My favorite is the golf courses in the middle of a desert. Boggles the mind, especially when one realizes that we haven't even managed to provide clean drinking water to all the people on this planet yet, but we'll pump it in to the middle of Arizona for a golf course for rich pricks.
I'd search for an archive link but I'm lazy. Which is why I also hate grass.
From what I could read of the article they're basically talking about killing their grass and putting down something else. I'd sooner have a ground covered with mint than with grass. So here's how you do it:
1) cover your lawn with cardboard,
2) put some soil on the cardboard,
3) sprinkle the seeds of what you want to grow on the soil.
Fun fact, dandelions are not native to north america and were brought from Europe as a food crop.
Lawns are a waste of water, but on the other hand, I wonder what would summer be without the smell of freshly cut grass.
"Lilacs on a bush are better than orchids. And dandelions and devil grass are better! Why? Because they bend you over and turn you away from all the people in the town for a little while and sweat you and get you down where you remember you got a nose again. And when you’re all to yourself that way, you’re really proud of yourself for a little while; you get to thinking things through, alone. Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher." - Ray Bradbury, "Dandelion Wine"
I have recently been converting my lawn to clover. It out-competes the weeds that were taking over, and requires less watering and mowing than grass. I would definitely recommend.
