To Be Greener, Get Rid Of Your Grass

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🗓️ 6 October 2023

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Summary

Who doesn't love a lush, perfectly manicured grass lawn? It turns out, a lot of people are actively trying to get rid of their lawns, ripping out grass in favor of native plants, vegetables, and flowers to attract pollinators.

As the realities of climate change become starker, more and more people are looking for ways to create environmentally friendly spaces.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with research ecologist Susannah Lerman with the United States Forest Service about the impact of grass lawns on the environment and sustainable alternatives.

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0:17.5	Buckle up everybody.
0:26.9	We are about to talk about grass, specifically grass lawns and the people who really, really
0:33.0	do not like them.
0:34.6	Hey, Tiktok.
0:35.6	Want to show you how my lawn is doing?
0:38.6	I'm trying to kill it, I'm fuller, I say.
0:41.3	Well, I'll just kill my front lawn.
0:43.3	Most of it anyway.
0:44.3	I'll explain.
0:45.3	I hate my lawn.
0:46.3	If you look on social media under hashtags like anti lawn, you will find people like the
0:54.5	ones you just heard from on Tiktok who are very anti grass.
1:00.1	Howdy.
1:01.1	Welcome back to anti lawn talk.
1:02.7	You know what I hate this grass?
1:05.9	It feels really harsh, but it isn't a new sentiment.
1:09.6	People are getting rid of their high maintenance grass lawns and replacing them with more environmentally
1:14.8	friendly alternatives.
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