clive, 
"It's Time To Kill The Lawn"
Between their voracious thirst for water, the flattening of local biodiversity, and the gnarly pollutants coughed up by mowing ...
... American lawns are the products of an exquisite mania for Order
Time to uproot them
My essay: https://clivethompson.medium.com/its-time-to-kill-the-lawn-46ecb2e1ba9a
A "friend" link in case you're not a Medium subscriber: https://clivethompson.medium.com/its-time-to-kill-the-lawn-46ecb2e1ba9a?sk=dfd130469d2659410259f1365778dcea