceremony looks so wholesome and pragmatic. Lay me down in a bed of flowers, let me grow into a forest.

[@annajoy3323]

Not to sound like a total hippie, but imagine if we held every piece of dirt and soil as sacred as if it was once someone we loved and composted. Because everything natural was once something or someone else. And there’s something wild and beautiful about that.

[@mcurry7938]

I've been listening to this book, Braiding Sweetgrass, that discusses the ideas of plants being non-human peoples and soil being a sacred, living being. The author, Robin Wall Kimmerer is a botanist and Native American, and it's really opened my eyes to how spiritual interactions with nature can be

[@KristiLEvans1]

I’m not a hippie, and I love what you just said. Beautiful.

[@Ineksi]

Not a hippie either, and I'd love to know that people understand that we're not special as humans - we're just a lifeform around here, and we won't take anything with us. Not an expensive coffin nor a silken burial gown. Being respected and cherished as earth would make us even more special than a spot where a tombstone or tree gets to stand - not to speak of the pro's in comparison to the traditional methods.

[@ThatAnimalChannel]

we can have profound nature loving thoughts and still not be hippies lol im all for this type of thinking.

[@pagananikey]

I'm beginning to practise paganism, and through an appreciation of nature it is so easy to feel that everything organic has life flowing through it, from the grass and soil, the trees and stones, and everything is this beautiful balanced cycle with every little thing having a knock on importance in the ecosystem.

[@ginasreview1030]

"You're not a tree, you're a forest." I love that, seems so soothing to me mentally.

[@terrybeter1633]

Love this!!!

[@georgiabigfoot]

I could see these people starring on Finding Bigfoot

[@sadnktvr]

This was just 🤌 chefs kiss. "We should all be cartwheeling through the compost" ABSOLUTELY!! And that man was such a joy i caught myself grabbing my chest with a soft aww and wiping a tear away the entire time. Such a delight this entire video was. How beautiful 🤧❤❤❤

[@paintitblack9712]

I actually teared up. Just beautiful

[@1polonium210]

I like this! I'm a geologist, and I can think of no better way to handle my body after death than being returned to Earth in this manner!

[@Zenithxblack]

This needs to be legal everywhere.

[@milliehaagen7526]

100% agree

[@jessicafain6630]

Makes no sense that it's not.

[@renpixie]

A compost pile in the backyard is much nicer than a hog pen.😬

[@Benyikoko]

@@jessicafain6630 It's all about the money... The elite/wealthy don't like the idea because it will affect their pockets

[@helenahsson1697]

I wonder if the ppl that are massively against it doesn't get the fact that this is supposed to be an OPTION. They themselves don't have to choose this, but for the rest of us it would be great to have this alternative for those of us who CHOOSE it.

[@carlasingleton1529]

The funeral industry is going to fight this tooth and nail because this will cut into their bottom line. The casket, embalming, dressing of the body, wake, and cemetery plot/mausoleum is a boon for them. If this option becomes mainstream as cremation has (the average cremation is $6k), the cost is going to skyrocket. Right now composting is $2,500 to $5,500 depending on site and process.

[@lazyperfectionist3978]

Honestly I can see them going down a different route to extort money out of grieving family members if this becomes mainstream, like charging shitloads for ultra-fancy memorial pots with the dead person's face on them to put the compost in

[@carlasingleton1529]

@The Funeral Apprentice But at the end of the day, money is money. I would have never thought a cremation would get as expensive as it has, but it has. The same will probably happen with composting.

[@StoicVeR]

@@lazyperfectionist3978 If that's what the person wants done, then let them. The natural composition and it's intended purpose will be sought by the right people who demand alternatives to the high price of the funeral industry. But I can see where a funeral corporation would monopolize the business, and prevent a competitor from opening shop with the green alternatives....

[@sophierobinson2738]

Has the cost of cremation gone up? Not quite 4 years ago, I paid $785 for my husband's cremation. And that included several copies of his death certificate, for closing accounts. etc.

[@carlasingleton1529]

@@sophierobinson2738 yes, cremations have gone up. The average cremation now is 5-6 thousand dollars. But the funeral home talks the family into having a viewing or wake before the body is cremated so that adds on to the cost.

[@averyeml]

I fluctuate wildly between being really, deeply okay with the concept of my own death to being filled with existential dread about the idea. I’ve avoided this channel for a while simply out of fear it’d send me into that existential dread zone, but this was a really, really nice first video. This seems like a lovely way to go out.

[@Girl-wb4sz]

Omg first person ive seen like me who fluctuates their fear of death😫 its so tiring

[@restlessparadox1953]

hey… has it gotten easier for you to face? has it gotten any easier to think about? i haven’t finished the video but it’s also my first one, i am afraid!

[@ahobimo732]

Just the thought of participating in the "laying in ceremony" for someone that I love was enough to get me tearing up. The real thing would be an EXTREMELY emotional experience for me, but I think it would probably be a healthy kind of emotional. Overall, I think this whole process is just the most beautiful thing.

[@NightlyMakesArt]

So, I recently moved to Germany and I'm in a German language course. I watched this video yesterday, and today in class we came to the topic of Compostable clothing. And my teacher asked, "What else can be composted?" and without thinking, I said, "Humans!" I now have to give a presentation on this topic tomorrow.

[@Auntyadri86]

Thats amazing u got this !!!!

[@prezlamen7906]

Give us an update on how it went.

[@blewwaddler]

You got this! Best of luck!

[@cluce25]

There’s some good material on this, I think you’ll do great!! Update please ☺️

[@Allannah_Of_Rome]

Oh, I hope you did well! 😍

[@whiskerstherock]

As a catholic we talk about ‘from dust to dust’ meaning actually ‘from soil to soil’ as it’s taken from the creation of man from mud + god’s breath - and life ending with decomposition. Because of this I always found the concept of chemical preservation post death very strange, it took away from the beauty of the sentiment of our bodies being an earthly vessel that would return to its state once the spirit has gone. I wanted a natural burial before I had heard of the term, or the fact that it’s an option. Doctrine teaches us to give all we have in love, and I’d like to give the last thing I can give - my body - to nature. I’m saddened to hear that people sharing my faith have caused issues with the law, although sadly not surprised, and I hope more people start to see it as I do.

