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This woman wants to become a tree when she dies

caption: Katrina Spade of the Urban Death Project.
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Katrina Spade of the Urban Death Project.
Courtesy of Urban Death Project/Rania Spade

Bill Radke speaks with Katrina Spade, founder and director of the Urban Death Project, about the system she designed to compost human remains. She plans to test the system at Washington State University soon.

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