When a trend is hot, people get creatively exploitive, and given that nothing is sexier these days than going green, I wasn't that surprised to come across an eco-friendly coffin. That's right, now it's possible to part ways with the Earth in an environmentally sustainable fashion.
The Ecopod, designed by Hazel Selina, is a coffin crafted from naturally hardened, 100% recycled paper. Research shows that 89% of coffins used every year - around 600,000 - are made from laminate-covered chipboard. Selina's pods incorporate newspaper and toxin-free glue and are sometimes decorated and lined with feathers. While she currently builds them by hand, her U.K. based business, Arka the Ecopod Project, is expanding, having received orders all the way from Canada.
Sign me up.
I'm all for green living, but why not take it a step further? What's the point in a coffin? Just drop me in a hole.
Posted by: Dan Pierson | April 01, 2008 at 03:53 PM