[@lb5072]

i just wrote a similar comment! another catholic here who agrees!!

[@mcsmama]

I am also Catholic & feel mostly as you have written. I wondered about how The Catholic Church (TCC) views this method for the first 14 minutes of the video until she mentioned that. There was a time when TCC did not allow us to be cremated, but that has changed & I expect TCC will eventually allow us to utilize this method. I don't think it is so much a matter of TCC creating issues, as the fact that respect for life & respect for the body which God created in His own image perhaps require some further consideration before the stance on this would change. For instance, I could see where TCC would not have a problem with our being allowed to decay naturally (as would happen if we were to pass away in the woods somewhere, unbeknownst to others), but would have concerns about the respectful disposition of our remains AFTER the natural decay of our bodies occurs. I'm just guessing, but I think they might take issue with our remains being tossed in a heap "just anywhere" rather than hallowed ground. Maybe Catholics will eventually end up feeding beautiful forests at some of our National Shrines. What a lovely thought! 10.22.2021

[@zackfelker]

If all the soil makes its way to a Catholic cemetery to be returned to consecrated ground this should be acceptable.

[@radiotests]

Many people believe in the resurrection of the body, thus comes that reverence and fear of mishandling a body.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

Also its incredibly rude to try to dictate what people not in your religion do. Telling everyone in your congregation that composting will mean you come back as a dirt being post resurrection (that sounds cool though) and that they're not allowed to do that. Okay whatever. Trying to stop other people from having that option, even if it went against their religion they shouldn't.

[@djcharforce]

One main thing that terrifies me is the thought of dying and death. I dont like the idea of getting sent to a morgue and be embalmed with a lethal chemical. The thought of being possibly still alive when declared dared when I'm still alive. This is the way of composting gives me comfort. I actually have wanted to be planted with a beautiful Japanese cherry blossom tree with a plague on a gorgeous headstone with my picture and the person that i was in life bringing joy to others and always helped others. To helping nature recycle me in such a dignied and most richest manner versus being placed in a coffin taking up space and it would take years for me to be in decomposition or become mummfied. The terror of being stuck in a coffee 6 feet under is so inhumane and would prefer to be returned to earth in the most natural way and continue to grow with my favorite tree and we become one with nature forever. Imagine with a beautiful flower garden and a pretty pond of water with goldfish, swans and ducks swimming along with each other with benches so comfortable to relax in a beautiful sunrise or sunset and little quaint tables to place snacks and drinks and a foot rest to rest on. A nice playground for children to play and just remember me on those beautiful picturesque days with me. Remember me always for who i was that lived a good humble life caring for others. Remember me.❤😮

[@TheodoreRizzo]

If that’s your fear like this lady on the video told us if you choose this kind service if you happen to be alive and wake up just knock on the vessel door they’ll gladly let you out.

[@ConswaMcGaga]

I found it really endearing how the guy you interviewed would say "thank you" to express gratitude about you engaging in a topic he is so passionate about in a thoughtful and insightful manner. This video overall was a joy to watch and I sincerely hope human composting takes off throughout the world.

[@acebaker3623]

This is actually more appealing to me than traditional burial, which has always kinda freaked me out.

[@ssamantiy_b1528]

Same here... I tend to spiral into a panic attack thinking about it

[@Dianeediegoo]

“Traditional burial” always seems so manufactured to me, like everyone gets the same burial a Mcburial if you will

[@raerohan4241]

@@Dianeediegoo If you please not describe it in such a demeaning manner, as there are still many people who want to buried this way... 😓

[@orbitalpudding3420]

yeah same here! going to my grandpas funeral completely turned me off to traditional embalming and burial. i absolutely wanna be composted, especially since it agrees with my spiritual beliefs somewhat (returning to the earth, etc)

[@Dianeediegoo]

@@raerohan4241 what is demeaning about calling it a Mcburial , when this is how I feel about the many I’ve been too, if you don’t like it or it hurts your feelings then that’s a you problem not me, I will keep calling them Mcburial’s thank you and goodbye

[@saranoelle3927]

“You’re not a tree, you’re a forest.” 👏🏻🙌🏻🌲🌳 Yes to improved carbon sequestration!!!

[@MiotaLee]

Whhyyy did I think those hand emojis were feet!?

[@OddLeah]

Its the closest hug you can give a tree :)

[@katrinaumana2127]

I think I owe the 🌍 at the very least my body. The 🌍 feed and nourished me.

[@justaduck3615]

Self love is becoming a forest and helping the environment.

[@SerenityFeueropal]

*forest

[@Matthew-ks6tc]

This was absolutely everything my mother would have wanted, RIP Christine Lenore S 12/1/22. Please bring to Michigan !

[@GoGreen1977]

No one is going to bring it to Michigan, but with a state house controlled by Democrats and a Democratic governor, it might be a lot easier to find support for the needed legislation to pass. Citizens need to organize and find members of the legislature to introduce such a bill and get it through the process.

[@lunababy1991]

"From my rotting body,flowers shall and I am in them and that is an eternity."- Edvard Munch

[@PisforPaper]

My mom, who was an avid gardener, died last year, she chose cremation but I think had it been available she would have chosen composting, it would have been so perfect for her. I hope this becomes much more available soon!

[@cc1k435]

My grandmother would have liked to have been buried under her strawberry beds. 😆

[@AngelJuliet]

My husbands grandma would have for sure have chosen composting

[@MissaPality]

This would be my choice for myself. I would love to try to get my state to permit this as an option because I think many many people would choose this option. I am not understanding why this would meet any opposition either as it is beneficial to all involved and for the environment. I am also not understanding why the Catholic church opposed this also. I am Catholic and feel this would be closest to caring for God's creations. Makes zero sense why this would not be an option for anyone.

