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Get people and associations to stop mowing their lawns or at least not mow them as often. Lawn-moving is like genocide for all insects that live in the dirt. La
by bjourne 3y ago
Get people and associations to stop mowing their lawns or at least not mow them as often. Lawn-moving is like genocide for all insects that live in the dirt. Lawns not mowed eventually becomes meadows and great habitats for all kinds of insect life. It also makes the dirt more durable to droughts.
- ttonkytonk 3y agoI've seen it suggested to replace them with clover as well.
- voisin 3y agoI posted some information about this on our town’s Facebook page and the overwhelming response was that taller (native) grasses are a fire hazard to nearby structures. I agree with you though - we have yellow sweet clover in our yard that is great for our bees and forms deep taproots that help fix nitrogen and are drought resistant.
- JohnFen 3y agoEven better, work towards getting rid of the social convention of needing lawns at all. That whole thing is insane.
- zikduruqe 3y agohttps://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-stupid-is-our-obsession-with-lawns/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-stupid-is-our-obsession...
- pfannkuchen 3y agoHow does having more insects in residential areas fight climate change? Is residential dirt drought durability important? Not much agriculture happening there.
- bjourne 3y agoMost lawn movers run on fossil fuel and emit greenhouse gases when used so there is that.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoElectric lawn mowers seem to be Good Enough for lawns below “rural area” tier lawn sizes though. Outlawing gas mowers in populated areas seems much easier than moving away from lawns entirely.