Burial Belt
<p><em>Burial Belt</em> proposes repurposing denuded grazing land for natural burial. Burial funds the revegetation of the native environment, replacing high-emissions livestock farming with carbon-filtering forest. Beyond basic costs, individuals can invest as much as they like in this endeavor, potentially greening acres and offsetting life-long carbon vices. While those buried in this new cemetery will have no lasting monuments and will decompose into the soil, burial space is provided in perpetuity, providing a permanent covenant over the land. Eventually, burial sites connect to form a continuous green belt that encompasses the city fringe and constrains sprawl.</p>
Authors: David Neustein, Grace Mortlock, Lindsay Mulligan, Rowan Lear, Jack Gillbanks, Sora Graham
Part of: Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth