"Green funeral what is that?"

This quote from the funeral director continued with him stating that he has been in the industry for over 25 years and he does not have a clue about this business practice. It is quite clear to me why the industry that is trying to maintain its monopoly on death care is not motivated to become more environmentally conscious. They are the ones pouring hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemicals into the soil so that our loved ones "look so peaceful almost like their sleeping". They are the ones along with the owners of cemeteries who are using hundreds of thousands of pounds of concrete to place cement boxes over the overpriced metal or wooden boxes to ensure that their isn't a divot in the manicured lawns. The same funeral homes that now promote flush monuments so that the mower doesn't even have to slow down. For more on this topic see
http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk/ or http://www.glendalenaturepreserve.org/home_funeral.pdf
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/consumers/eco-burials.html
I can only hope that in time there will be more environmentally friendly options for people within British Columbia. For a discussion on this issue local to BC see http://www.memorialsocietybc.org/c/g/