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WHY DO PEOPLE STOP MOWING?

50 Reasons To Stop Mowing

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In 2003, 4 and 5, the world saw floods, famine, fire, earthquakes mudslides, hurricanes, tornados and other disasters created by the unprecedented destruction of trees around the world. Trees are nature's weather stabilizers. We need trillions of trees.. new trees.

BUDDHA: MAY ALL THAT HAVE LIFE BE DELIVERED FROM SUFFERING BHAGAVAD GITA: OF TREES I AM THE FIG ISAIAH: BREAK NOT THE BRUISED REED THE FIFTH ANGEL OF REVELATION: HARM NO GREEN LIVING BEING MAHAVIRA OF THE JAINS: KILL NOT CAUSE NO PAIN TO ANY BEING

.GROW FREE FOOD .PREVENT MOWER ACCIDENTS .PROTECT SAPLING TREES .CREATE OXYGEN .SAVE TIME . CONSERVE FUEL .SAVE MONEY .GUARD FREEDOM .INVOKE RAIN. STABILIZE WEATHER PATTERNS . STOP MUDSLIDES .BUFFER NOISE. DIVERT FLOODS . FOSTER WILDLIFE HABITAT . FILTER AIR

(not in the order of importance) In the last few years the EPA has joined the environmental groups promoting nonmowing. Their site is http://www.epa.gov .. type in 'natural landscaping' in search to bring up many sites. The Green Party http://www.greens.org and many Libertarians also support nonmowing. In June of 2002, NPR reported that the Congressional Black Caucus has a better record than either white Democrats or white Republicans in environmental issues. (We know of 1 Congressional black Republican).

