What Do Green Funerals and Pepsi Have In Common? They're Both Born (Or Is It Died) In the Carolinas !!

You're In Wicker Heaven... Or Is It Going to Heaven In Wicker ?

Sometimes, I lose track of why you guys read this blog. It's not for the keen political insight that we offer. You can get that anywhere - well, maybe not, but there are a few good ones out there... Nope, you come here because we are stupid, and we prove it every day. At least we used to. It's time again for one of THOSE STORIES - the ones that give SC6 it's niche.....

I'm thumbing through the paper on Sunday, and come across an article on Green Funerals. Yes, this world has gotten so eco-conscious that there are people concerned about hurting the environment even after they're dead and buried - or at least when they're buried... Toxic embalming fluid, crowded cemetaries, and the use of those REAL WOOD or METAL caskets are just too much for people to live with. My advice for them is to never die, but if you can't have eternal life like Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in an Anne Rice novel-adapted movie, there are other alternatives.....

As I was researching this (yes , I do research stuff on occasion), I found out that the first Green Funeral and Cemetary is none other than Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, SC !! Perhaps Gresham Barrett's been there, judging by his lack of charisma and passion at the podium..... Kidding! Yep, it was started by Dr. Billy Campbell in 1999, and it's still open today from what I know. I bet you swore it was started by Dana Beach of the Coastal Conservation League......

The caskets are kinda funny - they look like two sided wicker laundry baskets. I don't imagine they would keep the bugs from getting to you, so be prepared to end up as worm food when you reach the afterlife. The good part is a Green Funeral is about 33% cheaper than a standard funeral, although I'm sure the baskets are not made by the Geechee ladies at the Old Slave Market in Chucktown. If a sweetgrass basket is $125, a casket must be $10,000...

It is cheaper, but the cheapest method is still cremation. I'm not a big fan of cremation - ever since I saw 'Heaven Can Wait' with Warren Beatty, and they couldn't put him back in his body because they baked him... forget it. So, if this is more your route, where you can still be brought back to life, but look like an extra in 'Zombieland', here is the link to the preserve....

www.ramseycreekpreserve.com/mission.htm

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