When Scout Frank lost her mother, she knew she needed to keep her close and hit upon the perfect solution when she found she could have her ashes tattooed into her skin.- Meaningful -
For Frank, the chance to etch a meaningful, and lasting memory on her skin, is very special.
in the last 20 years, and it all points to a change in climate, and the unpredictability that goes with it. russell trott, bbc news. this is bbc news. our main headline: south africa s president leads funeral tributes to archbishop desmond tutu, calling him the nation s moral compass. more now on the passing of archbishop desmond tutu, and as we ve heard, he requested a basic wooden coffin, and for his body to be aquamated. it s not a term that many of us are familiar with, so what is aquamation? i ve been speaking to samantha sieber. she s a biologist, and her father was one of the founders of the aquamation process. she explained how it worked. aquamation is an alternative to burial and cremation, a choice that families have. very similar end result to cremation, where the family receives an urn. anything that you can do with cremation ashes, you can do with ashes from aquamation.
and for his body to be aquamated. it s not a term that many of us are familiar with, so what is aquamation? i ve been speaking to samantha sieber. she s a biologist, and her father was one of the founders of the aquamation process. she explained how it worked. aquamation is an alternative to burial and cremation, a choice that families have. very similar end result to cremation, where the family receives an urn. anything that you can do with cremation ashes, you can do with ashes from aquamation. but aquamation does not use fire it uses a process that is 95% water and 5% alkali to gently reduce the body to the mineral remains. the minerals are just like, with flame cremation, that s what s returned to the family in an urn. there s no emissions, mercury isn t released into the air, and it uses less energy. you talk there about the fact that there are no emissions i think it is probably one of the main reasons, obviously, that desmond tutu chose it. is that why a lot of people