Katrina explains how she set out to redesign the end-of-life experience and how design matters deeply to Recompose. End Well Symposium
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How Human Composting Can Impact Climate Change
Katrina talks about the origin of her idea to develop human composting and shares how the Recompose process works. KCTS 9 Cascade PBS
Designing a Good Death
Katrina participates in a panel discussion about intentionality at the end of life with death doula Alua Arthur, and end-of-life options advocate Dan Diaz. Aspen Ideas Festival
Human Composting: The Rising Interest in Natural Burial
Recompose client, Marie Eaton, shares about her brother's love of Japanese maples and how his soil has nurtured trees across the country. CBS Sunday Morning
Human Composting Offers an Eco-Friendly Life After Death
Walk through the Gathering Space and see the vessel array in the Greenhouse where bodies are transformed into soil. King 5 Evening News, Seattle
Human Composting: A New Option in Death Care
Recompose client and Arizona resident, Ted Makropoulos, shares how he will plant a garden of sunflowers with the soil from his late wife, Carla. 12NEWS, Phoenix
Let’s Visit the Human Composting Facility!
Mortician, writer, and advocate, Caitlin Doughty, visited Recompose in 2021, shortly after we opened our first facility. YouTube
Let’s Talk About Human Composting
In 2016, Katrina shared her concept of creating a scalable, urban model to turn human beings into soil at the end of life. TEDx Talk