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Environmentally friendly balloons? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi Lemmy,

I'm organising a funeral, and one of the ideas that has come up is for people to write memories on a balloon and let them go. However, I've also heard that they often end up in trees etc and are terrible for the environment.

Is there such a thing as environmentally safe balloons? Other suggestions are also welcome.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Alternative: plantable wildflower seed cards you can write on and then plant and grow flowers

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is a great suggestion, thank you :)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Make sure they are native seeds for the area you're doing this in!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

But also be aware balloons can range for 100's of miles before they come down.