What’s the meaning of life? Better yet, what’s the meaning of life after life? The latter question is definitely harder to answer than the first, but depending on who you ask the first can likely be summed up much quicker dependent on your answer to the latter. Still with me? It’s a solid “chicken vs egg” set up.
The people who created Bios Urn think they have the answer to the whole “what happens after death” mystery. So they’re turning people into trees. Yes, anyone willing to oblige them won’t end up in a human size box, spread over the ocean, or spending a boring eternity sitting in a tiny box above their kid’s fireplace. Becoming a tree is definitely cooler than at least two of those three options if you ask me. And sure, if given the choice many of us would choose to come back as a eagle…or Craig Anderson…but as far as I’ve seen nobody has made eco-friendly Ando-urns.
Looks legit. Still waiting for the biodegradable Ando-urn though.
So here’s how it works: the ashes are placed in the bottom of something that looks like a recycled Starbucks cup. The upper compartment holds soil and a seed of your choice. Over time, while the seed germinates, the urn in the bottom portion will naturally decompose, exposing your (or your loved one’s) ashes to the roots of a newly forming tree. Viola, human tree.
An eco friendly approach to the after life isn’t exactly a new thing, with campaigns like the Urban Death Project making practical use of the body’s natural decomposing process. But the ability to dictate how you come back to life? That’s pretty darn cool.
Don’t all rush to buy a plot of land overlooking J-Bay at once though.
