AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Responsible Consumption & Production
KEYWORDS
Burial, Tree, Green cemetaries
COUNTRY
Italy
DESIGNED BY
Capsula Mundi:
Anna Citelli
Raoul Bretzel
WEBSITE
http://www.capsulamundi.it/
Capsula Mundi: Organic Burial Pods
Returning to the Earth: turn your loved ones in to trees. Promoting green cemeteries worldwide.
Organic Burial Pods give the alternative option to bury a loved one in a pod that will fertilize a tree of your choosing. "Descendants could visit our tree, care for it and rest in its shade." Not only does it create a comforting remainder, but, if implemented, it will utilize the dwindling land space and use it for healthy trees instead of non degradable coffins. The practice is currently illegal in Italy, where the project was made, but is making strides towards implementation.
"The tree is chosen when the person is alive, relatives and friends look after it when death occurs. A cemetery will no longer be full of tombstones and will become a sacred forest.”