Caitlin Doughty: A burial practice that nourishes the planet
Caitlin Doughty: Pochovávanie, ktoré vyživuje planétu
Caitlin Doughty asks: What if we re-designed the funeral industry for an eco-friendly end of life? Full bio
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to be laid out to be eaten by animals.
aby ho mohli zjesť zvieratá.
by animals is not for everyone.
mohli zjesť zvieratá, nie je pre každého.
the end-of-life talk with your family
o konci života so svojou rodinou
I don't know, cremation.
is not strictly legal at the moment,
nie je zatiaľ úplne legálne,
for all of human history;
počas celej ľudskej histórie;
right now as we speak.
aj teraz, keď o tom hovoríme.
to be consumed by vultures.
aby ho zožrali supy.
those who follow the Parsi religion
called "Towers of Silence."
ktoré sa volajú „Veže ticha“.
that popular in the Western world --
v západnom svete,
have come to be chemical embalming,
prešli k chemickému balzamovaniu,
miestnom cintoríne,
30 years or so of my life
30 rokov svojho života
have their turn with me?
prísť rad na mňa?
are we not all, in this room, animals?
v tejto miestnosti živočíchy?
terrifying consequences.
that we are doomed to decay and die,
že sme odsúdení na rozklad a smrť,
na tejto planéte.
I've worked in the funeral industry,
som pracovala v pohrebnom priemysle,
of my own funeral home.
"doomed to decay and die" thing:
„odsúdený na rozklad a smrť“:
in the world in that avoidance
is based on the principle
je založený na princípe
and beautification of the corpse.
this idea of human exceptionalism.
ľudskej výnimočnosti.
because humans are worth it!
ako ľudia za to stojíme!
and complex affair,
a komplikovanou záležitosťou,
to the earth from whence we came.
z ktorej sme vzišli.
the importance of ritual,
to the people that we love.
to create and practice this ritual
a praktizovať tento rituál
sanitation and beautification.
ochrany, sanitácie a skrášľovania.
will protect your dead body
made of hardwood or metal
z dreva alebo kovu
that casket will be lowered
concretes, metal, hardwoods --
betón, kov, drevo
underground fortresses.
podzemných pevnostiach.
near the dirt that surrounds it.
zemou, ktorá ho obklopuje.
your body through embalming:
sanitizované balzamovaním:
cancer-causing formaldehyde.
rakovinotvorným formaldehydom.
for the public health
v mene verejného zdravia,
infectious disease, like Ebola.
nákazlivé ochorenie ako ebola.
which, let's be honest,
ktorý, buďme úprimní,
is not the same bacteria
nie sú tie isté baktérie,
will beautify the corpse.
dead body of your mother or father
vašej matky alebo otca
looks a little more alive --
aby osoba vyzerala „živšie“,
and then decay are not the natural end
nie sú prirodzeným koncom
sanitation, protection
sanitácie, ochrany
environmentalists --
dizajnérov, environmentalistov –
eco-friendly way of death.
ekologickejší spôsob smrti.
powder-blue tuxedo kind of affair.
a odetá do smokingu.
are not particularly sustainable,
pochovávania nie sú udržateľné,
and our reliance on chemicals.
a naše spoliehanie sa na chemikálie.
the environmentally friendly option,
za ekologickejšiu voľbu,
of a 500-mile car trip.
na 500-míľovú jazdu autom.
of North Carolina,
v horách Severnej Karolíny
in the summer sun.
po letnom slnku.
at their "Body Farm,"
na ich „Farme tiel“,
a "human decomposition facility."
„zariadenie na ľudský rozklad“.
are brought here,
to benefit the future of forensics.
v prospech budúcich kriminológov.
in various stages of decomposition.
v rôznych štádiách rozkladu.
named Katrina Spade
ktorá sa volá Katrina Spade,
not of cremating the dead,
nie kremácie mŕtvych,
and other livestock for years.
a inými hospodárskymi zvieratami.
and lay their dead loved one
môcť prísť pochovať svojich blízkych
in four-to-six weeks,
ktorá za 4 až 6 týždňov
and all -- to soil.
a všetko ostatné – na pôdu.
with the very recent desire
the ashes that are left over --
ktorý zostane,
in the soil just right,
správnym spôsobom,
ublížiť alebo ho zahubiť.
if you actually become the soil,
ak sa stanete pôdou,
you've always wanted to be --
ktorým ste vždy chceli byť –
for the future of cremation.
pre budúcnosť kremácie.
we shouldn't even have cemeteries anymore
že by sme ich nemali mať,
v chránenej oblasti,
are purchased by a land trust.
skupované pozemným spolkom.
a few dead bodies in that land,
na tomto území niekoľko tiel,
it can't be developed on --
nemôže sa na ňom stavať,
„ochranárske pochovávanie“.
to a tree post-mortem --
pripútali reťazou k stromu:
I'm decomposing under here."
gives to the cemetery
and managing the land.
and no graves in the typical sense.
ani hroby v tradičnom zmysle.
about the property
or a small metal disk,
malým kovovým diskom
iba pomocou GPS.
niekoľko rakiev
woven willow and bamboo,
just choose a simple shroud.
iba jednoduché rubáše.
that most cemeteries require
ktoré vyžaduje väčšina cintorínov
for them to landscape.
they can luxuriate in nature;
pokochať sa prírodou,
to the area are allowed.
in with the landscape.
splynúť s krajinou.
in both urban and rural areas.
v mestských aj vidieckych oblastiach.
native plants and animals to a region.
do regiónu pôvodné rastliny a živočíchy.
a smútok stretávajú.
they offer us, once again,
ponúkajú nám, opäť,
in a hole in the ground.
isn't really working for them.
just doesn't reflect us.
jednoducho neodráža nás.
what we stood for during our lives.
solve climate change?
mŕtvych klimatické zmeny?
as citizens of this planet.
občanov tejto planéty.
that is more humble and self-aware,
ktorý je skromnejší a vedomejší,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Caitlin Doughty - Progressive morticianCaitlin Doughty asks: What if we re-designed the funeral industry for an eco-friendly end of life?
Why you should listen
Caitlin Doughty is the founder of The Order of the Good Death, a group of funeral industry professionals, academics and artists exploring ways to prepare a death-phobic culture for their inevitable mortality.
With a proclivity for the macabre from an early age, Doughty began her career in the funeral industry as a crematory operator. Currently a licensed funeral director and eco-friendly mortician in Los Angeles, Doughty owns Undertaking LA, a nonprofit funeral home that empowers families to care for their dead. Her first book Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory is a New York Times bestseller, and her next book From Here to Eternity will be released in fall 2017. Her video web-series, "Ask a Mortician," has been featured on NPR, BBC, Forbes and more.
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