ABOUT US
Homegrown National Park® is a grassroots call-to-action to regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function by planting native plants and creating new ecological networks.
OUR MISSION
To regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function because every human being on this planet needs diverse highly productive ecosystems to survive.
CALL TO ACTION
Catalyzing a collective effort of individual homeowners, property owners, land managers, farmers, and anyone with some soil to plant in…to start a new HABITAT® by planting native plants and removing most invasive plants. It is the largest cooperative conservation project ever conceived or attempted.
OUR GOAL
Our initial goal is 20 million acres of native plantings in the U.S. This represents approximately ½ of the green lawns of privately-owned properties.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
We've reached a critical point. Local ecosystems are losing so many species that their ability to provide the ecosystem services (oxygen, clean water, flood control, pollination, pest control, carbon storage, etc) that sustain us will become seriously compromised.
But don't worry... this isn’t a “bad human” moment. We can fix this together, with good stewardship, and have fun doing it!
Our message is a solution-based action. By starting new habitats, we'll create new ecological networks together. Through these small actions by many people, our efforts will have an outsized impact; ensuring that our world will sustain the plant and animal populations which sustain us.
THE HNP BIODIVERSITY MAP
Homegrown National Park® is a term coined by Doug and is the key to our call-to-action:
“Our National Parks, no matter how grand in scale, are too small and separated from one another to preserve species to the levels needed. Thus, the concept for Homegrown National Park, a bottom-up call-to-action to restore habitat where we live and work, and to a lesser extent where we farm and graze, extending national parks to our yards and communities.”
The Map is an interactive, community-based visual tool that will show each person’s contribution to planting native in their country and state/province.
Our overarching goal is to inspire and track 20 million acres of native plantings across North America.
Importantly, the Map is a way for individuals to see their part in the greater whole – creating new ecological networks and restoring biodiversity.
Every square foot of native plants counts!
#getonthemap #startdigging #onthemap
