When I Die I Want To Be A Reef.

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> 10 years ago

Shooting the breeze.

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

evlPanda

NSW, 9207 posts

30 Oct 2008 3:17pm

"Today’s environmentally-conscious people are thinking of ways to stay green even after they’re gone.

Eternal Reefs is putting a new spin on the at-sea burial by offering an environmentally-friendly alternative to cremation and traditional cemetery burials.

The company offers a way to have a memorial and help out the environment at the same time, by creating a memorial reef that contains the ashes of the deceased.

The memorial reefs are known as “reef balls.” They are constructed by mixing cremated remains with liquid concrete, which is put into mold in order to create the reef ball.

The reef ball is placed alongside other reef balls to create an artificial reef that provides a habitat for sea life.

Within a few weeks, marine life will begin to take hold in the artificial reef, which will look like a natural reef within a few months. It creates a living legacy that is a unique way to memorialize someone who has passed."

www.eternalreefs.com

doggie

15849 posts

doggie

WA, 15849 posts

30 Oct 2008 1:50pm

Just another way to dump crap in the ocean

GreenPat

QLD

4103 posts

GreenPat

QLD, 4103 posts

30 Oct 2008 3:26pm

Save the cement and the carbon emissions from cremation, just dump me straight into the ocean and straight back into the food chain. Minus any organs anyone can still use of course.

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

evlPanda

NSW, 9207 posts

30 Oct 2008 7:08pm

GreenPat said...

Save the cement and the carbon emissions from cremation, just dump me straight into the ocean and straight back into the food chain. Minus any organs anyone can still use of course.

As long as you're actually dead when they take them, right?
(Happens a bit more than you think apparently)

poor relative

9106 posts

poor relative

WA, 9106 posts

30 Oct 2008 5:31pm

There are parts of me on many reefs throughout Indo.

NotWal

QLD

7436 posts

NotWal

QLD, 7436 posts

31 Oct 2008 1:12pm

That's clever. We spend all that money on funerals and just get a party and a small sanctified piece of dirt. Better to get something useful out of it.

dism

NSW

660 posts

dism

NSW, 660 posts

31 Oct 2008 4:11pm

You could be put at ya fav reef break and then your mates could remember you by having great sessions surfing a break you have actually part of

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