Burying your deceased loved ones in a way that doesn’t fit in with your culture or faith can be an uncomfortable thought, but after looking at this strangely beautiful burial method developed in Italy, one can’t help but feel inspired and at peace with the idea.
Designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel are behind Capsula Mundi, a project that is offering a revolutionary alternative to the way we bury our dead. Instead of being placed in a coffin, the deceased’s body is instead put into a biodegradable burial capsule — with a tree seed planted on top.
It doesn’t take much thought to realise just why this is so beautiful.
The Italian company offers a number of different trees to choose from.
The people buried inside the pods will become nutrients for their chosen trees.
Capsula Mundi hopes that one day we will have sacred or ‘memory’ forests, just like we have cemeteries.
At the moment, the project is only a concept because Italian law does not permit burials to be carried out this way. But if changes in the law were to permit the practice, the project’s aim would be to create entire memorial parks full of trees instead of tombstones.
Instead of destroying trees for new coffins, we’d be able to give life to new ones instead. Instead of visiting lifeless tombs, we’d be able to visit and care for our trees, and our descendants would be able to see it grow for many generations. This is a wonderful idea which we sincerely hope catches on.
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