TED: When I die, recompose me | Katrina Spade

The video explores the environmental impact of traditional funerary practices like burial and cremation, highlighting their unsustainable nature. It introduces human composting as an eco-friendly alternative, inspired by livestock mortality composting. The speaker shares plans to establish a human composting facility in Seattle, aiming to transform human bodies into nutrient-rich soil. The project has garnered global interest, and future plans include creating a design toolkit for building similar facilities worldwide.

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