Why Lawns Must Die
Hi hi! Hope you had an amazing week. Here’s your bi-weekly dose of quotes and links!
Three Quotes:
“The history of the United States is a history of settler colonialism—the founding of a state based on the ideology of white supremacy, the widespread practice of African slavery, and a policy of genocide and land theft.
— Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
“Lawns became aesthetic extensions of Manifest Destiny, symbols of American entitlement and triumph, of the soft and verdant rewards that result when man’s ongoing battles against nature are finally won.”
— Megan Garber
“Lawns … displace native ecosystems at a rate between 5,000 and 385,000 acres per day in favor 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.”
— Kate Wagner
Three Links:
These Seeds are Sacred and He's Saving Them (Harvest Public Media)
Lawn Order (99 Percent Invisible)
'Micro farms' come to South LA with fresh food, produce (LA Times)
Hope you have a wonderful weekend,
Charlie