'Green' Burials Growing in Popularity

Sat Jul 1, 2006 10:32 PM EDT

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JoulesBeef

damn i once told someone i wanted to do that as a child and they told me it was illegal...at the time the only place that offered to return my body to the cycle of life was a monestary in tibet, that would feed me to the birds..I guess teh person that told me that was wrong, but i am glad i dont have to go to tibet to dispose of my body the way i want it disposed.

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#1 - Sat Jul 1, 2006 11:23 PM EDT

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mipadi

At Greensprings, where a plot costs $500 plus a $350 fee to dig the grave, bodies cannot be embalmed or otherwise chemically preserved.

If you dig the grave and place the body in yourself, is the $350 fee waived?

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#2 - Mon Jul 3, 2006 12:47 PM EDT

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Judy-147856

Where have I been? I didn't want to be embalmed or put on display with fake makeup...but I didn't really want to be cremated either. This is wonderful, I didn't know it was actually legal. I always said I wanted to be buried in the horse pasture, maybe now I can. J

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#3 - Tue May 15, 2007 12:06 PM EDT

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Judy-147856

It must be a slow day...

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#4 - Tue May 15, 2007 1:33 PM EDT

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