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New Brighton Climate Action Plan 7 -6 <br />What You Can Do <br />You can support the goals of the Greenspace and Trees section of this climate <br />action plan as an individual, household, or a business. Here are just a few things <br />you can do: <br />• Make your backyard a Certified Wildlife Habitat <br />with the National Wildlife Federation <br />• Install a pollinator-friendly Green Roof (living <br />roof) to reduce your energy consumption. <br />Decrease heat island impacts, and reduce <br />stormwater runoff. <br />Support <br />pollinators <br />• Plant a rain garden with native plantings to absorb <br />storm water and replenish our aquifers. <br />• Replace your lawn and landscape with drought- <br />resistant, native or well-adapted, non-invasive <br />plants. <br />• Remove pavement and increase permeable <br />surfaces. De-pave areas wherever possible to <br />encourage stormwater infiltration onsite <br />• Install bioswales/rain gardens or rainwater <br />diversion systems to reduce impact on the <br />stormwater system <br />Make your yard <br />rain-ready <br />• Plant trees in your yard to provide shade and <br />cooling in summer heat. Select trees suited for the <br />changing climate of New Brighton. <br />Plant Trees