[@happyzombiikitti]

@@MissaPality dont Catholics have to pay the church for a funeral service? It’s all a scam lol idk I’m Native American and Unitarian Universalist so i don’t know.

[@rockercaterrorencountered4924]

The fact that there's a "moral debate" about it is so stupid. Like what do you think burial does exactly? It's just a lengthened version of composting.

[@gloryvandergulik5602]

technically it's a sped-up version of composting which is why it could be preferable to natural burial

[@PlanetSidewinder]

@@gloryvandergulik5602 I think op might have been saying that burial is a lengthened version of composting. Of course, I could be wrong too LoL.

[@yankis.]

@@gloryvandergulik5602 That's exactly what the comment said.

[@wildflower1397]

I wouldn't call it sped up or lengthened... it happens at the rate nature intended. While they provide the ideal conditions for complete composting, and help break down any leftover bone bits, the organic process natural. The problem is that most current burial processes add embalming chemicals, then place the body inside a coffin, which is sealed inside a concrete vault. The process blocks nature from being able to break down the body until something happens to destroy the vault. It's sad to think of all those bodies locked away from becoming part of nature again.

[@gloryvandergulik5602]

@@PlanetSidewinder ooooh, yes I see that now, thank you. :)

[@sablgrl01]

“Your not a tree, your a forest” I got goosebumps and started to well up.. and I agree, the least I can do when I’m gone is to give my physical body back to nature .. beautiful concept and I hope this gets more traction

[@tamaradabney8699]

This needs to be the default choice for disposition of human bodies. It makes so much sense on so many significant, powerful levels!

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello 👋how are you doing?

[@birdgirl8390]

First I was not happy about the idea of being composted, but her showing the ritual was so beautiful and calming and tbh I'd absolutely LOVE to chill in a pile of wood chips inside a capsules to then have my compost spread in a forest. That would be my ideal way to go. Now that I've thought more about it, if my grandpa had died at a time where this would've been possible I would have made a garden with his compost and planted nothing but his favourite flowers in it. He was a very passionate gardener and would probably have loved the idea of this kind of burial.

[@kaychapparo5347]

What a more beautiful way to almost continue living on if you are a Gardner. My grandma also loved to garden. She use to have a huge garden every year even when she moved to the city. If this was around when she passed I know she would have loved to be in her garden feeding her peach tree she absolutely loved.

[@courtnez]

Well said! My dad would have loved this too. He died way too soon.

[@1989DarkBeauty]

This is what I've wanted my entire life understanding what death meant for my body. Seeing a loved one pumped full of preserving chemicals and made up at a viewing made me ill; it didn't look like her, it looked like a doll. I knew I wanted my body untouched and naturally decomposed. When this option of fast decomposition that would allow me to be a part of my garden showed up, I was ecstatic.

[@thamieklybodonmi]

Or you could plant a rose on his grave...

[@FaizCaliph]

@@thamieklybodonmi not the same at all

[@jilleneweide]

She sold me when she said, “I don’t know how many of you are worried about being buried alive…” . I’m not scared of dying, but I am 100% scared of being buried alive!

[@Nik0lay11]

Dont worry, you'll wake up in the furnace

[@caleightilson8030]

I used to be terrified of cremation, and burial. I didn't want to be put in the ground with the worms, but I was also terrified of the idea of being cremated because what if I was still alive. Which I know is silly, there no way that would happen but it still scared me. After learning about ancient cultures and thier funeral rights, I've become much more comfortable with the idea of cremation because there's a spiritual aspect to it. Of course I still don't really want to be cremated in a crematorium, id rather have an open air pyre cremation, but unfortunately its not legal in my country. This human composting and remembrance garden concept is definitely an excellent alternative though, and if I cant have my open air cremation I'd love to have a natural burial in a beautiful garden.

[@natesmodelsdoodles5403]

That got me too. I love the fact that i'd be even better off in the vessel than even in a mortuary drawer, since the vessel's warm.

[@Sienisota]

Same

[@rayruckus4446]

I get it. You think about it slot when you have a terminal illness. I don't get why anyone would have a problem with this.

[@shannsimms9072]

I keep coming back to watch this video because it’s just such an incredible beautiful idea. Genuinely I’d be honored to give my dead body back to nature like this.

[@TitaniumTurbine]

Unfortunately, we’re becoming full of micro-plastics and other chemicals, at some point humans decaying in the ground will have the opposite effect. It’ll be like radioactive materials.

[@favoinousscum3718]

I really want this to be legalized in Virginia. There was an island that I visited as a small child in the great lakes. I either want to be cremated and my ashes scattered in lake Michigan OR I want the soil made from my body to be scattered on the island to grow fresh plants! I'm 17 and I'm in love with this idea!

[@caronlittle3539]

Considering California is so “green” it’s shocking they don’t want to commit to this

[@jamiep9694]

Not to be funny though, there’s probably a lot of silicone and other non-earth friendly things that will come out of dead bodies there.

[@andybearchan]

I understand the dems thought on the bill. When your opponents come at you with everything they've got and even people that support you generally are less then happy, all the work you do is questioned. I really think some Republicans are against animal protection, efficiency standards, carbon credits etc because the Dems are for it. Successful and effective politicians ruin the narrative that the other party wants to destroy everything that is good. Dems try to torpedo republican bills too, but going after military spending and laissez faire policy is not much of a rallying point. "They are trying to take away our cemeteries " is much easier to scream into a megaphone.

[@KITTYCASEE]

@@jamiep9694 Not all of California is rich or the small rich areas you see on TV. We could definitely use this here because of how many dry areas there are & if I would've known about this sooner I definitely would've written in. What a beautiful way to spend eternity.

[@nise5281]

One of the most polluted states, ya, real green!

