As 7d said, ‘Six Feet Under’ beat them to it’:
By LISA LEFF
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – In what may be the ultimate expression of back to nature, three entrepreneurs are creating what they say is California’s first organic cemetery, hoping their ban on floral arrangements and formaldehyde will serve as a national model.Embalming fluid, metal caskets and marble headstones won’t be permitted at Fernwood Forever. Instead, the dead will be placed in biodegradable boxes or shrouds and interred in nondescript graves that mourners can dig themselves.
To ensure visitors pay their respects at the right spot, the cemetery will provide global positioning system devices and native boulders as markers.
The partners think their business model can be easily replicated in other crowded areas where space is at a premium. Co-owner Tyler Cassity said they already are scouting potential sites in Oregon, near Seattle and outside Chicago.
via 7d
