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Sustainable Death? Promoting Adoption of Green Passing

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  • Anne Charlotte Forstmann

    (Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK)

  • George Edward Martin

    (Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK)

  • Mariafernanda Valdez Orezzoli

    (Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK)

  • Jia Ying (Gloria) Xu

    (Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK)

  • Maxi Heitmayer

    (Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK
    London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, London W1G 0BJ, UK)

Abstract

Death practices are a highly individual and sensitive, but also strongly social and socially regulated issue. Passing rituals and types of burials have developed over centuries, and their significant environmental cost is rarely discussed. In this paper, we propose an intervention that aims to open up the conversation about green passing practices and help reduce the environmental impact of current death practices in the United Kingdom. We used the multilayered installation design approach, leveraging activity theory and installation theory to identify relevant stakeholders and entry points for intervention. We then developed a holistic intervention strategy subsumed under the green passer Initiative, which proposes intervention into burial practices at the physical, social, and embodied level. We illustrate the intervention strategy with three ideal-type journeys of future green passers and outline relevant implications for policy makers, researchers, and the general public.

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  • Anne Charlotte Forstmann & George Edward Martin & Mariafernanda Valdez Orezzoli & Jia Ying (Gloria) Xu & Maxi Heitmayer, 2023. "Sustainable Death? Promoting Adoption of Green Passing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-19, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:5:p:4082-:d:1078315
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