[@vanessar.6085]

@@nise5281 If your Google auto-corrected like mine did, it likely got "polluted" with "populated." To which, actually...yes to both. A lot of the states with high populations also have high pollution (poor air quality was one study I found). Rather surprising and humbling.

[@BunnaySango]

This feels so much more comforting than being scorched into dust or placed in a tiny box 6 ft in the cold ground. I can live again as the actual earth. It also in a way feels more respectful.

[@LDXReal]

Agreed

[@louiseevans3510]

I completely agree. It's madness that this is considered weird by lawmakers considering the existing options.

[@markjoseph196]

@@louiseevans3510 politicians like quick buck!

[@kellysartthrob]

I totally agree. The ideas of being cremated or in a casket fill me with a kind of dread, and I know I won't know the difference at that point, but still. The idea of being composted is uplifting.

[@a_whitlow21]

It really does! I think I would want this for myself.

[@sabrinamay1644]

I knew I wanted to be composted and be a tree. So when "your not a tree, you are a forest" was like nailing it. I love your videos. Thanks for sharing such content.

[@Nikole_Raven]

I cried a couple times while watching this. This is so... compassionate.

[@clray123]

"Bones to berries. Veins to vine. These tendons to trees. This blood to brine. Too old she was. This woman does leave us, recycled and enshrined..."

[@hambone.fakenamington]

Was not expecting a Waterworld quote on these comments but I’m glad it’s here.

[@frankiekennedy6947]

My daughter Lily was composted here this summer. Thank you all. I will be there too. Reservation set at 25$ a month! Deal me in.

[@jessicaclakley3691]

@@frankiekennedy6947 I’m sorry for your loss but am comforted in that you found this disposition process for both her and your future self

[@KatShotz]

I love this!

[@StoriesbyIrish]

Have my kids take home a chunk of soil with me in it. Grow a tree. Then they have to rake the leaves every year as pay back for making me clean house after them? SIGN ME UP!

[@goatkidmom]

🤣

[@maryc7217]

I wish there was a ♥️ button because this is perfect!

[@renpixie]

❤️👍🏼😆

[@jwan1120]

Love it❣

[@absatwell8163]

Hilarious! And payback for not helping with the damn leaves!

[@kjohnsonshelton0923]

Thank you for sharing this information. I’ve been researching options other than cremation and burial, and THIS is def at the top of my list!! Now for making it a reality….sigh.

[@favoinousscum3718]

yeah! Honestly I would want my soil to be put on an island I visited several times when I was a kid.

[@666nAck]

You people are literally insane, why don't you focus on making your life count instead of worrying about your corpse

[@kjohnsonshelton0923]

@@666nAck I make my life count every single day!! And I don’t want to put the burden on my loved ones of making the decision of how to dispose of my corpse…having a plan is part of being a responsible human.

[@666nAck]

@@kjohnsonshelton0923 true, that's why the ancient Egyptians would sort out their tombs before they even built their house

[@petrokrasnov2967]

Hell I can toss you into the boss pasture and let the volutes feed off you since you have no respect for yourself!

[@pearlmawst5989]

I am intrigued by this process of composting human remains. It is so natural. I'm in!! It's better than rotting in a casket or burning with a bunch of other bodies and then given to my loved ones thinking all those ashes are me. I hope this takes off!

[@maddiejoy6619]

"Cartwheel Through the Compost": The much anticipated sequel to "Tiptoe Through the Tulips."

[@illfayted]

It's more of a prequel really.

[@maddiejoy6619]

@@illfayted ah yes. You're exactly right!

[@6aith]

I planted my late bearded dragon in a planter urn. A week later I saw a small mulberry tree pop up, they were her favorite snack, and watching all the plants grow really helped me with her passing. She's making beautiful things and snaccs for the little bugs she would have eaten. It's beautiful.

[@cruisepaige]

This is so sweet. I want to feed trees and make snacks for bunnies, snakes and dragonflies.

[@stevenporter6445]

Isn't nature great

[@stevenporter6445]

I'd love to grow the smoke for my friends memorial party

[@williamnordeste1169]

compost humans??? Hasn't that been done for thousands of years?

[@justme0910]

@@williamnordeste1169 Composting is a bit different from just burying a body and letting it decay naturally in the soil. Composting is the process of turning dead organic matter (such as wood, hay, food scraps etc.) INTO soil in an aerobic (oxygen-filled) environment. The outcome is very similar, though.

[@shanadayton9083]

I absolutely cried happy tears watching this. This is the best thing I have ever seen for a better option for death and burial. I want this done to me. I want to give back to the earth that I live on so my great great great grandkids will have a possible better earth to live on. I honestly think that this and the good death option should be our only 2 options because it just makes sense. Formaldehyde and expensive clothes and caskets just don’t make any sense to me. I have never been excited about something as I’m excited about this. I will be writing my legislators and whoever else will listen to me and see if we can bring it here to where I live. Thank you Caitlyn. I am so excited to see this. I love it so much.

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello 👋how are you doing?

[@JW-hh9gx]

Please please make this legal and available in Australia!! I think this is a brilliant and gentle burial concept, and the only one that brings me comfort and no fear. I love that even in death, you can contribute to new life, and healing of the earth. It's beautiful!

[@JesReally]

I see so many people wanting to have their ashes in tree pods- where their ashes aren’t really doing much to nourish that tree- this is such a more direct and intimate way to become part of nature

[@tkmccoywv]

I just had that very conversation with someone on FB. So, of course, I posted one of Caitlin's old videos on burial options. Then this one showed up in my KZbin feed, so I posted that one, too. Very appropriate to today's discourse!

[@teamholmez86]

You can get ur whole body put in a pod that biodegrades and a tree is planted above it but I'm not sure which countries it is legal in yet but it sound very similar to a natural burial just with a pod,

[@JesReally]

@@teamholmez86 that is also very cool! I love that there’s so many options

[@SnapesHoney2800]

"You are not a tree. You are a Forrest." That is the most beautiful sentiment. You are becoming one with the world, you are becoming the world.

