By Caleb Leonard When we think of lawns, most people envision short, green grass. However, few idealize the ecological expense of maintaining that type of yard. It’s time to rethink traditional lawns and opt for healthier landscapes that protect our coastal ecosystems. Gas-powered lawn equipment and greedy land developers are creating heat islands, while stormwater…
Restore the climate to 350 ppm CO2 by increasing the world’s soil by 2%. Excessive greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are warming our planet, damaging ecosystems, and increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, with devastating costs. There are currently 422 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere, but scientists have set the critical…
There is hope for the bees when there’s clover in the lawn. Researchers discovered that lawns in Springfield Massachusetts when cut every three weeks instead of weekly resulted in as many as 2.5 times more lawn flowers, mostly clover and dandelions, and a great diversity of 93 species of bees. Thursday, May 20th is the…
In the efforts to slow the ravages wrought by Climate Change, the hare may have beaten the hybrid car while munching on grass. The real winners are non-fertilized natural lawns and healthy soil microbes. The hare was just stimulating the plants to action, to photosynthesis drawing carbon dioxide from the air and pumping out liquid…
