It really depends on your location and it could even include native grasses. I’d even recommend creating a post in the community asking for help so it gets more visibility

It is okay if you still need to have grass for children/high traffic areas, you don’t need to remove it all, as even small patches with native plants can make a big difference

If you like videos, you should definitely watch Climate Townś “America’s Dumbest Crop” when you have the time:

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=KLYMjPNppRQ

I’m not sure if that is accurate, as Brazil is also a high humidity tropical country, which does not have all those plastic layers in their products and their plastic is way slimmer than those I’ve seen used in Asia.

As far as I am aware, they also have one of the biggest and most diverse ant populations, yet their biscuits are as crispy as any without all the extra plastic

Has there been any other games around here before?

It can be as low as €4/month + domain name, see:

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own/#so-you-want-to-run-your-own-mastodon-server

From the top of my head, there are:

City of Amsterdam https://social.amsterdam.nl/
Baden-Württemberg https://bawü.social/
Netherlands https://social.overheid.nl/
Germany https://social.bund.de/
France https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/
EU Commission https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/

Switzerland had a pilot project, but I don’t know what happened to it

I’m pretty sure there are more local governments with their own instances or plans to do it , specially after all the digital sovereignty discourse got some boost to it