Designed and created by Spanish designer Martín Ruiz de Azúa, who lives in Barcelona, the Bios Urn allows people to have their ashes eventually grow into a tree.
The Bios Urn is a mortuary urn made from biodegradable materials: coconut shell, compacted peat and cellulose.
Each urn contains the seed of a tree inside. Once the urn is planted the seed begins to develop and grow. You have the option of picking from a variety of trees and plants.
Available here.
4 comments:
I was under the impression that the majority of the carbon that a tree's composed of comes from CO2 rather than the ground. So if you're going to be cremated practically to carbon would "you" be much of a tree at all?
Great idea. The best funeral I ever went to was that of the 22-year-old son of a friend who died of cancer. The dad had been a scout leader for years, and all the guys got together and backpacked in to the wilderness in the local mountains. We packed in a small tree, and planted it with his ashed in a beautiful place.
You could make this yourself with a biodegradable cup or paper. Oak seeds are plentiful. Dirt is generally free. But I guess £60 is still cheaper than a coffin.
The tree's going to need all the same elements, compounds and minerals that are left of you in the form of ash. The fertilizer becomes part of the tree.
I think this is a pretty idea.
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