Comments on: Natural Birth… why not Natural Death? http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/ alternative parenting | conscious living | unschooling Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:20:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Amanda http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1490 Amanda Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:31:23 +0000 http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1490 "The thought that you might be able to do some good for the planet several hundred years after you have died by promoting the growth of some trees makes you feel a little bit cheerful," he says. "Forget pushing up daisies, we should be pushing up forests instead." http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/preparing-for-the-final-curtain/2007/08/06/1186252631537.html “The thought that you might be able to do some good for the planet several hundred years after you have died by promoting the growth of some trees makes you feel a little bit cheerful,” he says. “Forget pushing up daisies, we should be pushing up forests instead.”

http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/preparing-for-the-final-curtain/2007/08/06/1186252631537.html

]]> By: arun http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1387 arun Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:38:16 +0000 http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1387 Thanks for making me feel a llittle saner about my current obsession Tammy. Nice to know its not so alien dwelling on such matters. Sorry for your and your families loss Rue! No doubt has left a big hole for you all, although the way you sent off Dammit (love the name btw!) sounds beautiful. Amazing that doing the same thing for a person could be so challenging legally & apparently logistically. Thanks Summer (from Mommy Babble) for your comments too. I was a committed "burn my body when i die" person until i heard this talk. The author of the book talked about the large environmental footprint left by the cremation process. Apparently they need to burn you at over 600ºC for instance. Also the large expense. For the first time i found myself leaning towards a cardboard box on some plot of land (not necessarily a cemetary)... hopefully ive got lots of time to check it out more ;) arun Thanks for making me feel a llittle saner about my current obsession Tammy. Nice to know its not so alien dwelling on such matters.

Sorry for your and your families loss Rue! No doubt has left a big hole for you all, although the way you sent off Dammit (love the name btw!) sounds beautiful. Amazing that doing the same thing for a person could be so challenging legally & apparently logistically.

Thanks Summer (from Mommy Babble) for your comments too. I was a committed “burn my body when i die” person until i heard this talk. The author of the book talked about the large environmental footprint left by the cremation process. Apparently they need to burn you at over 600ºC for instance. Also the large expense. For the first time i found myself leaning towards a cardboard box on some plot of land (not necessarily a cemetary)… hopefully ive got lots of time to check it out more ;)

arun

]]> By: Mommy Babble http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1373 Mommy Babble Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:03:34 +0000 http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1373 Hopefully I still have several years to go, but I've already made plans to be cremated. Honestly I don't like the idea of taking up space after I'm not in that body to enjoy it. Do I really need my little plot of earth to rot in? Hopefully I still have several years to go, but I’ve already made plans to be cremated. Honestly I don’t like the idea of taking up space after I’m not in that body to enjoy it. Do I really need my little plot of earth to rot in?

]]> By: Rue http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1353 Rue Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:47:41 +0000 http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1353 This is a subject that's been on my mind (and under discussion here) a lot lately. Last month our 18 year old puppy died. She was very much loved and a member of our family. None of us wanted anyone else to care for her, and none of us wanted her far away from us. So Jon and I built a coffin of sorts (just a plain box wrapped in her blanket) and together we buried her on our property. We went with Dagny and Rowan to buy flowers and spent some time together making a pretty spot and happy spot for us to visit her, which one or all of us does every day. The experience has brought up a lot of interesting thoughts and conversations. I think people have lost something very important in handing over their dead to strangers and their mourning to a formularized process. Wakes, funeral services, and memorial services have never given me anything like the feeling I had when I took care of Dammit one last time with my own two hands, surrounded by people who loved her as much as I did. I'll be checking out Funeral Right, thanks. ~Rue This is a subject that’s been on my mind (and under discussion here) a lot lately. Last month our 18 year old puppy died. She was very much loved and a member of our family. None of us wanted anyone else to care for her, and none of us wanted her far away from us. So Jon and I built a coffin of sorts (just a plain box wrapped in her blanket) and together we buried her on our property. We went with Dagny and Rowan to buy flowers and spent some time together making a pretty spot and happy spot for us to visit her, which one or all of us does every day.

The experience has brought up a lot of interesting thoughts and conversations. I think people have lost something very important in handing over their dead to strangers and their mourning to a formularized process. Wakes, funeral services, and memorial services have never given me anything like the feeling I had when I took care of Dammit one last time with my own two hands, surrounded by people who loved her as much as I did.

I’ll be checking out Funeral Right, thanks. ~Rue

]]> By: TammyT http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1327 TammyT Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:54:54 +0000 http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/27/natural-birth-why-not-natural-death/#comment-1327 Arun, I've thought of this too. I don't want to die in a hospital, but in my home. And, I want to be cremated or just buried in the ground so that I can decompose into the earth, feed some bugs, etc. Thanks for the link to the Natural Death Centre. I'll look into it. We humans are so wasteful, that we even litter the earth with our bodies. Incredible, isn't it? I suppose though, that it's a proper signature after our lifetimes of waste. I don't think your speaking of death is morbid. It's healthy. The idea that it's morbid comes from a society that doesn't want to deal with the reality that it brings, and instead waits until it's too late, then we can't find a proper way to grieve. We have to find grieving support groups to be allowed to be honest about it. The rest of the world is busy ignoring the fact that we die, so we have to seek out special groups to deal with a thing that is as natural as giving birth. Arun, I’ve thought of this too. I don’t want to die in a hospital, but in my home. And, I want to be cremated or just buried in the ground so that I can decompose into the earth, feed some bugs, etc.

Thanks for the link to the Natural Death Centre. I’ll look into it. We humans are so wasteful, that we even litter the earth with our bodies. Incredible, isn’t it? I suppose though, that it’s a proper signature after our lifetimes of waste.

I don’t think your speaking of death is morbid. It’s healthy. The idea that it’s morbid comes from a society that doesn’t want to deal with the reality that it brings, and instead waits until it’s too late, then we can’t find a proper way to grieve. We have to find grieving support groups to be allowed to be honest about it. The rest of the world is busy ignoring the fact that we die, so we have to seek out special groups to deal with a thing that is as natural as giving birth.

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