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 Shaggy420
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 This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die 
#563149 - 06/09/11 05:16 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2mlJpr/bigthink.com/ideas/38299
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, Spanish designer Martin Azua 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.
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: Shaggy420]
#563150 - 06/09/11 05:18 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Baobab without question
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Shaggy420
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: T-Rex]
#563155 - 06/09/11 05:32 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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sitting in a field on a hot summers day,under a giant oak tree is one of my favorite things in life 
so yeah id have to choose a giant oak tree, even if it is unlikely it would make it to maturity.
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FurrowedBrow
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: Shaggy420]
#563222 - 06/09/11 11:49 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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badass!
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Laysthepipe
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#563224 - 06/09/11 12:00 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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idk if I like this.
An urn is to keep the ashes with you not biodegrade them
I've always thought plants + ashes = no good, so wth?
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: Laysthepipe] 1
#563225 - 06/09/11 12:11 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Laysthepipe said:
I've always thought plants + ashes = no good, so wth?
You thought wrong.
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RasJeph
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: Stoneth]
#563229 - 06/09/11 12:17 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I just wanna be a big ganja bush. Then all my friends can smoke me. Is that an option?
Veg me for like 6 months. Northern Lights so it works outdoor in my area (short flower before frost period). Everyone will be high from me for like a whole year 
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: RasJeph]
#563245 - 06/09/11 12:53 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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RasJeph said:
I just wanna be a big ganja bush. Then all my friends can smoke me. Is that an option?
but no for real,
I'd rather be compost for a tree
then hide away in a box
beautiful stuff
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: FRACTALife]
#563375 - 06/09/11 08:07 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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This is fucking cool, but i would rather get blasted into space.
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: Stoneth]
#563412 - 06/09/11 09:29 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Stoneth said:
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Laysthepipe said:
I've always thought plants + ashes = no good, so wth?
You thought wrong.
You sure?
Pretty sure it was all over the internet a few years ago that ash kills plants.
Either way I read it and have always kept ashes as far as possible from plants.
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drawde
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: Laysthepipe]
#563414 - 06/09/11 09:32 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Depends on the application I think. Ashes are basic and so can help if the soil is very acidic or if you have a basic loving plant.
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Re: This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die [Re: Shaggy420]
#563443 - 06/09/11 10:18 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I think the idea of growing into a tree is 
Quote:
Laysthepipe said:
Quote:
Stoneth said:
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Laysthepipe said:
I've always thought plants + ashes = no good, so wth?
You thought wrong.
You sure?
He's right.
Ashes are a great fertilizer as long as you mix it with some other organic material 
 THIS DOES NOT MEAN USE YOUR PLANTS AS AN ASHTRAY THOUGH
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