[@chrisbrooks6697]

Life is like a box of chocolates...

[@katjasatuli9106]

I found that really well said too!

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

Yes, this!

[@neilikka]

Congratulations on having it legalized in the state of New York! What made me even happier was that there was an article (though short and not detailed) on our public broadcast company's website and there were a lot of positive comments.

[@freddielind5282]

Oh I wanna be compost put back in the garden I love so much and worked years to accomplish! Thank you for the great Information as always! ♥

[@josephrozmiarek8411]

The thought of my preserved body laying underground waiting while everyone who ever knew me eventually forgets or passes on leaving me alone in a cemetery makes me feel incredibly lonely. I'm not against a memorial but I have always just wanted to decay so i can still serve a purpose.

[@translarrybutz]

yeah and if i wanted to be rememebered i could have like a memorial tree, more useful than a grave or an urn

[@CashelOConnolly]

Well you’d have no brain neurology so you wouldn’t be thinking anything. You’d just have the blackest of blackest and a silence no living person can imagine,scary but true! Peace and happiness from Dublin

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

I mean, I understand the sentiment, but it's a very human thing to feel. Once you're dead, you won't have any activity happening in the brain-- that's what makes you dead, so you're not going to _feel_ or _experience_ anything when you're dead.

[@HappyExtheist]

Elliot saying "we've welcomed 28 people" brought tears to my eyes. It's all quite beautiful

[@b81312]

same, it's so poetic!

[@AlexaFaie]

I find it weird. Its just compost at that point. It stopped being a person the moment they died. Way before the composting took place. Can't understand why anyone would think otherwise its just too strange a concept to me.

[@7913AJunior]

Even though like, on a physical level, a person stops being _them_ once they're dead, they're still that person to their loved ones. That remains true even after they don't even look human anymore. So saying they've "welcomed people", even though they've technically just received some compost, is an acknowledgement of that human sentiment.

[@PrincessFidelma]

I'm a Catholic, and I LOVE this idea, (it makes me mad that some of us are so uptight about the wrong things) My cousin loved nature, and would have probably been a full blown hippy type given different chances in life, and I can't help thinking this, especially something like the river rewilding project, would have been perfect for him than being stuck in a box. This video has explained it better than anything I've read, you even answered my worry about what happened to the bones, which I couldn't find anywhere. Though I'd feel happier if you could collect them already bagged up (oof, that sounded horrible 😳), and I just don't think I could plant anything edible in people compost. The first I heard about it was when my father heard about it being legalised (somewhere, I know I could google it) recently, and mum asked me to look it up because she thought he'd imagined it 😆 While initially freaked out by the thought of it (I imagined people being treated disrespectfully, being flung on something like a communal compost heap, or the places forensics study decomp rates) I had to read up about it, and thought it was lovely!

[@ranmaryoko]

I'm rewatching this two years later now. My mother passed away about 1 1/2 weeks ago. This was what she wanted for her body, to be able to give back to the earth in her death. We live in the Seattle area and were lucky to have such an incredible facility available to fulfill this wish for her. I will also most likely choose either this, or a similar option when my time comes. I cannot imagine just laying embalmed in a coffin for centuries. Thank you so much to Caitlin for helping to educate people on this and other more natural burials.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

"music the person loved" Ah. For my grandmother that was children singing Bible songs... badly. My aunt found a mixtape that Grandma had made. I struggled not to laugh at the funeral.

[@misschanandlerbong6392]

One of my work friends had a similar story which made me chuckle. Her dad was a primary school teacher. The school children had recorded a song played on their recorders for him and my friends mum had asked the crematorium to play it as the coffin was brought in but they didn't, the played a hymn instead. After the funeral, my friends mum called the crematorium to complain they had played a hymn they didn't want. The crematorium responded, "you think that's bad? The funeral after your husbands came in to Little Donkey played on recorders!" 😂😂

[@LLzChill]

Side note: I absolutely love that the scientist said the soil was "Nothing special "! We are all organic matter and we go back to that. It's full circle in its best form!

[@Marlaina]

But soil is special! It nurtures and supports life.

[@ti-lo5hy]

Woo I get to be the one to say! It's both!

[@TheChrisgralnic]

Nothing special today but back in the day the bodies of war were sacred in fertilizing the crops for their people back home . They also used their teeth.

[@crucifyrobinhood]

*TRUST THE SCIENCE, AMIRITE?!*

[@tleemf6923]

Ummm nope pretty sure soil is everything in the tree and plant kingdom!

[@SusanHopper-np5dt]

I had no idea this was happening right here in the PNW, but I love the idea. Previously I had thought about donating my remains to the body farm. Thank you for doing this work.

[@maddiebirch5928]

Caitlin, you always put life into perspective for me. Whenever I'm sad or depressed over nothing, I watch your videos and feel reinvigorated and JAZZED to be alive. What a gift it is to be here. Especially knowing that beautiful burial options like this are out there, death doesn't seem so horrible after all. Thank you endlessly. Signed, Perpetually Having an Existential Crisis

[@weirdguy7451]

Excuse me but I love that their Soil Scientist is called “Dr Bogs”. Like that’s the person to talk to about decay.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

I love this but my brain piped up, The bog man was actually preserved by the bog

[@Sarafimm2]

@@lazyhomebody1356 Same here, bog kept the man intact for us to find him when he would have probably completely decomposed in ANY other situation other than tundra ice.

[@lemonlily4022]

Also - Katrina’s last name is Spade! 😂

[@danielbuckner2167]

Samesies as the other commenters! Except there wasnt just one person ever found in a bog!! Windover in Florida was a bog that dried up before dozens of preserved bodies were found dating back THOUSANDS of years!

[@Nirian_vigora]

Ok this comment absolutely sent me 😂

[@heatherbendezu968]

This is the ONLY funeral option I have ever felt okay with happening to me. I am glad I saw this. I hope it becomes legal in TN.

