Nature's Best Hope
by Douglas Tallamy · first published 2020
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Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation. Nature’s Best Hope shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. Because this approach relies on the initiatives of private individuals, it is immune from the whims of governmen
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…care. Then you can collect their seeds. I am really hoping that all the milkweed we're planting brings more monarchs. Last year, we saw a couple. I like Douglas Tallamy's books Bringing Nature Home and Nature's Best Hope.
on “You Can Turn Your Backyard into a Biodiversity Hotspot” ↗…composting could save as much as 8-10% of global emissions and restoring areas with native plants could save as much as 20-30% of global emissions. A few specific references that I have been using are Nature's Best Hope by Douglas Tallamy, as well as his other books, and the Monarch Gardens project (https://www.monarchgard.com/) by Benjamin Vogt. It blows my mind that people keep looking for technocratic solutions when…
on “Soil: The world beneath our feet” ↗this may be soapboxy, but this is a subject i feel strongly about if you haven't already watched Doug Tallamy's talk "Nature's Best Hope", it is a fantastic watch. he has done it many times, for many different associations. you may have to skip some of their long intros. he also started Homegrown National Park, which is a project to…
on “Here a Bee, There a Bee, Everywhere a Wild Bee” ↗