1.0 link 113631 <![CDATA[Ludicrous Lawns, Wasted Water, and Solid Solutions]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-graham-richard/ludicrous-lawns-wasted-wa_b_113631.html NASA has studied satellite data and concluded that lawns in the US are taking up as much space as the whole state of New York (not the city, the state). That's fifty thousand square miles of grass!

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Of course, since most (almost all) lawns use species of grass that are not native to where they grow, they use a lot of water, pesticide and fertilizer. One third (!) of all residential water use in the...

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