Hong Kong’s burial industry has been facing a shortage of land resources. What’s more, it is widely recognized that traditional burial practices cause environmental pollution and require significant land usage. Similarly, cremation, while commonly practiced, is not considered environmentally friendly and consumes substantial energy. In recent years, the government has promoted green burials to reduce the impact on the environment and make burial sites available to more people. However, it is still difficult to find a tomb, and the phenomenon of high-priced cemeteries occurs frequently. In addition, Hong Kong’s woodland has faced deforestation and there are a lot of abandoned farmlands. A promising alternative known as mushroom burial has emerged in this article, which biodegrades in as little as 45 days and offers a solution to the above problem.

This project uses mushrooms as the main decomposers to design a new green burial system. While reducing the damage to nature caused by human burials, it aims to help the restoration of woodland and the revitalization of abandoned farmland. This paper will explain the theory, planning and design of mushroom burial from the perspective of system thinking.