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Can we have a climate-friendly death?
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jul 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Funeral rites are steeped in culture, tradition and faith, with most of the world opting for cremation or burial. However, with new research now revealing the carbon impact of established funeral choices, more people are questioning their cost to the climate.
With alternatives such as ‘water cremation’ and ‘eco-burials’ becoming available, will people start to consider another way?
Presenter Jordan Dunbar hears about initiatives in India to modify traditional funeral pyres, calculates the climate cost of the most common choices, and hears from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter, Rev. Mpho Tutu van Furth, about her surprise at her father’s final act on earth.
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Series Producer: Simon Watts
Editor: China Collins
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill
With alternatives such as ‘water cremation’ and ‘eco-burials’ becoming available, will people start to consider another way?
Presenter Jordan Dunbar hears about initiatives in India to modify traditional funeral pyres, calculates the climate cost of the most common choices, and hears from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter, Rev. Mpho Tutu van Furth, about her surprise at her father’s final act on earth.
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Series Producer: Simon Watts
Editor: China Collins
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill
Released:
Jul 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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