Weird Ways To Be Buried - #8: Ecological burial
The method behind ecological burial is crystal-clear, easy to grasp and accept. It is based on a new combination of tried-and-tested techniques that prepare the corpse for a natural process of decomposition. The procedure is justifiable in terms of ethical, moral, environmental and technical considerations, and does not subject the body to violent or destructive handling.The method is based upon preserving the body in a biological form after death, while avoiding harmful embalming fluid. Then it can be returned to the ecological cycle in a dignified manner as a valuable contribution to the living earth.
An important part of the solution is to remove that which is least important; the water that makes up 70 percent of a normal-sized body. Technically speaking, this is done using an entirely closed individual process in which the corpse is freeze-dried in liquid nitrogen.
Promessa - Ecological burial
Would you like a special reminder of someone who has passed? You'll have them with you always in a portrait drawn using their ashes. 
Norrie May-Welby, 48, was born a man but had a sex change operation in 1990, at the age of 28.
Pencils made from the carbon of human cremains. 240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash - a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind.
Your body would be dissolved in lye and turned into a brownish, coffee-colored syrupy residue, in what is clearly a very environmentally friendly technique. The liquid has the texture of motor oil and spreads a strong ammonia (urine-like) smell, but it is sterile and can be poured down the drain. In US, animal carcasses have been melted using this method for the past 16 years.
Leaving Earth to touch the cosmos is an experience few have ever known, but many have often dreamed of Celestis makes it possible to honor the dream and memory of your departed loved one by launching a symbolic portion of cremated remains into Earth orbit, onto the lunar surface or into deep space. Missions into space that return the cremated remains to Earth are also available. 
The LifeGem is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life, or as a symbol of your personal and precious bond with another.
Eternal Reefs, Inc. creates permanent living legacies that memorialize the passing of a loved one. For families and individuals that choose cremation, Eternal Reefs offers a new memorial choice that replaces cremation urns and ash scattering with a permanent environmental living legacy.
Heavens Above Fireworks celebrates the life of a partner, relative or friend.
A hoard of 1,700 pairs shoes have gone on display in South Korea, in the hope their owners will come to reclaim them.
Much has been made in recent years of the proclivity of celebrities to give their children unusual names. Who among us wasn't at least a little befuddled upon first encountering the names Moon Unit Zappa and Moxie Crimefighter Jillette? Contrary to popular belief, though, celebrities have nothing on the rest of us. Distinctive names have been with us through the ages. Want proof? Megan Smolenyak submit the following:
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A 59-year-old Brazilian man has surprised his family by turning up at his own funeral, local media report.
A gothic couple have become the first in the UK to have their wedding blessed in a graveyard.
One in 20 British children think Adolf Hitler was Germany's national football coach, while six percent believe the Holocaust was a celebration at the end of World War II, according to a new poll.
A unique leisure attraction on approximately 10 acres of land. Harperley POW Camp known as working camp 93 was established in 1943 initially to house Italian P.O.W.s. In 1944 the Italians were dispersed to make way for German POWs deemed to be of low security risk. The camp ceased to function by summer 1948.
A former Prisoner of War camp in County Durham, UK, 
When Denis Cox wrote an urgent letter to the scientists at the 
The commandment to "be fruitful and multiply" the Krishevsky family follows quite closely. Last Saturday, the great grandmother, Rachel Krishevsky passed away at the age of 99, leaving behind no less than 1,400 children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even great-great-grandchildren.
File this under odd symbolism. Lonnie Holloway, of Saluda, S.C., was buried in the front seat of his 1973 Pontiac Catalina on Tuesday. Both were lowered into the grave by a crane.
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