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Why Worry

Why Worry. Things that Happen around the World when We Are in It. American Beauties. Beautifully maintained neighbor on our left. Annual water consumption: 60,000 gallons. Annual lawn maintenance fee: $900 USD. Beautifully maintained neighbor on our right. Annual water consumption:

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Why Worry

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  1. Why Worry Things that Happen around the World when We Are in It

  2. American Beauties Beautifully maintained neighbor on our left. Annual water consumption: 60,000 gallons. Annual lawn maintenance fee: $900 USD Beautifully maintained neighbor on our right. Annual water consumption: 20,000 gallons. Annual lawn maintenance fee: $2,200 USD

  3. The Beast Behind 2,4-Dicholorophenoxyacedtic acid Created during World War II, this is the most common herbicide in the world, and can increase the abnormalities in sperms. 2-Methoxy-3,6-dichlorobenzoic acid (Dicamba) An EPA-listed developmental toxin, this is the second popular herbicide in the United States. 2-(2-Methyl-4-chlorphenoxy)propionic acid Third, but not at least last, is listed as a possible carcinogen by International Agency for Research on Cancer , this is also a toxin for birds. Image resources: Wikipedia and chmicalbook.com Information resources: EPA, IARC, Audubon, healthylawn.org

  4. The Hands that Feed and the Hands that Bite • Fertilizer for the Lawn • Killers for the Earth Fertilizer plant in India Phytoplankton Blooms in the Black Sea Image resources: India Department of Agriculture, NASA

  5. Stats and Comparison American Residential Water Use 650.3 Liters/capita/day 122 liters/capita/day Sources: EPA Watersense, Datum zumUmwelt, Wikipedia.de

  6. Where did all the green go? • 67 million lbs of synthetic pesticides • Three times as much pesticide on lawns per acre as on agricultural crops • 58 million gallons of gasoline for the lawn mowers (running a regular-size lawn mower for an hour is equal to running a sedan for 20 miles when it comes to CO2 emission.) • Among 30 commonly used lawn pesticides, 16 are toxic to birds, 24 are toxic to fish and aquatic organisms, and 11 are deadly to bees Resources: EPA, Cornell Ornithology Lab, EcoLocalizer, www.ezinerticles.com

  7. Beauty… and the Beasts

  8. Home, Sweet (low-maintenance, low-energy, low-water waste) Home. crabapple Yoshino Cherry lupine heather linden blueberries Sugar maple forbs River birch Paper birch Vegetable garden lavender gaillardia Tulip poplar

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