Earthly remains

[b13thy]

Buried? Burnt? is there an alternative?

[Oneeyedvic]

cryogenic freezing

[Aschenbach]

Donate your organs or give your body over for medical research.

Waste not want not!

[hannahjo]

Get yourself stuffed by a taxidermist. You could request to be stuffed in a pose... maybe with your hand out-stretched to greet guests as they enter your hall way...

[b13thy]

Imagine me laughing Hannahjo - i'm almost wetting myself, that's such a fab idea :)

[woofgang]

shot into space like scottie

[woofgang]

good old wikipedia...you have to be burnt first

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_burial

[Romeo]

Mummification? Well, it was good enough for the Egyptians. And the mummies are still there today in our museums.  Or what about the bodies of Lenin and Mao, drained of blood and pickled in formaldehyde (you can see them today if you go to Moscow or Beijing).

[spithray]

I'm definitely gonna go for having my brain put into cryogenic suspension.  I might send the rest of my body to the body farm in America where they leave you in the sun for a few months to see what happens.  Although I'd like to speculate that you get eaten by maggots and smell really bad.

[dilwiss]

What about a woodland burial?????  Helping to reforest areas with native trees. I gather you are buried in an easily bio-degradable container/coffin and native trees of your choice are planted on top.