Climate Solutions Week Book Discussion – Nature’s Best Hope

So many of the problems of climate change require collective action, which can make it feel like there’s nothing one person can do.

The good news? There are tangible actions we can take, right in our own backyards.

Join us for a discussion of Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy, and learn how anyone can create a “Homegrown National Park,” even with just a balcony.

We’ll dig into practical, doable steps: planting native keystone species, reducing lawn space, cutting back on outdoor lighting, and skipping pesticides. These small shifts support the native insects, especially caterpillars, that birds and local ecosystems depend on. Tallamy’s core message: individual yards, added together, can reverse ecological decline.

Librarian Addie will share resources and firsthand experience starting a native garden right here in Kingston, proof that if you plant it, they will come.

No registration required.

This program is in conjunction with Hudson Valley Climate Solutions Week.