'Death Suit' Makes Burials Eco- and Wallet-Friendly Alex Janin - TakePart
go to original February 23, 2016

Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit (TED)

With the rise of electric cars, sustainable architecture, eco-friendly diets, composting, and countless other options, forging a sustainable life is often as easy as it is trendy. Now it’s even easy after death thanks to a bodysuit made from a decidedly old-school material: mushrooms.

The Infinity Burial Suit, a one-piece garment designed to be worn in the afterlife, is sewn with mushroom spore–infused thread. Although researcher Jae Rhim Lee debuted the idea in a 2011 TED Talk, her New York–based company, Coeio, only recently announced that the suit will be available for purchase midway through 2016. The pet option is projected to go on sale March 1, the cofounder of Coeio, Mike Ma, told TakePart.

The suit is "embroidered with a special type of thread infused with infinity mushroom spores. When buried, the mushroom spores act to cleanse the body of many toxins and gently return the it to the earth," according to the company website.

Ma believes there are three benefits to the suit. “This technology speeds the return to earth through decomposition, it remediates toxins we accumulate over a lifetime, and it speeds nutrient delivery back to plants,” he said.

Read the rest at TakePart

Related: Green Burial Shrouds Ensure You Leave the Planet as Gently as You Entered It (TakePart)

We invite you to add your charity or supporting organizations' news stories and coming events to PVAngels so we can share them with the world. Do it now!