In the News
May 25, 2007
Boy Scout inspires recycling initiative
BILL McDONALD (Connecticut Post)
 Members of Milford Environmental Concerns Coalition also attended Friday's announcement, including Diane Vasseur, the group's recycling chairman.
"I think it's an excellent example of businesses cooperating with a municipality," Vasseur said. "We commend Todd for his efforts."
She added that her committee has started its own initiative to reduce recyclable waste in schools, public buildings and businesses. ECC is looking to hook up with representatives from each of those groups on the matter, she said.
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Freedom Lawn in the News
Milford Living magazine article on Freedom Lawns:
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"With it's beautiful beaches, scenic views, and a picturesque harbor, Milford is blessed with the longest coastline of any town in Connecticut. However, preserving this treasure carries an ecological price tag: everything we put on our lawns eventually makes its way right into Long Island Sound.
We want to be good stewards of our scenic coastline so that our children can grow up in a safe environment, but we also want a nice yard. This is one of those rare times when it's possible to have both.
Enter "The Freedom Lawn."
Named by Gordon Geballe of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Services in his book The American Lawn, a Freedom Lawn advances the idea that lawns can be beautiful without the petrochemicals like 2,4-D, MCPP, Dicamba, and Diazinon that cause serious problems to the environment, our health, and to the health of our children and pets. " |
Freedom Lawns mentioned in Suburban Safari by Hannah Holmes:
 "The Freedom Lawn was invented, so to speak, by three scholars at Yale's School of Forestry and Envrironmental Studies, who argue the merits of weeds in Redesigning the American Lawn. Their description fits my patchwork lawn perfectly. who knew I was a trendsetter in landscape design? Poking around the Internet, I find that the Freedom Lawn is becoming more and more common. Lawn owners who lack the necessary weeds to start a Freedom Lawn are ordering "eco-turf" mixes of stuff like clovers, wild daisies, chamomile, yarrow, rye, fescue, and baby blue eyes. Some mixes combine flowering greens, while others feature herbs. Chamomile, one source advertises, perfumes the air with the scent of pineapple whenever you step on it. some mixes are meant to be mowed only once a month.
"The Freedom Lawn is becoming a movement. In Milford, Connecticut, residents now compete for an annual Freedom Lawn prize. The Garden Club of America, citing cancer rates, pollution, and water shortages, is promoting something called the New American Lawn, which sounds exactly like a Freedom Lawn."
--from Urban Safari by Hannah Holmes
Ann Berman in the Milford Mirror:
"[Ann] Berman has a hand in more environmental issues than can be summed up in one paragraph. Milford environmentalists describe her as tenacious and determined, eager to research environmental laws and applications, and never afraid to promote efforts that might seem difficult."
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