Personally I want them to weight me and toss me over the rail of a boat and let all those fish I’ve murdered and eaten have their sweet sweet revenge.
Another option is un embalmed, pine box, no grave liner and let the creepy crawlies do the same, and let my ass get into the water supply.
Sadly both of those options are kind of problematic legally.
I’ve wanted a Viking funeral ever since I watched “Beau Geste” (the 1939 version) at an impressionable age.
Sadly, it appears there are legal issues with that as well.
I don’t think that “green” burial is as difficult as all that:
http://www.trappist.net/abbey-trades/conservation-burial-ground
Just one example.
I want to be animated with implanted servos, and sent shambling against my enemies while electronically shrieking “BRAAAAAAIIIINNNNNSSSSS!”
Cremation for me. Just doing my small part to make the world a warmer place! 😉
Cremated and scattered from an airplane over the ocean…
Heh, reminds me of “Ask A Mortician”
http://www.youtube.com/user/OrderoftheGoodDeath?feature=watch
A lot of her stuff is complaining about how insane dead body disposal laws are.
Have you seen that? Or… did I learn about it from you?
Might not be as hard as you think. In Virginia, at least, Muslims are buried in a shroud. The graves have concrete vaults to stop ground depressions. The bottoms are knocked out of the vault and the body placed upon the dirt. Check with your state.
There’s a “green” cemetery near my hometown: http://naturalburial.org/ … I whole-heartedly approve of their message. No significant markers, no embalmed bodies, no vaults, no pressure-treated, no synthetic fibers, etc. Their rules are strict but I like it.
Come to think of it … I might need to plan ahead and buy a plot.
Of course, there’s also the “launch the remains into space” idea for coolness.
and I think that there is company that will mix ashes with fireworks for a great send off.