An article by Mr John Bird, a supporter of the Coalition for Sustainable Water Use.

One percent of water is used on our gardens, while 10% is wasted because of broken and leaking water mains.

Lawns cut and maintained at 50mm or more, provide three times more oxygen than trees and absorb three times the CO2 than Australian trees.

Green grass is an outdoor “climate control” able to lower ground temperature by up to 20 degrees.

Lawns of 240 square metres provide enough oxygen for a family of four a day (at ground level)

Grass acts as a dust and erosion filter for cleaner air and prevention of water run off.

Green grasses are a fire retardent, but dry burning grass adds tonnes of CO2 to the air.

As there are thousands employed in the  horticulture industry, is it time for those who profess to be green to realise where the solution to global warming is.