Welcome to Home Earth Alliance’s resources page!

The mission of Home Earth Alliance is to educate, inspire, and empower people to cultivate outdoor spaces to support biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and promote environmental justice.

Find Your Ecoregion

View the different ecoregions of New York to see where you are!

Planting Natives

What plants are native to our area & how can you help them?

Water Features for Wildlife

What can you do to introduce water into your landscape?

Why Pollinators Are Important

How to promote & protect native pollinators & seed spreading species?

Soil Food Web

What do you need to know about your soil?

Sustainable Yards & Gardens

How can you make more sustainable choices for your yard?

Vegetable & Container Gardening

What agricultural practices benefit both us and the ecosystem?

Home Composting

How can home composting benefit both us and the ecosystem?

Ecolandscapes for Environmental Justice

What changes can we make to our laws & what legislature is NY considering?

More You Can Do

50 Things You Can Do Tomorrow to be Kinder to the Earth

  • “Every square inch of planet earth has ecological significance, even where we live, work, and play. If we landscape these areas with plant function as well as aesthetics in mind, we can create viable habitat where humans are, not just where humans are not.”

    — Doug Tallamy

Looking to purchase plants native to the Capital Region? Check out our IMAGINE Native Plant Farm!

Wild seeds responsibly collected from, and native plants lovingly grown for, our local ecoregions.