（美国有线电视新闻网）周日，家庭成员聚集在圣乔治大教堂的私人服务中向反种族隔离英雄德斯蒙德·图图告别，他的骨灰被安葬在开普敦并安息。
应他的要求，这位诺贝尔和平奖得主的遗体进行了水化处理——被认为是一种比火葬更环保的方法——南非圣公会周六向美国有线电视新闻网证实。
Aquamation 是一种水基过程，其科学名称为“碱性水解”，其中当身体被放置在土壤中时，“利用温和的水流、温度和碱度的组合来加速有机物质的分解”，根据专门从事该过程的美国公司 Bio-Response Solutions 的说法。
该公司的网站称，该过程“比火焰火葬使用的能源少 90%，并且不会排放任何有害的温室气体。”
根据国际非营利组织北美火葬协会 (CANA) 的说法，碱性水解有时被称为无焰火葬。
尸体被放置在碱性水解机器中，该机器由一个充满水和碱性化学品溶液的密封室组成。根据 CANA 的网站，该房间随后被加热，使尸体液化，只留下骨头。
一旦骨头干燥，它们就可以被粉碎。 “该过程导致火葬遗骸比火焰火葬多约 32%，并且可能需要更大的骨灰盒，”据 CANA 称。
图图对保护环境充满热情——他发表了许多演讲并撰写了许多关于采取行动应对气候危机的必要性的文章。 2007 年，他为《卫报》写了一篇题为“这种致命的自满”的文章，其中他谈到了气候变化对全球南方和贫困社区的令人担忧的影响，因为北美和欧洲的大部分地区尚未面临极端天气由此时的气候紧急情况造成的条件。
除了为他的尸体要求一种环保的火葬替代方案外，图图还采取了其他措施来确保他的葬礼与他的生活方式一样朴素——他的尸体被安放在一个简单的松木棺材里，这是“最便宜的”他的基金会说，可应他的要求提供。
What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu
(CNN)Family members gathered to say their goodbyes to anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu at a private service at St. George's Cathedral on Sunday, where his ashes were interred in Cape Town and laid to rest.
At his request, the Nobel Peace Prize winner's body underwent aquamation -- considered to be a greener alternative to cremation -- South Africa's Anglican Church confirmed to CNN on Saturday.
Aquamation is a water-based process whose scientific name is "alkaline hydrolysis", in which a "combination of gentle water flow, temperature, and alkalinity are used to accelerate the breakdown of organic materials" when a body is laid to rest in soil, according to Bio-Response Solutions, a US company which specializes in the process.
The company's website says the process "uses 90% less energy than flame cremation and does not emit any harmful greenhouse gases."
According to the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), an international non-profit organization, alkaline hydrolysis is sometimes referred to as flameless cremation.
The body is placed in an alkaline hydrolysis machine, comprised of an airtight chamber filled with a solution made of water and alkaline chemicals. The chamber is then heated, liquifying the body and leaving only bone behind, according to CANA's website.
Once the bones are dried they can be pulverized. "The process results in approximately 32% more cremated remains than flame-based cremation and may require a larger urn," according to CANA.
Tutu was passionate about protecting the environment -- he gave many speeches and wrote many articles about the need to act to tackle the climate crisis. In 2007, he wrote a piece titled "This Fatal Complacency" for the Guardian in which he addressed the worrying impact that climate change was having in the Global South and on poor communities, as much of North America and Europe was yet to face extreme weather conditions caused by the climate emergency at this time.
As well as requesting an eco-friendly alternative to cremation for his body, Tutu also took other steps to ensure his funeral would be as modest as his lifestyle was -- his body laid in state in a simple pine coffin, which was the "cheapest available" at his request, his foundations said.
