Ep 90 – A Grave Situation
Ashes Ashes5 Sep 2019

Ep 90 – A Grave Situation

Episode 90 - "A Grave Situation"

Over 100 billion people have died on this planet and been laid to rest through countless burial traditions and customs, and while a majority of these passings simply re-entered natural ecological cycles, many popular burial traditions of today require exorbitant additions of resources that cause dramatic natural disturbances guaranteed to have a lasting environmental impact. But beyond this, it appears that the way we live in society carries over to the ways we die. The same alienation, segregation, and disconnection from our land and ourselves that we experience in life can all be found in our cultural habits surrounding death. Can we imagine a better way? Or will this grave situation only deepen?

Chapters
  • 03:49 Post-Life Carbon Footprint
  • 17:50 Embalming History
  • 28:42 Land and Space Challenges
  • 48:10 Segregation in Life and Death
  • 1:00:01 Body Brokers: Bodies and Profit

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