https://archive.org/download/low-tech-podcast-051/lti.ep51.mp3Low Tech Podcast, No. 51 – 22 Jul 2022What to Do About Lawns?In this episode we look back at the history of, problems with, and alternatives to the great American obsession with lawns.Works cited and links:Bureau of Labor Statistics (2021) American Time Use Survey. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/atus.pdfFrances K. Vinlove & Robert F. Torla (1994) “Comparative Estimations of U.S. Home Lawn Area,” Journal of Turfgrass Management 1:1, 83-97, https://doi.org/10.1300/J099v01n01_07Freakonomics (2017)  “How Stupid is Our Obsession with Lawns.” No. 289. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-stupid-is-our-obsession-with-lawns/Ingraham, Christopher (2015) “Lawns are a Soul-Crushing Timesuck and Most of Us Would Be Better Off Without Them.” Washington Post, August 4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/04/lawns-are-a-soul-crushing-timesuck-and-most-of-us-would-be-better-off-without-them/One Natural Energy (2018) “Lawns are an Ecological Catastrophe.” https://www.onlynaturalenergy.com/grass-lawns-are-an-ecological-catastrophe/Revisionist History (2020) “A Good Walk Spoiled.” Podcast. https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/a-good-walk-spoiledRobbins, Paul and Julie T. Sharp (2003) “The Lawn-Chemical Economy and Its Discontents.” Antipode 35(5):955–79. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2003.00366.x———. (2009) “Producing and Consuming Chemicals: The Moral Economy of the American Lawn.” Economic Geography 79(4):425–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1944-8287.2003.tb00222.xScott Jenkins, Virginia (1994) The Lawn: A History of an American Obsession. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution.Join our community and support us on Patreon.Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, and others.CC-BY-SASongs are:“Get Evil” off of Orphaned Media by Holizna (Pub. Dom.)