Tip #91 Ditch Your Lawn

As we surround more houses with the turfgrass lawn, we deprive ourselves of natural signposts. Lawns displace native ecosystems at a rate between 5,000 and 385,000 acres per day in favour of sterile, chemically-filled, artificial environments bloated with a tremendous European influence that provide no benefits over the long term.

The Roaming Ecologist writes: “no food, no clean water, no wildlife habitat, and no foundation for preserving our once rich natural heritage.”

Not only do they displace native ecosystems, but lawns also consume nearly 3 trillion gallons of water, 200 million gallons of gas (for all that mowing), and 70 million pounds of pesticides each year, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. A less drastic alternative is to xeriscape your yard, or fill it with native plants that require less water.

If you’re at all concerned about climate change and what you can do to help make the world a more habitable place for the millions of plants, animals, and people that live here, start by getting rid of your turf grass. (source).