The project, called Capsula Mundi, envisions cemeteries full of trees instead of tombstones. Capsula Mundi is the name of the coffin design. It shall be an egg shaped container made of starch and plastic. The coffin will be 100% biodegradable. Bodies will be placed in the fetal position and a seed, a seed chosen by the deceased in life, will be planted on top of the capsule.
 

 
The Capsula Mundi project seeks to return humans to the earth, to integrate them into a new, lively environment. The organisers write on their website “A cemetery will no longer be full of tombstones and will become a sacred forest”. The green movement converges with a new, more accepting, circular vision of death to create this novel Capsula Mundi project. A cemetery can be turned into a forest, leaving the living something to look at, to nourish and appreciate, to breathe in. Dead cement and manicured lawns don’t capture the beauty of living.
 
 
Poetree is another variant of planting trees to honour the dead. The urn is biodegradable and the tree, life, can grow where before there was only death.
 


 
Click HERE to check out a video and visit the official website HERE.
 
 
 
Source: Capsula Mundi
http://www.capsulamundi.it/progetto_eng.html
Images: theblackribbonblog.com, centralunit.tumblr.com, inhabitat.com, naturalburial.coop and Margaux Ruyant

Savanna used their affinity with lemons and lemon trees to promote the annual Arbour Day initiative and encouraged their fans to plant and grow trees. How? By giving away lemon trees in-store, of course! Keep reading to find out about the on-going online competition which involves tree-hugging TwitPics and live lemon-suited tree planters!

Win a Lifetime Supply of Lemon Wedges with Savanna! Find out how by following the post to the bottom.

It was international Arbour Day on 3 September and to show support for this great eco-initiative, Savanna gave away lemon trees to fans who purchased a 2 cases of this much-loved South African cider.

Arbour Day may be over… but the chances to win are not! The online competition is running for the duration of Arbour Week, so those who couldn’t make it in-store can still stand to win a lifetime supply of lemons from their very own lemon tree.

The best thing about it? The tree will be delivered and planted by a larger than life Savanna lemon who will also treat the winner to a case of super chilled Savanna and a gardening kit. This means the next time the big and little hand align to strike Savanna o’clock, they can be assured that they’ll never run out of their beloved wedges.

A Tree-rific Match

Abour Day gave Savanna the ideal opportunity to speak to their existing enthusiastic fans to promote this annual initiative and spread the love for trees and our environment.

How Do You Enter Online?

• Check out the details on Facebook
• Make sure you follow @SavannaCider on Twitter
• Tweet a picture of you hugging a tree (or even just a lemon) using the hashtag #SavannaLemonTree

So… If you’re a nature lovin’, Savanna drinkin’ eco-aware kinda person… Branch out and start tweeting!