Friday, 28 August 2009 16:17 Los Angeles just launched a new
program that is aimed at reducing water use. Their innovative
approach gives a $1 rebate for every square foot of turf to
people who replace their lawns with drought tolerant
groundcovers or native plants that require a maximum of 15” of
water per square foot per year. The program has already been
implemented in Las Vegas where officials estimate they will save
7 billion gallons of water per year. I love this plan. There’s
nothing more boring than a lawn, and if you’re unfortunate
enough to have to care for one, you know how annoying it is to
mow it. They also dirty up our water system with all the
herbicides, insecticides, and fertilizers people use to keep
them pretty. And, according to the US EPA, gas mowers represent
5% of US air pollution and use 800 million gallons of gas per
year. And, if you’ve ever been to the LA area, you know that’s
not a place where lawns are supposed to grow. It’s hot and dry;
all you should really see is chaparral and