Nature's casket.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF

Luc Nadeau first came up with the idea of making environmentally friendly caskets from recycled wood pallets in 2005. He was running a house-painting business by day at the time, so the idea went on the back burner until 2009 when he heard of blue-stained beetle-kill pine and realized it was the perfect match for the ultimate green casket. "The green burial movement has really grown in the U.S. recently," says Nadeau, who says business has been "fairly steady" for the first year. Nadeau keeps himself...