Burial Urn grows into a tree

Thanks Jeeni Zucchini - "I, personally, would much rather leave behind a tree than a tombstone."

This awesome urn will turn you into a tree after you die!

You don't find many designers working in the funeral business thinking about more creative ways for you to leave this world (and maybe they should be). However, the product designer... Gerard Moline has combined the romantic notion of life after death with an eco solution to the dirty business of the actual, you know, transition.

His Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn made from coconut shell, compacted peat and cellulose and inside it contains the seed of a tree. Once your remains have been placed into the urn, it can be planted and then the seed germinates and begins to grow. You even have the choice to pick the type of plant you would like to become, depending on what kind of planting space you prefer.

 

 

Bios Urn transforms the burial ritual in a regeneration and return to life through nature. As a result, cemeteries become forests.

I, personally, would much rather leave behind a tree than a tombstone.

http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/this-awesome-urn-will-turn-you-into-a-tree-after-you-die

Find them here: http://www.urnabios.com/See More