Do Lawn People Choose Lawns

The survey results briefly outlined in Chapter 1 tell us something in this regard lawn chemical users are wealthier urban and suburban people whose neighbors tend to use chemicals, and who tend to be more worried about chemical usagethan those who do not use them. This contradicts many of the most commonly used predictors of green conduct. Higher education, as an obvious 

TABLE 6.1 Survey Responses on significant relationship, positive Community and Chemicals Direction of 

Parameter Interested in Knowing Believe Neighbors What s Going on Practices have a Negative in Neighborhood Impact on Water Quality  

Lawn care companies negative impact on local water quality + + + 

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But how is this manifested in lawn people s decision making and experience Chapter 6 examines the motivations and doubts of lawn chemical users through review of national survey results and in-depth interviews with cul-de-sac dwellers. The results show how anxious homeowners reconcile their behaviors with their beliefs, usually through consideration of collective good, community values, and moral obligations. These results reveal that lawn people do not simply choose to maintain their lawns, but instead act under the burden of reconciling a range of contradictions in both economy and community. 

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