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Climate-Wise Landscaping

Practical Actions for a Sustainable Future

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What can we do, right now, in our own landscapes, to help solve climate change?

Predictions about future effects of climate change range from mild to dire - but we're already seeing warmer winters, hotter summers, and more extreme storms. Proposed solutions often seem expensive and complex, and can leave us as individuals at a loss, wondering what, if anything, can be done.

Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt offer a rallying cry in response - instead of wringing our hands, let's roll up our sleeves. Based on decades of experience, this book is packed with simple, practical steps anyone can take to beautify any landscape or garden, while helping protect the planet and the species that call it home. Topics include:

  • Working actively to shrink our carbon footprint through mindful landscaping and gardening
  • Creating cleaner air and water
  • Increasing physical comfort during hotter seasons
  • Supporting birds, butterflies, pollinators, and other wildlife.
  • This book is the ideal tool for homeowners, gardeners, and landscape professionals who want to be part of the solution to climate change.

    AWARDS

  • GOLD | 2018 Nautilus Book Awards: Ecology & Environment
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      • Booklist

        March 1, 2018
        Home gardeners are already adjusting to the effects of climate change as the seasons trend warmer and storms become more extreme. This book aims to provide practical advice for proactive things to do to make gardens more sustainable while adjusting to the changes. Tackling topics including the lawn, trees and shrubs, soil, herbaceous plants, edible plants, and several more, the authors suggest specific actions that can be implemented � la carte in existing gardens or while planning for new spaces. Many of them will sound familiar (stop using pesticides, reduce irrigation, replace plants that no longer favor your region with those that are adaptable to changing conditions), but the volume of information here is impressive, and each action is accompanied by an explanation of why it's important. In addition to addressing existing challenges, many suggestions also aim to minimize potential damage from fire, flood, and storm. This wealth of information is divided into manageable chunks, making the book useful whether read cover-to-cover or dipped into for specific topics.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)

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    • English

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