One of my favorite local authors has a column in the Seattle Times. Valerie Easton says

Home gardeners can do a lot to address global climate change. Options include everything from choosing self-reliant plants that need less water and fertilizer to reducing energy use by trading in mowers and blowers for rakes and hand clippers.

Read this week’s Plant Life column in the Times, Give your garden a global-warming makeover

Easton has written several great gardening books! You can find them at local book stores, or on Amazon.com.