Gravel for Grass
There’s a water crisis. Why do we still have lawns? An American dream meets a changing landscape By Dan Zak Lawns, still, somehow. The planet has accelerated its revolt against us and still we tend our lawns, one part of Earth we can control. Society falters, resources dwindle and, still, lawns. Lawns: burned out, blond and dead, in the air fryer of August. Lawns: emerald green — no, alien green — and kept that way by maniacal vigilance and an elaborate system of pipes and po