Authentic or Artificial Turf On Athletic Fields
https://www.treehugger.com/green-food/artificial-turf-versus-real-grass-which-is-greener.html
By : Mike Feit
-Synthetic turf fields have become more and more popular amongst high school and college athletic programs
-Is the synthetic turf better for the environment?
almost all of the grasses we have in our lawns and on our fields in the US are not native grasses (they are imports). To make them look good, we use fertilizers and heavy watering, and often times, pesticides to make them look and play like we want them to. These fertilizers can hurt the wildlife and the lakes, rivers and streams around us because of runoff.
-Although synthetic turf fields can also release harmful materials, they do not require water or fertilizer to maintain.
-the article also points out that “real” grass has to be mowed, which uses gas and produces more of a carbon footprint
-Lastly, we now know how synthetic fields play and the convenience of them (preventing rainouts, maintenance), but we will not know the true environmental impact until these popular fields are older and impacts (positive/negative) are more apparent
Questions:
1. What type of field would you rather compete on?
2. Is there a risk to using/producing something now because we think it is healthier, despite the unknown long-term effects?
3. It is suggested in the article that homeowners maybe think about alternatives to the typical grass lawn (wild grass, flowers, hardscape) to help alleviate the “fertilizer” problems. What type of lawn would you like when you own your own home/property?
I think considering long term effects, we should definitely keep the real grass-shamus Landry
ReplyDeleteI prefer turf because I play field hockey, and there are no bumps to stop the ball.
ReplyDeleteLilly Pearson
I love artificial turf~Devion Harris
ReplyDeleteI would rather play a sport on turf than regular grass. -Tori Favazza
ReplyDeletesports on turf for sure!!
ReplyDelete^aiden tucker
DeleteI think playing on synthetic turf is better, because it is much flatter. Although, I think that synthetic turf could be bad for the environment. - Fagan O'Connor
ReplyDeleteTurf in everyway is better than grass.-daniel Biermann
ReplyDeleteWith Real grass you might get unwanted plants and bugs and they would have to mow the grass which uses gas which is bad for the enviroment.-Gabby piper
ReplyDeletei like baseball because, is the sport i play when i was younger, and i keep playing because is my favorite sport.
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DeleteI would rather play on a Artificial ground because it gives you a good grip of the ground and it also would keep you from hurting yourself .
ReplyDelete-Anadia Phillips
I would rather play on turf
ReplyDeleteI would rather play sports on turf because it's a lot nicer than real grass.
ReplyDeleteMaddie Hollett
i like to run this truf its nice play any game, i love it.
ReplyDeletei think it will be interesting to see how people deal with artificial turf as a waste product. -lizzy raupp
ReplyDeletei like to run this truf its nice play any game, i love it.-Romem
ReplyDeleteI think that this turf is better because it way smoother and then you are more safer divin on this turf more than noermal turf because it is not as rough as normal turf where it is really rough. you wont get cuts, splinters or get hurt bc it is very smooth as any other turf such as old baseball fields or old football fields.
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DeleteI think regular grass is better because there are many different animals that live on the grass and in the dirt that stabilizes the way animals and people live.-Tamara Harmon
ReplyDeleteI prefer turf instead of grass becasue i play soccer and bseball and it is easier to slide on and you can slide further and it is easier to slide further than if you were on a grass field, and you can tell where the ball is going to be easier because there are no bumps or holes in the ground.
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Deletei prefer turf instead of grass becasue i play soccer and baseball and it is easier and more safe to slide in and it is easier to tell where thr ball is goin g to go next becasuee the ground does not have any holes or bnumpos in the groundand you dont have to0 be nervous or scared that you are going to miss the ball becasue you know exactly where it is going to be. Jack O'Leary
ReplyDeleteI prefer turf to grass because it does not get wet like grass does with dew but it also doesn't attract insects or plants. ( Ian Noedel
ReplyDeleteTurf is great for sports in my opinion. I think the amount of time and machines it would take to keep regular grass in shape out weighs the bad effects of turf.
ReplyDeleteAlyssa Morales
I think turf is better than grass in regards to sports. Only because the maintenance grass requires.
ReplyDeletedoes it slow down runners when playing the game even though its benficial
ReplyDeleteartificial turf is better than the real grass because you don't need to ruin the grass with putting chemicals in it.
ReplyDeleteI think artificial turf is better than regular grass because ir doesnt need really ant turf than regular grass. Veronica D.
ReplyDeleteturf is just plastic. one day it will all go into our enviornment and food. Estuardo
ReplyDeleteartificial turf can be very beneficial to the environment by not using as many chemicals
ReplyDeleteto keep the grass green.
-From Gabriel