Design Green Design Bios Urn Uses Your Ashes to Grow a Tree By Margaret Badore Writer Columbia University Sarah Lawrence College Margaret Badore is a multimedia reporter in New York City. She wrote for Treehugger from 2013 to 2015, and is now web director at the YEARS Project. our editorial process Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter Margaret Badore Updated October 11, 2018 ©. Bios Urn Share Twitter Pinterest Email Design Tiny Homes Architecture Interior Design Green Design Urban Design Would you like to become a tree after you die? It's possible. TreeHugger covered the Bios Urn when it was still just a product concept from the mind of Gerard Moliné. Now, this biodegradable urn is in production, allowing people to grow a tree from the ashes of a loved one's mortal remains. The makers of Bios Urn hope to convert cemeteries into forests, using trees as memorials instead of cement and stone. The urn comes with pine tree seeds, but you can replace the seeds with those of any tree or plant of your choosing. © Bios Urn According to the maker's website, the ashes are stored in the lower compartment and the upper compartment holds soil to facilitate growing. Eventually, both the container and ashes become part of the subsoil. The Bio Urn isn't the only eco-conscious urn that will return one's remains to nature. There's also the Poetree created by Margaux Ruyant and Carla Cava's Arum, which uses ashes to create a memorial on a mature tree. © Bios Urn