stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to No Lawns@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agofuck lawns (fuck lawns) fuck them very very muchslrpnk.netimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down11
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minus-squareBaumGeist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoLawns: require artificial irrigation that contributes to depletion ofvaquifers create monocultures that reduce biodiversity and harm ecosystems require maintenance that usually involves burning fossil fuels shadeless lawns contribute to warmer neighborhoods act as nitrogen sinks
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago Not necessarily Not necessarily Not necessarily So? Okay But there are benefits too like useable play areas, and with well maintained lawns you have a lower risk of issues like ticks etc. I realise where I am making this argument but I just came across this and didnt realise people hated lawns.
Lawns:
require artificial irrigation that contributes to depletion ofvaquifers
create monocultures that reduce biodiversity and harm ecosystems
require maintenance that usually involves burning fossil fuels
shadeless lawns contribute to warmer neighborhoods
act as nitrogen sinks
But there are benefits too like useable play areas, and with well maintained lawns you have a lower risk of issues like ticks etc.
I realise where I am making this argument but I just came across this and didnt realise people hated lawns.