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A Capitol Idea

Group will do organic lawn care outside Capitol

Posted at 4:46 PM on 09 Oct 2007

Nonprofit SafeLawns.org has received permission to use organic gardening techniques on a portion of the National Mall for a two-year trial period. Can environmentally friendly soil treatments be embraced at the site of battling over a Live Earth concert? You could cut the tension with a spade.

sources:  National Park Service [PDF]

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a good start


It's definitely better for lawns to go organic and therefore toxic-free, but we also need to get away from our monocultural mindset of mega-farming single species.

Promote organics and biodiversity!


Eco-Eating: Eating as if the Earth Matters at www.brook.com/veg

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