The Landscaping Revolution By: Andy & Sally Wasowski published: 2000 This is an anti-lawn book full of facts and alternatives. Here is a sample: In some western states 75 percent of their water is used for lawns. Native plants often use less water, require little care, and are more interesting. The EPA estimates American lawns use 25 million pounds of herbicides and 30 million pounds of pesticides each year. Seldom are they needed and evidence suggests they do serious harm to our health. Earth care begins at home by connecting with nature. The only way to connect our children is to build habitat and connect ourselves. High Tech, High Touch Technology and our search for meaning. By: Nana Naisbitt & Douglas Philips published: 1999 Technology now saturates our culture and uses its inventions propagate a positive view of itself. We feel good about exploring new technology and prefer to ignore the long term impacts. This strange ability to only look at the benefits of technology is sold by constant advertising, education, and the media. This is old news to most of us. The one thing i found interesting was a paragraph in the back of the book describing how this book impacted one of the authors. They decided to stop watching TV to see what impact it would have. The results were impressive. This small act connected the family members and turned their life around. jeff
