You don’t realize how much you miss green spaces until you don’t have them anymore. See this article about an American soldier bringing ‘green’ to Iraq – it’s inspiring to see what lengths we’ll go to for the comforts of home.
http://landscapeonline.com/research/article/6932
Properly managed turf areas are significant carbon sinks.
When kept in a growing state, carbon sequestration in turf areas can range anywhere from four to seven times the carbon emissions, according to a report, Technical Assessment of the Carbon Sequestration Potential of Managed Turfgrass in the United States by Dr. Ranajit (Ron) Sahu.
