Helping communities adapt to climate change.
We believe that climate adaptation happens where people live, work, and gather.
Through our flagship initiative, the Microhabitat Accelerator, we help communities transform everyday spaces into living systems that restore ecosystems and build resilience.
The Microhabitat Accelerator℠
Where local leaders grow a global habitat movement.
The Microhabitat Accelerator is the heart of our work. It connects local leaders who are transforming fragmented spaces—yards, school grounds, verges, and more—into thriving habitats that restore biodiversity and community resilience.
The Accelerator responds to the urgent needs of Microhabitat Programs: better tools, stronger networks, and shared practices to scale what works. Through pro bono resources—including a growing Resource Center, a Practitioners Circle, and targeted Grant opportunities—we help programs launch, learn, and thrive. Explore the Accelerator.
Why Microhabitats Matter
Climate mitigation is global, but climate adaptation is local.
Healthy ecosystems are the foundation of resilience. Yet in most communities, natural habitat has been fragmented into scattered patches. Restoring and reconnecting small spaces—such as yards, roadside verges, school grounds, vacant lots—can have outsized ecological impact.
Microhabitats:
- Restore biodiversity by providing food, shelter, and corridors for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife
- Buffer communities against climate stress by cooling neighborhoods, absorbing stormwater, and reducing flooding
- Improve ecosystem services such as air quality, soil health, and water filtration
- Foster stewardship and connection by bringing neighbors together in visible, hands-on action
Through microhabitat programs—organized, ongoing initiatives that coordinate many individual microhabitats and microhabitat projects within a locality—these efforts grow into more than the sum of their parts. They make it possible to support biodiversity at scale and strengthen communities against climate impacts. That’s why we place microhabitat programs at the center of our work—and why we built the Microhabitat Accelerator to grow and support them.
Who We Work With
We support community-based nonprofits, public agencies, and local leaders of all kinds. For example:
Land trusts • Tribes • Social entrepreneurs • Neighborhood groups • Regional planners • Farming and fishing associations • Communities of faith • Local governments
Our role: to provide grants and other resources so local initiatives can thrive.
What's New
Looking to start a microhabitat program and join a growing network of practitioners? Our Incubator Grants provide seed funding, mentoring, and peer connections to help your idea take root.
Helping communities adapt to climate change.
Through our flagship initiative, the Microhabitat Accelerator, we help communities transform everyday spaces into living systems that restore ecosystems and build resilience.
We work with community-based nonprofits and local leaders
Climate mitigation is global, but climate adaptation is local.
Healthy ecosystems are the foundation of resilience. Yet in most communities, natural habitat has been fragmented into scattered patches. Restoring and reconnecting small spaces such as —yards, roadside verges, school grounds, vacant lots—can have outsized ecological impact.
Microhabitats:
- Restore biodiversity by providing food, shelter, and corridors for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife
- Buffer communities against climate stress by cooling neighborhoods, absorbing stormwater, and reducing flooding
- Improve ecosystem services such as air quality, soil health, and water filtration
Foster stewardship and connection by bringing neighbors together in visible, hands-on action
Through microhabitat programs—organized, ongoing initiatives that coordinate many individual microhabitats and microhabitat projects within a locality—these efforts grow into more than the sum of their parts. They make it possible to support biodiversity at scale and strengthen communities against climate impacts
That’s why we place microhabitat programs at the center of our work—and why we built the Microhabitat Accelerator to grow and support them.
Who We Work With
We support community-based nonprofits, public agencies, and local leaders of all kinds: Land trusts • Tribes • Social entrepreneurs • Neighborhood groups • Regional planners • Farming and fishing associations • Communities of faith • Local governments
Our role: to provide grants and other resources so local initiatives can thrive.
What's New:
How Columbia Land Trust and Bird Alliance of Oregon are diversifying their backyard habitat program
A recent Village and Wilderness article featured by the Land Trust Alliance.
What's New:
Looking to start a microhabitat program and join a growing network of practitioners? Our Incubator Grants provide seed funding, mentoring, and peer connections to help your idea take root.