If you're interested in alternative funeral arrangements (much less expensive and more environmentally responsible), I suggest following the "Ask a Mortician" channel on YouTube. Host/author/mortician Caitlin Doughty is funny, warm, and informed.

Cremation, tree pod or I read somewhere that now you can be turned to diamonds lol, but yeah Adam ruins everything rocks!

I like that he will correct himself, too, if he's been wrong about something.

I love Adam, too!

When I was a preteen, my best friends' father owned a funeral home. They lived above it. It was at once way cool, way creepy, and way interesting. I quickly determined that I would never be embalmed or prepped in any way. Not that I thought about it then, but being a part of the natural life cycle appeals to me a lot more.

Since then, I've learned what money pits they are. It's distressing to see them taking advantage of someone who's distracted and overwhelmed with grief.

I saw somewhere a burial tree pod...

Embalming is also terrible for the environment. What was the thinkinking behind poisoning the body before planting the body?