This is a somewhat hard topic to write about. After all isn't being green fundamentally about embracing life? Well, perhaps, but taking a holistic approach to life entails facing and planning for the inevitable. And if we really are serious about living green, we ought to embrace resting green as our final mortal act.
As a fan of the hit series HBO series, Six Feet Under, I became intrigued by one of the show's subplots -- the consolidation and corporatization of the burial industry. For example, according to Wikipedia, the Houston-based Services Corporation International is the "largest provider of funeral, cremation, and cemetery services in the US with over 1200 funeral homes, 358 cemeteries and revenues in excess of $1.7 billion dollars. Reportedly the owner of this merchant of death is a close friend of President Bush.