[@karkatvantass3730]

I agree heavily. I want to return to the Earth. Once I'm gone I should be gone ya know? Preserving my dead body once I'm not in it anymore feels wrong. Also from TN :)

[@barbarasturtevant8327]

I saw the Burial Service for the 1rst time as of just now. I am 💯 % in agreement with being a choice. We came from the earth for life , so we shall become the earth in death. This is Superb technology at its best. I'm in.

[@tThisNThat]

You can be transported to any state FYI

[@brendakrieger7000]

Me too

[@brendakrieger7000]

@@tThisNThat oh yeah, good point. Thanks😊

[@grannieannie1371]

I've always said when I die I want to feed a big beautiful tree. This is such a perfect way to do that.

[@jamesrgriffinjr8282]

Caitlin, I really love this video and would enjoy supporting this here in Virginia. Respectfully

[@lb5072]

i’m not surprised the catholic church is against but as someone who is catholic- i love this idea. we’re told every ash wednesday that “from dust we are made, to dust we shall return” this is the most literal interpretation!

[@scootypoot3205]

Would you mind explaining what the catholic churches' reasoning against it is? I think it's really beautiful how you explained why they should embrace it with their own "from dust to dust" verse, I just don't understand why this would violate anything within their religion.

[@jaynestrange]

@@scootypoot3205 My understanding as a non-Catholic Christian is that they feel it's disrespectful. Honestly I think it's more of a tradition-based objection than a theological one. There's a way things have been done for a long time & a lot of people don't like the idea of changing that.

[@mariag5306]

@@scootypoot3205 pardon my cynical comment but growing up in an Italian Catholic community I've seen much greed and the Catholic church capitalizes on everything and they do make plenty of money on death with ceremonies, at the burials, cuts from funeral homes etc. My dad passed 8 years ago and I paid for the mass and other funeral services and still they hound me for money. The same after my mom's passing 2 years ago. What can you say about a church that expects a monthly donation and even after contributing for years if you can't because of income loss they threaten to remove you from the church. This happened when my dad lost his job when I was little. Sorry for my long winded reply but there's a lot going on in the Catholic church and lots of it is negative and self serving.

[@mariag5306]

@@jenniferlynne7323 I know it's not universal and I did try other churches and there were too many similarities unfortunately. The Italian ones were connected to the mob so I think that was the ultimate influence. I'm happy you found wonderful support. You're very fortunate. God bless you. My daughter's catechism was a horrible experience and for all the kids in her class. The woman who ran the catechism course had a son with emotional and violent problems. He abused the children in class verbally and physically. I reported it and it was hushed. Meanwhile some of the children developed issues. Sadly my daughter and most of them do not believe in God as a result no matter how I've tried to explain things to her.

[@forthefunofit3230]

@@mariag5306 that's 1 reason why the 'church' is so wealthy...look at the history of HOW they became wealthy.....but yet, it's the largest brainwasher of all in the name of religion!!! sickening!!

[@snailart9214]

as a farmer with A DEAD PILE, I've always wondered why this wasn't a thing for people. I love the dead pile! All hail the dead pile.

[@TheOldandslow]

Gotta put em somewhere

[@johnsherman6718]

@Susie Lytal Near where YOU live? You wouldn't mind. Would you?

[@KnubbelKekz]

It has so many benefits! I'm right there with you.

[@deluxeedition4639]

@@johnsherman6718 heck yeah I would! my azaelias and camillia bushes would love it

[@babesmagee1]

@@johnsherman6718 why would you mind?

[@deanlewis1277]

i really appreciate that you mention how relaxing it is. im sure for a lot of people, hearing that in life this process feels meditative and feels calming is a comfort.

[@Katina01TX]

I've never really thought about it, but we have a history and future of "green burials" in our family. Many of my relatives in Greece were buried in wooden caskets and without being embalmed. That is still a common practice over there. And... my mother is a nun and when she dies she will be buried in the same way, but here in the states.

[@danika5649]

As a gardener, this is a dream. After dedicating my life to my garden I would love to eventually become my garden

[@Feraloidies]

What would you enjoy imagining bring planted?

[@haikuoflife]

Same, I would like my body to become part of the earth again to feed a tree or some wild flowers. Hehee. =)

[@oldschoolman1444]

From the earth we come, to the earth we return. I'd be good with that! =)

[@KristiLEvans1]

“One of the times, a woman leapt out of the car, screaming her loved one’s name, joyously leaping over… to touch the pile [of soil].” I was not ready for that image. I had to leave the breakfast table. 🥺. Absolutely beautiful.

[@NoLifeButTheater]

I remember reading about the work experimenting to find the right ratio to make this compost in From Here to Eternity. I was really attached to the idea and I’m so glad it’s now available! I hope a facility opens in California before I die. ❤

[@juliemoyna8934]

Thank you for this information. I have never wanted to be cremated but hate the ridiculous cost for a funeral. This is exactly what I want! can’t wait to become dirt without worms eating me and my body will help grow new forests in Cali!

[@Ja-uu9ep]

The idea of being buried or especially cremated doesn't feel like how I want to go out. This whole peaceful and natural process is what I want.

[@luckystar9279]

Being savagely torn apart and eaten by insects. So peaceful.

[@Ja-uu9ep]

@@luckystar9279 At least I'd still be a snack when I'm dead

[@TamaNegi-el9yd]

@@luckystar9279 and I assume you‘ve been eating all kinds of animals savagely but somehow becoming one with earth is weird and creepy?

[@BBQNBLUES]

Wood Chippers be installed to speed up the process {eg}

[@Alexandra-fr1rz]

@@luckystar9279 you would actually be savagely torn apart by aerobic bacteria going through the nitrogen cycle. Insects can’t break down something alone as big as human body in only 30 days unless you had thousands and thousands of em

[@Mandi.P]

This has touched me in a way I can’t explain. I believe that this is how the cycle of life and death should be…so natural. I hope you get this bill passed.

