Ep. 117- In Death: Caring for the Planet with Eco Burials with Colin McAteer

I think there’s no better way to end season 6, before I hibernate for 3 months, than with an interview all about caring for the planet in death. The Western way of grandiose everything has seeped into our burial habits and our bodies no longer go back to the soil as they should. Colin McAteer is the owner of greencoffins.ie and Woodbrook Natural Burial Ground in Wexford. There’s no better person to talk to us about this topic! Stay up to date with them on Facebook or Instagram @woodbrook_natural_burial.

• [04:10] An intro from Colin and how he became involved in eco burials
• [09:40] The environmental impacts of western burials & cremations
• [13:40] How Woodbrook Natural Burial Ground came about
• [23:10] How it works if people want to be buried/scattered there
• [30:30] How they make their willow coffins
• [33:40] Advice for people who want an eco burial & how to put those provisions in place
• [39:10] Imagining the future

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