How do you want to die? Do you want to go out with a... actually, I don't care. What I do care about is, what do we do with you after you're dead? Drain your blood, fill you with poison, stick you inside a metal box, put that inside a concrete box, and act like that's doing you a favor somehow? Or would you rather just become part of the soil and the beetles and the trees?

You do have options. Green burials produce less carbon dioxide, don't expose funeral workers to cancer-causing chemicals, are less wasteful, and, in my opinion, send a beautiful message about what you're all about. They can even help to protect wilderness, under the right circumstances. Learn all about green burials in this episode of The Cliff's Edge.