[@colourfulcrafts5492]

They won't. People are now waking up to the idea of biological immortality. Lot less bodies to bury

[@victoriawilliams2786]

@@colourfulcrafts5492 You're right. The adrenochrome does wonders.

[@victoriawilliams2786]

If I had the money and business know how I'd look towards opening a business like this in my state. I'd also rather have this then cremation.

[@kristiekogutrodriguez496]

I like this idea because of the fear since I was a kid of being buried alive or being set on fire. I don’t know why I’ve always had the fear ,but the comfort of knowing I am mistakenly thought to be dead , and have the option of knocking on wall to signal someone “ hey I’m still alive “ is my kind of burial

[@Flufficat]

I love the idea of giving the compost back to the family to spread in their gardens or to plant trees in. Please bring this to the UK! For pets too.

[@LordCarpenter]

Being composted sounds a lot more appealing than becoming gross bio-soup in a sealed casket buried in a forever-dedicated plot of earth. Great video. Good stuff to know.

[@aarongreenfield9038]

Where do you think the matter of that body in a casket is going to be in 500 million years or more? We tend to think of things on a pathetically short human timescale. Even the Earth itself Will one day be reduced to dust and recycled in a few billion years, back into the universe, it doesn't matter where your body sits. Nothing in the universe goes to waste, other than some humans that may waste their lives while borrowing said matter.

[@robertpinnell1470]

@@aarongreenfield9038 5 years plus could you leave your mother there

[@MrGrace]

the body is going to do the same thing in the casket, the only thing that survives longer is your skeleton. But even that will break down soon after awhile.

[@Mr18031967]

@@aarongreenfield9038 bro your repeating yourself

[@Patricia-gz3nw]

I agree. The gross things done for embalming and being cremated with fuel poisoning the air. Luke Perry celebrity was buried in a mushroom suit and that’s amazing. Green burials are the best

[@draygoes]

I love that part "If you're still alive, you can just knock." This is for those of us that want every possible chance, even once the odds no longer exist. See, I know that when I'm dead, I'm dead. My body stops working, my brain stops working, the electricity that was me stops existing. Hopefully my soul moves on. I get that. But here's the thing. There's this odd sort of comfort knowing that I'm not being forced into a postion, ever. I'm being given a nice, soft, air filled space that isn't holdming me in place at all. If my body can get up, it's free to do that. If not, then I decompose under lack of my own power. This is what I NEED done with my body. Thank you so much for letting me know it's even a thing.

[@ilspeth99]

This is exactly how I feel.

[@nyuloubunny]

as someone with anxiety and claustrophobia I 100% feel you on this lol

[@damisaurus_rex]

Oh my god you put it into words... This is exactly how I feel too

[@nathanunderwood7832]

I felt the same. I don't like the idea of getting my body manipulated with embalming fluids or being torched up in the chamber.

[@sierramobley8962]

this is EXACTLY how i’ve always felt, i’m extremely grateful to Caitlin for sharing this info with us bc i have never been able to figure out what to put down as my preferred funeral method. this is probably what i’ll be going with if i can

[@tiaedge2094]

This is such a comforting way to lay a loved one to rest. I wish Alabama done this. I personally feel at ease, just to think I can talk to my loved ones without any disruptions.

[@anathompson1579]

Thank you for posting about this. I know its been a while. But I as well am a resdient of WA and I didnt know this was an option. I think many members of my family would love to know about this and be apart of it. I'll have to spread the message that this exists. Its amazing.

[@AnOddBird]

Catholics: "From dust we came and to dust we shall return" Also Catholics: Wait, not....like that, though....

[@shastanik]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kimberelydavis379]

That was awesome! It’s just ridiculous. 🤣

[@babydoll8em69]

Bahahaha and just like that I spit pepsi everywhere 😂😂

[@jojoco120]

Hi, I'm a Christian (wait don't hang-up). I LOVE this idea. Now, I'm not a Catholic but I can't imagine why other Christians wouldn't be completely down for this once they understand how it works. As a little girl when I heard the "dust to dust" verse I always imagined nourishing the trees. The Bible also says that we are to care for the earth so I think that Jesus would be totally on board!

[@cynthiaogoke5644]

I'm a Catholic, but this is funny 😂😂

[@TBizzell68]

This is the ultimate “my body my choice” I cannot understand why there’s so few states, I was considering cremation, then I saw the option of being plainly buried and a tree planted. This would be a fantastic option, I think my family would probably think it’s weird, but in the same thought they would say, “well, it is Tommy, so…”. Those roses are so beautiful, oh thanks, it’s all because of Tommy, he must have a green thumb, no his decomposed body is feeding them……crickets…

[@sterlingodeaghaidh5086]

Money, morality, and traditon, those are the roots. As a student in the industry, that is the answer to this particular question. - The politicians often set in their ways fear that these new methods may scare people from the methods that net the government an income. Plus they like to be in control too so there is that. - The funeral homes see these startups as competition, and being the funeral industry has an almost exclusive control over what happens when you die, there is a bit of sway that the role carries. - The public sees this as different, a break from tradition and what they were brought up to see as moral and ethical. "Farmers compost dead livestock, what now are we just cows?" (not saying that's the exact argument but you get the gist). This means their less inclined to look at these options unless someone they know has undergone these processes. - The public also may have an underlying fear as to what could be transferred into the soil, fearing public safety and such. - Having these facilities in a community may ruing the value of property thus it may not be favorable to municipalities and developers. Ther is a whole load more that can factor in, this is a very short sentence of what is arguably a novel the size of J.R.R Tolken's "Silmarillion".

[@danarzechula3769]

Sounds lovely! But I want to fertilize a field of daffodils. They look like the sun is shining out of them. And bulbs love bone meal...

