Nature's Best Hope

A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

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

A must read for everybody! Not just nature lovers.

This is a great book about how regular citizens can do a huge part in revitalizing our denuded and degraded natural landscapes. Mr. Tallamy shows us quite simply that if given a chance nature will find a way. The narrator does a great job with this reading. After a few sentences into the book I felt like I was listening to the author read his own work. An easy listen.

A must read

This book Should be taught in every school at eighth grade level. We need to shape the understanding of the people that will run the world.

For everyone!

Finally an intelligent and practical book full of facts and what we can do in our own backyards to make a difference!
Excellent!

The reader bugged me

Pun intended. I love Doug Tallamy. I have listened to his lectures online. I wish he had read his book. I don’t want to bash the reader because he read well; he paused when there were commas etc etc and the sentences flowed well, but I feel like he was only reading the words, and felt nothing, except for one time. Perhaps that was the problem - the book wasn’t a story so the reader couldn’t convey any emotion? I don’t know. But it felt like I was listening to a shareholder’s report or some kind of bland “how automobiles get made video”. But what this book talks about is so important! It was a bit frustrating because it made the information hard to absorb. When listening to Doug Tallamy, I am inspired and amused. This reader left me feeling…meh.

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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!

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.

Enlightening

No non-sense and say it like it is, scientific perspective of the state of our native ecosystems and ways in which we can all help restore them from our own yards. Every chapter was incredibly interesting and eye opening.

Recommending to everyone

I felt a shift in my life mission after being introduced to this book. I will be buying copies to share.

Must Read

This book is amazing. Now I want to read everything else by this author. It’s an important book.