What are our options after deathThe baby boom was the greatest explosion of births in history. It follows that someday soon well see the greatest explosion of deaths in history and we arenamp8217t ready for it. Cemeteries are full and news ones arenamp8217t being created. Also burying bodies in the ground is bad for the environment. Burning them it turns out is even worse which rules out cremation the most popular means of disposal at present.What are the alternatives There are many and more coming all the time green burial a wild and shallow grave alkaline hydrolysis good enough for Desmond Tutu the mushroom solution a coffin of flesheating fungus composting itamp8217s not just for coffee grounds body donation back to the classroom sky burial sea burial space burial and many more.Just as boomers changed the world as they came into their own first as teenagers and then as adults they will reinvent it again on their way out upending a billiondollar deathcare industry and all of our social norms around dying death funerals and the disposal of our earthly remains.amp10