Incorporating nature into your home and lifestyle can have multiple benefits. Opportunities to personally connect to the natural environment and enjoy recreational activities in urban green space are important for a healthy community. Green space also helps keep the air clean, mitigates the urban heat island effect, can help keep your home cool, and can be a great source of food. Explore this page for ways you can incorporate nature and food into your lifestyle. Visit the Neighborhood page of this section for ways to incorporate nature and food into your community.

Explore what YOU can do to incorporate nature and food into your home and lifestyle:

• Replace invasive and non-native plants with native and drought-tolerant vegetation.
• Increase vegetation around your home and incorporate nature into your life.
• Increase the amount of locally produced foods you eat, including food from your backyard!