With the rising pollution, increased deforestation, and other activities that lead to environmental degradation, being eco-friendly is the need of the hour.
It has become more of an obligation to take care of the environment than being a mere choice. Acid rain, global warming, water and air pollution, extinct wildlife – these are some of the environmental issues we are facing nowadays. You don’t need to put in a lot of efforts to go green; rather, making some simple changes can help you reduce your carbon footprint on the environment.
Did you know, replacing firewood with cow dung in funeral pyres can help save our forests, reduce our carbon footprints, and cause less air and water pollution?
Well, if you are thinking why I should use cow dung for Cremation, we have the answers for you.
• Save a Forest
If you choose the alternative method of using cow dung instead of firewood, you are saving two trees of 15 years. To cremate a body, it requires two trees, thus, by calculating the number of trees saved per cremation, we will together save a forest.
Moreover, trees are important for our existence. Without trees, we can’t survive for long as there will be no oxygen. Every year, millions of people are cremated by burning trees. If replaced by cow dung, we will be able to save our precious natural resource.
• Reduced Pollution
Burning woods produce a lot of smoke which increases air pollution. However, the same is not true with cow dung. Burning cow dung aids in controlled burning and less pollution.
Along with controlling air pollution, cow dung ashes help reduces water pollution as well. Cow dung ash is an effective biosorbent which sequester heavy metals present in wastewater. Thus, cow dung ash when added to water, works as an eco-friendly, low-cost adsorbent.
• Increase in Income
With the increased consumption of cow dung for cremation, an increase in the income of a GAUSHALA and GAUPALAK will be seen. Thus, it will become easier for the management to give a better feed to cows which will, in turn, increase their milk production. Did you know, income from one cremation will be enough to feed 40 cows a day?
• Enhanced Employment
Using cow dung for cremation will give employment to women in villages and help them earn an extra income. With an experience in making the cow dung, poor women can become self-sufficient.
• No Hindrance to Religious Beliefs
Using cow dung is not a new concept nor will it hinder with a person’s religious beliefs. Since ages, cow dung has been used to perform sacrifices, conduct funerals, and havans on different occasions. Cow dung has also been used to purify the body. Moreover, when using cow dung, the departed soul and his family shall receive the blessings of ‘GAURAKSHA’.
• Less Time and Money Spent
Cow dung-based cremation takes less time and money as compared to a situation when wood is used to cremate a body.
We are on a mission to promote the awareness of the cow dung benefits as cremation fuel. Would you like to help and assist us in spreading this noble initiative?
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