Katrina Spade: When I die, recompose me
卡翠娜·史培德: 死後請將我做成堆肥
Katrina Spade created a system called "recomposition" that transforms human bodies into soil, so that we can return to the earth after we die. Full bio
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and I grew up in a medical family
生長於醫生世家,
about death and dying at the dinner table.
是稀鬆平常的事。
like so many of my family members.
我沒進入醫學院就讀,
to learn how to design.
I began to be curious
to my physical body after I died.
and dearest do with me?
會如何處理我的遺體呢?
and the fact of your own mortality
funerary practices will.
choose conventional burial.
選擇習用的埋葬方式。
designed to preserve the corpse
使屍體看起來栩栩如生。
bodies are buried in a casket
to build a Golden Gate Bridge,
1,800 single family homes,
獨門獨院的住宅,
embalming fluid
all over the world are reaching capacity.
make good business sense
a piece of land for eternity.
no matter how much money you have.
都買不到一塊墓地。
have risen fast.
be incinerated after she died,
如果建議祖母死後火葬,
from the family deathbed.
of Americans choose cremation,
was a sustainable form of disposition,
永續的處置方式;
after we've died.
to turn bodies into ash,
and contributing to climate change.
pounds of carbon dioxide
that most of us will do on this earth
在地球上做的最後一件事
and death-denied our way into a status quo
爭取到不死的特權,
between ourselves and nature
are designed to stave off
that happen to a body after death.
會自然發生的分解過程。
to prevent us from decomposing.
really good at death.
break it down into nutrient-rich soil,
I was thinking about all this,
to redesign death care.
rather than something to be feared?
supports our living bodies
醞釀這想法的時候,
have you heard about the farmers
in agricultural institutions
called livestock mortality composting
you take an animal high in nitrogen
that are high in carbon.
so it requires oxygen,
plenty of moisture as well.
is covered with a few feet of wood chips,
for breezes to provide oxygen
is a nutrient-rich compost.
call myself a decomposition nerd,
the process of composting "magic."
for nature to do its job.
好好工作的環境即可。
of antibacterial soap.
in with open arms.
into smaller molecules and atoms,
into new molecules.
the light bulb that went off in my head
of livestock mortality composting
and transform them into soil.
轉化為土壤的系統。
I truly never could have imagined.
replicable non-profit urban model
非營利、城市模式的系統,
of livestock mortality composting
with experts in soil science,
from foundations and individuals
a prototype of this system,
of people all over the world
full-scale human composting facility
with the cycles of nature
with gentleness and respect.
和善對待遺體。
accelerated natural decomposition,
is taken to a human composting facility.
in a simple shroud,
to the top of the core,
decomposition system.
from human to soil.
the body decomposes naturally.
幾個星期裡自然分解。
break down carbon, then protein,
再分解蛋白質,
to grow new life.
lemon meringue pie right now?
to support the grieving
and end-of-life planning.
can be converted into places
over the past hundred years
as a model for these places
in South Africa, Australia,
社區聯絡我們。
design and build facilities
organizations,
in their own cities.
should look and feel completely different
應該完全不同;
for the neighborhood in which they reside
for supportive staff to be on hand
and preparation of loved ones' bodies.
that bewilder and disempower
that is beautiful and meaningful
to ecological death care
you can compost a human?
就能把人做成堆肥?
running a pilot project
法醫人類學系
at Western Carolina University.
have been covered in wood chips,
to demonstrate that it's possible
of natural decomposition
with other universities as well.
at Washington State University,
teeth with amalgam fillings
填補的牙齒做成的堆肥,
what happens to the mercury therein.
to chemo drugs and pharmaceuticals
remediation will be needed.
type of composting.
composting our fifth donor body,
that mound of wood chips
to create energy
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Katrina Spade - Inventor, designer, death care advocateKatrina Spade created a system called "recomposition" that transforms human bodies into soil, so that we can return to the earth after we die.
Why you should listen
Katrina Spade is a designer and entrepreneur who focuses on transforming death care. As the founder and CEO of Recompose, she is developing a new model of caring for our dead which focuses on transparency, participation, and nature. She has a Masters in Architecture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a certificate in Sustainable Design and Building from Yestermorrow Design/Build School and a Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology from Haverford College.
Spade's work has been featured in The Atlantic, Wired, and the New York Times. She is an Echoing Green Climate Fellow.
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