To Go Green…or Not

What does it mean to be Green?

Conserving water?  Recycling?  Tearing out your grass and replacing it with Artificial Turf?

We are told so many things by so many people, but who is right?  Well, me, of course.  🙂

Many, so called, “benefits” of “Going Green” can also have many, unmentioned, associated risks and costs.

 

Here are a few links to various articles that I think you find of interest, and will help you realize that there are risks and costs associated with Going Green.

San Diego increasing rates 17%, nice reward for conserving!

http://www.10news.com/news/sd-seeks-to-spike-water-rates-17-percent

USA Today article on hazardous substances and high levels of lead in artificial turf:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/15/artificial-turf-health-safety-studies/24727111/

 

Long list of Artificial Turf Hazards:

http://www.njwec.org/PDF/Factsheets/fact-artificialterf.pdf