A burial practice that nourishes the planet | Caitlin Doughty

Here's a question we all have to answer sooner or later: What do you want to happen to your body when you die? Mortician and funeral director Caitlin Doughty explores new ways to prepare us for inevitable mortality. In this thoughtful talk, learn more about ideas for burial (like "recomposting" and "conservation burial") that return our bodies back to the earth in an eco-friendly, humble and self-aware way. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

Topics:

["TED Talk", "TED Talks", "Animals", "Bacteria", "Choice", "Death", "Ecology", "Environment", "Family", "Green", "Humanity", "Nature", "Pollution", "Potential", "Sanitation", "Social change", "Society", "Caitlin Doughty", "Mortician", "funeral director", "recomposting", "conservation burial"]

Duration

Duration minutes: 11

Duration seconds: 55