Yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer had a great article by Virginia Smith: The complexities of Greening your lawn which refers to lawns as “drug addict in need of detox.” She points out the dangers of toxic chemicals to people and pets, and the dangers of not using these chemicals properly. This is a very good review of [...]
If I’m so sustainable, why aren’t I talking about food?
I get asked this question a lot, so I thought I’d answer it for you right here at the start. This short answer is, I am choosing here to talk about the ways the choices we make can have positive consequences for protecting wildlife, conserving natural resources, and creating healthy ecosystems. The other part of [...]
Why Lawns are not Sustainable in Ecosystem Gardening
The American Lawn is the Best Illustration of Unsustainable Practice In order to fully understand sustainability in ecosystem gardening, it is quite illuminating to look at examples of unsustainable practice. There is no better illustration of this than the American lawn. We have idealized this concept so much that it has become the norm no [...]
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