#tree graveyard

[faerestofthemall]

A green witch bucket list desistnation: Kitch-iti-kipi Spring in Manistique, MI. The water is clear as crystal and the whole spring is surrounded by trees. This is a great place for grounding and recovery.

[holodoggy]

I've started clearing, rearranging, and constructing things for my island plan and so far it looks like the workings of a madman

[neon-reverie-blog]

“Capsula Mundi, a project spearheaded by designers Raoul Bretzel and Anna Citelli, envisions a kind of organic "seed" containing a person's earthly remains. The individual's body is placed in the fetal position and encased in a biodegradable, organic capsule that is then buried in the ground. As the body decomposes, it provides nutrients and eventually a tree grows over the grave. Several different varieties of tree are available.The project is the newest idea in the natural burial movement. Supporters of natural burial favor a simple way of dealing with a person's remains, arguing that standard burials are wasteful and environmentally unfriendly. It's hard to argue with this notion, considering the amount of harmful chemicals like formaldehyde that are often used to preserve bodies, or the expensive, rare wood often used in coffins. At this point, Capsula Mundi is just a concept because Italy (and indeed, many countries) currently forbid such burials. But it's quite possible that someday these seed capsules might be a viable alternative to chemicals and coffins, and that the tree might replace the tombstone as a way to mark one's final resting place.“ - http://organic-burial.diply.com/diply-news/organic-burial-method-turns-you-into-a-tree-after-you-die/100458 Today was my father’s birthday, who I had lost February 4th, 2002. We wound up burying him, and unfortunately we had a nasty family dispute that renders us from being on talking terms. How can someone not be inspired by such a beautiful idea? Could you imagine how our views of death would change? I think we would have an easier time transitioning the idea of saying goodbye to loved ones. No longer would we settle for reducing ourselves to ash in an expensive urn, or leaving the bodies to rot inside a box that won’t even exist in our memories. Nature will always prevail.