The Greening of Death w Suzanne Kelly

<p>&lt;p&gt;Ever wonder about the environmental footprint associated with what happens to your body after you die? How does the carbon intensity of a conventional burial in a finished casket surrounded by a concrete vault, for example, compare to the carbon emissions caused by cremation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Green Burial Movement has been at the forefront of raising inconvenient questions about everything from the use of embalming &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;chemicals to the mountains of carbon-intensive materials embodied in the caskets, cement, fibreglass or metal vaults buried along with humans remains in the typical grave in a conventional cemetery.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On this episode of Planet Haliburton we interview Suzanne Kelly, author of the 2015 book entitled “Greening Death: Reclaiming Death Practices and Restoring Our Tie to the Earth”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Show Notes: <a href="https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Background-Resources-for-Planet-Haliburton-February-10-2020.pdf&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Background-Resources-for-Planet-Haliburton-February-10-2020.pdf&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt</a>;</p>