I: ENVIRONMENTAL (THE REDUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION) 1. REFORESTATION When one stops mowing, land becomes meadow and then thicket and then woods. reforesting the world. 2. OXYGEN CREATION This extra greenery creates oxygen. The average tree creates 5 pounds of oxygen daily. 3. AIR PURIFICATION And purifies the air through leaf filtration a. particulate matter b.car fumes c.noxious gases d.other airborn toxins. Removal of carbon dioxide by plants ameliorates pollution. 4. TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION Warms the world's winters and cools the summers. There is a 50 degree difference between 70 degree equatorial rainforest and 120 degree desert. Each blade of grass is a little air conditioner. A world without drought, flood, famine, freezes, and killer heat can be eliminated by literally covering the world with trees. 5. RAIN INVOCATION Greenery calls down rain. Bayard Webster of the NY Times wrote that each mature tree evaporates 40 gallons of moisture daily (much greater amounts for older trees.) All greenery is involved in the raincycle. The drought and consequent starvation in N. Korea was related to the cutting of nearly all trees for fuel. (as is present drought in the NW US). (NPR Sept 98 and other sources) 6. DEW PRESERVATION Preserves dew. Not only do green spires and leaves act as masts around which dew can gather, but the more greenery the longer the dew lasts. 7. NOISE BUFFER Weaves a noise buffer which screens out unpleasant traffic 8. NOISE PREVENTION Ends the peace-fracturing sound of the lawnmower. Some communities have noise ordinances which prevent mowing during normal sleeping hours. 9. VISUAL BEAUTY Multiplies the beauty of diversity 10. FRAGRANCE Multiply the fragrance in the air. 11. HEALING GREEN Nonmowing creates optical healing by creating more greenery. Research has proven that looking on the jade and forest greens reduces heartbeat and creates peace. 12. LANDFILL ECONOMY Letting lawns grow wild reduces pressure on landfills..by not adding leaves to overburdened systems (and saves the fuel and wages of collection releasing workers for the labor of their hearts). (NPR Sept 1: methane gases leach from landfill through water into basements) As the world evolves away from treekilling, sawdust piles which are a byproduct of the lumber industry will be removed, making the earth safer for children. 13. FUEL CONSERVATION Conserves fuel a. unused in unused mowers b. As evergreen trees break cold winter winds and shroud dwellings they are natural insulation. 14. HYDROCARBON REDUCTION Prevents hydrocarbon mower emission from polluting the air. Many media outlets are passing on the EPA recommendation that lawns not be mowed when there is great humidity and heat. Hydrocarbons create ozone alerts. 15. CARBON DIOXIDE Greenery which takes in carbon dioxide and breathes out oxygen reduces gases toxic to humans. 15a. METHANE GAS and toxic gases are purified by leaf action. 16. TORNADO PREVENTION Unstable heat is the main factor in tornados. Greenery which reduces the temperature 30 degrees in forest areas prevents tornados. 17. MUDSLIDE PREVENTION: The roots of living plants absorb great amounts of water and prevent mudslides. 18. FLOOD PREVENTION: A. On river banks and everywhere, tree, plant, bush, and vine roots are flood preventers. As David Kidd of Canton, planter of more than a million trees has stated, the bigger and older the tree the more work it does. (The 900 year old oaks with their huge diameters are a lot more precious to Mother Earth than skinny young trees. http://www.freetree.org B. Ohio Public Radio David C. Barnett Sept 9th: reported on reduction of impervious surface by reducing concrete and adding greenery. (The hard asphalt, concrete, and rooftops create more runoff and flooding.) C. Bricks and stones in roads are better for the environment than are concrete and asphalt. They allow rain through the inter-brick space and have less blistering heat. Angel strips not devil strips (Planting grape trellises over highways re-greens the earth and creates food.) 19. PREVENT DESERTIFICATION Only reforestation can prevent desertification. This is the conclusion of Patrick Velasquez of US Agency For International Development and most other environmentalists. We used to think a pine cone was one seed, but apparently it is hundreds. 20. REDUCE CHEMICAL POLLUTION: Radio network show Public Interest October 7 featuring Rodale author: Chemically treated lawns are grass high on drugs.: Fertilizer has toxic byproducts for the land and water. Rodale, Emmaus Pennsylvania, USA 18049 is one leader in the organic movement. 21. FASTEST CLEANUP OF TOXIC DUMPS Green island sanctuaries of unmolested plants, insects, and wildlife are a protection against the biotech manipulations of the environment. 22. WATERSHED PROTECTION The more greenery, plants, vines, trees, and bushes.. the more the watershed, reservoirs, and lakes and ponds, brooks and streams are protected. a. Arsenic is a byproduct of the pressed wood industry. Arsenic is poisonous in the waters, and like other industrial pollutants such as mercury, chromium and polychlorinated biphenols is concentrated in the flesh of fishes. http://www.nofishing.net http://www.pcrm.org http://www.ivu.org 23. BIODIVERSITY Nonmowing or letting God be the landscaper creates biodiversity and its many benefits (and benefirs) rather than monoculture. (Loggers last year caused the death of David Chain, Earth First tree activist. Write efmc@a... or call 707 923 2114 Andy Caffrey) 24. FIRE PREVENTION In March of 2001, widescale drought in the NW has been reported. Destruction of greenery is one cause of this. Trees' evaporation is necessary in cloud formation. 25. FLOOD PREVENTION Nonmowing causes natural reforestation. Tree roots on river banks prevent floods. 26. WATER CONSERVATION: Unmowed areas do not need watering.. they are self contained systems. Nor do they need recycling. 27. INSECTICIDE PREVENTION: Carpet lawn enthusiasts pollute the environment with insecticides in some cases. II HUMAN RIGHTS: (Numbers 19 through 31) 1. FEEDING THE HUNGRY: FOOD CREATION Prevents famine by giving a cornucopia of free food to the planet Orchards are 450 times as productive per acre as slaughterhouses..Dr. Faust, former chief of the USDA Fruit Labs, cited centenarian orchards of apple trees dropping two tons each of food. This is 400,000 lbs per acre as compared to 100 to 1000 lbs of food for meat, 10,000 lbs for dairy, 80,000 lbs. for acre. The 400 to l ratio is only the first step. Tri level agriculture.. with bean and other vines around the tree trunks and other foodyielding plants in the interarboreal spaces.. yield even more. This also can be multiplied by those areas which have 2 or 3 growing seasons..e.g. Southern California. Because certain economic systems promote scarcity based profit, these orchard systems have been deemphasized.

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