Green Burial in New Mexico (Galisteo, Dora: rich, nicest, backyard)

[rybert]

A grand, green finale: Dying for a bigger cause - New Mexico Business Weekly:

Listen-up El Dorado! This is in your backyard (sort-of).

"A slight breeze ruffles tufts of prairie grass on the hillside overlooking a meadow ringed by juniper and piñon. Here and there, rocky outcroppings provide ready-made seats and nature-made markers, while the purple mountains in the distance offer a rich backdrop. Save for the occasional sounds of nature, the place is silent and serene — somewhere you might want to linger forever."

[GregW]

After reading some books on NM ghost towns I have concluded these folks put the cemetery in the nicest spot in town.

[Towanda]

....."Families will be allowed to place discrete markers at gravesites"...

I have no interest in "green burials" or whatever ... but seems like if you tack the word "green" onto anything, we are supposed to embrace it without question .....

BUT the Galisteo Basin is one of the coolest, neatest places in our area -- and one of my favorite pretty-much unspoiled places ... I love to drive out there and enjoy the views and the atmosphere and the quiet and the lack of civilization ...

If it gets all dug up and chopped up by cemetary plots and "discrete" markers, I for one will not be very happy about it.

(Isn't the correct word "discreet" and not "discrete"?)

[rybert]

Hey... I didn't say I was in favor of it.

Well... it would be a "green" burial. The use of embalming liquids is not exactly good for the environment.