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The Final Act of Love – When somebody dies, do you know what to do?
Date and location to be announced.
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Coffin-maker resurrects tradition: One man has taken his fascination with environmentally-friendly crafts to the grave. William Wainman designs, makes and exports bamboo coffins.

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Swedish scientist Susanne Wiigh-Masak is testing freeze-drying as an alternative to cremation. Concerned that cremation uses fossil fuels and creates air pollution, she immerses bodies in liquid nitrogen and shatters them with sound waves. The result is an odorless powder that Wigh-Masak says makes great potting soil. (Mother Jones Magazine, May/June 2003)
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