In another article we talked about the idea of killing your front lawn. The idea being that in the United States a huge amount of resources go into keeping lawns green. 40 billions dollars is spent annually on 18 million acres of residential lawns in the United States. The treatment and upkeep of those...
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Environmental Examiner
- Chicago's Budget Woes May Cost Its Green Reputation
- The Environment and Economy Are Only Separated by Language
- Permaculture Comes to Chicagoland
- Chicago Asked To Take A Bullet In The Battle Against The Asian Carp
- The Business of the Environment is not an Oxymoron
- Water Treatment Leasing: short term gains with long term consequenses
- Urban Wildlife is closer than you think
- Peak Oil Should Still Worry You: The Hot Air in New Natural Gas Estimates
- Backyard Chicken Movement is growing fast and coming home to roost
- Community Gardens may be a sign of the times but they are in Chicago to stay
Re-thinking what you consider to be junk: re-use and re-purpose
The world is filling up with stuff. Modern industrial society has lost touch with the real value of what it produces. Our wasteful consumption and our disposable attitude toward so much of what we produce and use is going to hurt our children. In spite of the fact that most parents would never eat...
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