Lawns are bad for you, your pets and the planet. It's time to move on to greener pastures.
Seen from above, it's not the undulating rows of square houses that make American suburbia so recognizable. It's the wide rivers of lush, almost neon-green grass that cut through the landscape. And on long, hot summer days, the lawn is where suburban living reaches its idyllic peak.
But while the lawn may be a powerful symbol of American postwar prosperity, it's also an ecological dead zone that's sucking the nation's aquifers dry... nyt
Seen from above, it's not the undulating rows of square houses that make American suburbia so recognizable. It's the wide rivers of lush, almost neon-green grass that cut through the landscape. And on long, hot summer days, the lawn is where suburban living reaches its idyllic peak.
But while the lawn may be a powerful symbol of American postwar prosperity, it's also an ecological dead zone that's sucking the nation's aquifers dry... nyt
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