[@maylewis6142]

Absolutely brilliant! From dust to dust in a beautiful way. Come on SA let's do it.🇿🇦

[@thissweethour]

I'm so in favour of this! 🇿🇦

[@sharonmullins1957]

I am sick of our country dictating policy by a few. I am so impressed by your process, seriously considering this instead of cremation. Why should this be a decision made by bureaucrats who only want to be re-elected. Thanks for this fascinating option.

[@sherryg1838]

“We should all be cartwheeling through the compost.” So touching and emotional.

[@JimAllen-Persona]

“Tresspassers will be composted” could be really bad ass if you put it in the right context 😂

[@Laurell_Silentshade]

My neighbour across the street lives in a converted church with graves out front. I like to think of them as warnings against home invaders.

[@user-zd8ob1ni3d]

This is my dream!!!!!I am an avid gardener,and it just makes sense to me!!

[@jolenaroe3001]

I have always been scared of what to do with my dead body😅 my husband just passed away he was only 44. Im 37 and i want this done!! I think its amazing! Im in Ohio and everytime I tell ppl this could become an option and everyone wants this!!! Its such a great way of end of life care❤

[@niki3722]

I feel like the conservationist was finally a worthy audience for caitlins jokes I loved their whole interaction

[@b81312]

same, especially after year of pandemic and decreases human interactions it was so nice to see such authentic interactions!

[@aDespondentThespian]

As someone whose nearing her death. This gives me a lot to think about. Brings tears to my eyes, Caitlyn.

[@thoughtsnorker6309]

good luck on this journey, whatever the path may be

[@tkmccoywv]

Best of luck to you, Thespian. Safe journeys

[@cholec9230]

sending love

[@khaxjc1]

It feels wrong to leave a like on such a comment but I am glad that you have access to this channel, information, and the death positive support here at this time. I hope you are supported also beyond here and have what you need to remove extra stressors as they come.

[@maryupoppin]

Wishing you a peaceful transition

[@sonee_moon]

This truly speaks to me, it’s like the truest form of returning to the earth

[@LindaMissad]

I love this idea. Maybe we should tell those Catholics that it fits with their preaching that we came from dust and will go back to dust. Thank you for making us aware.

[@jamesgreen6608]

The little girl cartwheeling through the compost made me cry. That has to be the most beautiful thing I've heard dancing in your loved ones compost.

[@Isabella-nh5dm]

We have farmed for generations. Deceased livestock has always been composted as far back as I can remember. It's a good method and actually, in the case of animals to whom I have had a close personal attachment, the nice little tree protected spot that we use makes me feel they are resting peacefully in a beautiful place. I did right by them.

[@cc1k435]

That seems far more peaceful than calling in livestock removal for rendering, eh?

[@bushelapeck1501]

That is so beautiful 😥

[@Lunishta]

If i had nickle for the amount of times my last dog came home with a leg from a neighbours livestock pit

[@photoboyjet]

@@Lunishta There was a slaughterhouse on the outskirts of the town I lived in. One day Mike, our hound/spaniel mix went out there and came home with a cow leg bigger than he was. He must have dragged that thing five miles. It was nothing but bone, hoof and cartilage. Mike was so proud of his accomplishment, but my grandmother and sisters were horrified.

[@Lunishta]

@@photoboyjet I always thought it was interesting when Sirius my border collie/golden retriever came home with a cows leg because there aren't any cattle farms in his known stomping grounds (our property and the neighbours field to chase coyotes), he must've gone up the road to find them.

[@cullyomeara6918]

You're not just a tree. You are the place. You become very literally one with it; a part of it. A spiritually and scientifically significant place. You become an experience. As a 3rd year astrophysics student...I can't help but think about the natural order of the universe. That is, Energy cannot be created NOR destroyed, only transformed. Now life and that energy are unified. Neither created NOR destroyed...but rather SHARED. With the planet and ecosystem that gave us the energy and raw material to exist - to live - in the first place and shared with every soul who walks those trails and takes in the beauty of that place. A kind of eternal life. This will be in my own will. Thank you for showing the beauty in the natural way of the universe and for providing us a choice in death to be embraced by that same beauty and natural order. Out with cremation and the other destructive death traditions we've had. In with recomposition!

[@MoonstoneGames]

That is something that gives you freedom in a such beautiful way. To go and leave something behind to provide life.

[@deborahc398]

As a Californian, it makes me sad to think that we were so close, and yet failed. I've been telling my children since they were small that I wanted to be "scattered under a tree". This option would make me not only a tree, but a forest!

[@Flowergurl2000]

Cali girl here too. I say bury me under a fruit tree and say after you pick the fruit, “ Jana tastes good this year!”

[@mayi-gotothebathroom]

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[@Theredwolfwoman]

Right! We could have had psychedelics to expand the mind and consciousness and sacred forests of human composting where we could probably go to them and be completely present! I started tearing up when they talked about the little girl dancing because that level of recognition of the cycles of life and consciousness so young was so profound

[@ccirish4519]

Maybe it's the wildfires. They may think all your hard work will go to waste LOL

[@lorrenay3288]

Cali girl here too. There is a place in Point Reyes i believe that puts you in an egg like casing and placed under trees in the redwoods.

[@ShortHax]

This is a nice way to explain the human remains in the backyard

[@MrJamiez]

Bot.

[@MsMarplekedvencei]

When I was looking for a house and checked one it was dark in the evening. I saw a beautiful mum in the garden, so I stared at the flowers. That was the moment when the seller told me briefly: The parents will be moved when we leave the property... then I could see the little rock with "in loving memory of" ...

[@June-tb4vi]

@@MsMarplekedvencei 😧

[@musicrinda]

Lol

[@rigormortiz5357]

c'mon, let's test it on you! it'll be fun xD

[@thewerebear1]

100% the way I'd want to be laid to rest. Always liked the idea of naturally breaking down and this makes the best use of that idea of returning to nature.

[@kaitlynr8340]

Thank ya’ll for this gift of a video❤️