# Katrina Spade: When I die, recompose me

What if our bodies could help grow new life after we die, instead of being embalmed and buried or turned to ash? Join Katrina Spade as she discusses "recomposition" — a system that uses the natural decomposition process to turn our deceased into life-giving soil, honoring both the earth and the departed.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2016
- Runtime: 12 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Nature
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/KatrinaSpade_2016X)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/KatrinaSpade_2016X?play=1)