Trees for Tombstones
Source: Facebook/ Capsula Mundi
So, why plant trees instead of using tombstones? The designers believe that a green graveyard goes beyond cultural traditions and connects us to something larger: Nature’s cycle of transformation.
Capsula Mundi’s website points out that in order to make a coffin, which is only seen for several days, entire trees must be cut down, therefore wasting the decades it took for that tree to mature and slowly destroying our planet. To them, traditional graveyards are akin to parking lots. Furthermore, Capsula Mundi’s containers are 100% biodegradable, coming in larger sizes for corpses in fetal position or small sizes for a person’s ashes.