Dead on Your Feet

Now that your birkenstocks are gone, have you given some thought to resting for an eternity on your feet? Well, vertical burials are already a reality in Australia, the Netherlands and in some Asian countries where land for cemeteries is scarce. On these resting grounds, bodies are buried upright in holes just over 3 metres deep in biodegradable bags to conserve land space. Cheaper than standard funeral packages (on average, vertical burials cost approximately $1,500 Canadian) and arguably, a more reasonable alternative to lessening environmental impacts (the land can always be converted back into grazing pastures for animals), vertical burials might just mean that more people will start going green with their interment choices.

~ Miss Mo Rose