Fantastic video about the history of lawns in the USA

Climate town posted a great informational and funny video about the legal and social pressures that keep the US so beholden to lawns. It really puts into perspective the history of the fertilizer and lawn care industry since the Second World War, and the environmental damages of lawns. It’s got some good actionable advice at the end too, I thought folks here would enjoy it. Keep replacing those lawns people!

Some quote highlights:
“The EPA estimates that landscaping equipment generates as much Nitrous oxide greenhouse gas as 30 million cars, and as much carbon dioxide as the entire city of Los Angeles”
“Since lawn equipment isn’t regulated as hard as automobiles, using a lawn mower for one hour is roughly equivalent to driving 300 miles in a car”
“About a third of all our residential water goes to keeping grass alive… well that’s not exactly true because in drier areas it can be up to 60% of residential water”
“Lawns cover an estimated 40 million acres in the US. That’s larger than the entire state of Georgia”
“Grass is the number 1 most watered crop in America. We water more acres of grass than the next three [biggest] crops combined”