Resources
- Why prairies matter and lawns don’t
- Jens Jensen: The Living Green Movie
- National Wildlife Federation: Why should I create a NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat?
- Turf Wars (Atavistic.org)
- Gimmie Green. A humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn.
- Roundup Birth Defects: Regulators Knew World's Best-Selling Herbicide Causes Problems, New Report Fin (Huffpost Green)
- Film: A Sense of WonderSpecial Investigation: The Pesticides and Politics of America's Eco-War (Truth-Out)
- Test your organic gardening knowledge to find out how green your garden grows. (Planet Green)
- How to Go Green: Gardening (Planet Green)
- How Green is Your Garden (News-Record)
- How Green is Your Garden (National Wildlife Foundation)
- In the Garden: Pushing for Sustainable Landscapes (NY Times)
- Sustainable Landscapes: How Green is Your Garden (Huffington Post)
- Landscape Ordinance Research Project
- Bret Rappaport ’s article in the John Marshall Law Review (Vol. 26, Summer, 1993).
- Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Sustainable Sites Initiative
- Natureserve: A Network Connecting Science with Conservation Providing the scientific basis for effective conservation, Natureserve and its network of natural heritage programs are the trusted source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.
- Smaller American Lawns Today
- US Environmental Protection Agency, Green Acres Program (Weedlaws / Toolkit / Native Vegetation Enhancement / Wild Ones Handbook / Factsheets / Landscaping Naturally (video)
- Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural LandscapesNatural Landscaping for Public Officials, available at no cost by writing or calling The Northeast Illinois Planning Commission (312)454-0400 , 222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1800, Chicago , IL 60606. Or, get the online version.
- Carolyn McDade, Music about the interdependence of all life
- Rails to Trails Conservancy, promoting a nationwide trail network, using abandoned railroad beds
- "Environmentally Friendly Vegetation Management” utlilizing grazing goats
- National Native Plant Nursery DirectoryOakland Wildflower Farm: "Restoring Michigan's Plant Heritage One Yard At a Time"
- American Roots: Wildflowers and native plants, many of Oakland County genotype
- Wild Type Native Plant NurseryTest your organic gardening knowledge to find out how green your garden grows (Planet Green)
- Carol Stream Green InitiativeSoutheast Oakland County Water Authority Native Plant Nursery
Articles
- How Green is Your Garden, News-Record
- How Green is Your Garden, National Wildlife Foundation
- In the Garden: Pushing for Sustainable Landscapes, NY Times
- Sustainable Landscapes, How Green is Your Garden, Huffington Post
- What price perfection when it comes to your lawn? Akron Beacon Journal
- Turf War, The New Yorker
- The Opportunity Space for Growing Food Locally is HUGE. Resilient Communities