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Skinner, Kelly. "Life After Death: Vitalism and Green Burials." Today's Chiropractic Lifestyle, vol. 39, no. 4, Aug/Sep2010, pp. 56-59. EBSCO host, ezproxy.gsu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=awh&AN=52943395&site=eds-live. This article was written by a professor of philosophy at Life University and is aimed at influencing the reversion back to green burials. Only recently have humans become impersonalized with death. Only in the US and in Canada are the majority of burial practices focused on the preservation of a body, which actually destroys the environment. The professor continues to discuss through several examples of how the neo-traditional burial methods are polluting the earth. He offers a solution to the issue with green burial, in an attempt to educate us about how we can be better environmental stewards. This entry has a persuasiveness for its cause, which is exactly what is needed to convey the fierce urgency of addressing the future with our remains. The remains that are left behind can nourish, or they can simply exist inside of a box in the ground wading in toxic chemicals.