1. The Grass is Always Greener

Welcome to the first episode of our podcast! In this episode: Madeline smacks her lips a lot (sorry, we're new to this) and we talk about front lawns, community spaces, geodesic domes, and the housing crisis.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared Sources:  1) https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/the-american-obsession-with-lawns/ 2) https://www.businessinsider.com/americas-biggest-crop-is-grass-2016-2 3) https://www.businessinsider.com/where-grass-lawns-came-from-2016-5#and-in-drought-stricken-regions-out-west-its-not-worth-all-the-water-to-grow-a-yard-full-of-plants-from-rainy-england-in-southern-california-stick-with-a-native-grass-instead-16 4) https://www.nrdc.org/experts/tracy-quinn/why-lawn-must-die 5) https://www.cnn.com/style/article/lawns-american-yard-us/index.html 6) https://www.nrdc.org/stories/more-sustainable-and-beautiful-alternatives-grass-lawn 7) https://ggwash.org/view/72499/lawns-are-good-for-almost-nothing-environment-eco-landscaping 8) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/video/lawn-grass-environment-history.html 9) https://www.cnps.org/ 10) https://www.jstor.org/stable/24706922 11) https://www.dailycal.org/2021/03/20/why-do-we-have-lawns-anyway/ 12) https://www.monticello.org/slavery/ 13) https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/ Further Reading: 1) "Debt: The First 5000 Years" by David Graeber 2) "Confronting Empire" by Arundhati Roy 3) "Forest Bathing Is Great for Your Health. Here’s How to Do It" by Qing Li, Time Magazine 4) "When June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem" by Claire Schwartz, The New Yorker