Nature's Best Hope

A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard

De: Douglas W. Tallamy

Narrado por: Adam Barr

Douglas W. Tallamy's first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of individuals 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 government policy. Even more important, it's practical, effective, and easy - you will walk away with specific suggestions you can incorporate into your own yard.

If you're concerned about doing something good for the environment, Nature's Best Hope is the blueprint you need. By acting now, you can help preserve our precious wildlife - and the planet - for future generations.

©2020 Douglas W. Tallamy (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

The most important message in the world

Excellent book, solution-oriented approach, totally worth listening and teaching others by example. Stewardship needs to be the new norm.

Excellent!

Every gardener and homeowner should ready this book! It's exactly what we can each do - the little pieces that can make a huge difference!

Spread the word

(Residential) Landscaping can save the world. Its a quick listen but thorough and generously written

Highlighted my environmental ignorance

I consider myself a bonafide treehugger, slowly working to make the earth a better place. This work showed me how to focus my efforts on my own small plot of land and work in harmony with my neighbors to help the earth on a small scale that may gradually encompass large areas over time. Who knew that most of the plant selections at nurseries do not help our birds, caterpillars, and other creatures to survive in our yards? I knew invasive plants were not desirable before, but now I know why and knowledge is power!

Transformative

This is an unusually great book about nonhuman life and gardening. I strongly recommend it.

preaching to the choir

This should be required reading in high school and college. Basically preaching to the choir but had some illuminating issues that I didn't know about.

One of the most important books I’ve ever read

This book is full of great information and practical tips. I highly recommend it! Together, we can heal our planet.

Hopeful attitude.

I enjoyed learning what I can do to help. It also made me appreciate even more the life in my garden. Just how special it was to see Bluebirds and Pileated woodpeckers this last Summer and Fall.

EVERYONE should read this book.

Doug Tallamy's book is a clear, concise explanation of what is happening to the biodiversity of our planet and what we can do - easily and without government intervention or initiative - to fix it. Highly highly recommend for everyone and should be required reading for gardeners, landscapers, planning boards and conservation committees.

Your Yard Can Regenerate Biodiversity!

What is our best hope of regenerating the natural world, the one that existed before humans largely transfigured it beyond recognition? In "Nature's Best Hope," Douglas Tallamy addresses that question. He makes reference to E.O. Wilson, the late entomologist, who said that 50% of the planet should be set aside for wild things. Reference is also made to the current 30 by 30 proposal, seeking the protection of 30% of the planet by 2030. How, Tallamy wonders, can this realistically be done? National parks are great, and everybody loves them, but unfortunately, they are not the answer. They are not the best way to connect each of us, on a daily basis, with nature, nor are they the best way to provide countless species of insects and birds with much-needed habitat. Moreover, finding more large areas to protect, or enlarging existing protected areas, is challenging because so much of our surface area is paved over, intensively farmed, privately owned, or hopelessly degraded. According to Tallamy, our best hope is to turn to those of us with yard space. If we fill our yards with more native trees and plants, we'll attract more native animal species, including all-important pollinators, such as insects and birds. The studies show that if we put in native plants, native animals will come. This seems like a simple win-win. It's provides local species with habitat, while bringing us humans closer to nature. As public awareness of the needs of nature grows, the time seems ripe for Tallamy's proposal. As someone with yard space, I am on board. Let's make it happen!