This Permaculture Research Institute article has some interesting videos about projects to attract more backyard wildlife. I don’t think I could convince my urban neighbors that these are a good idea (a “hotel” for centipedes and bees?) They need some adaptation and scaling for urban areas. It could be done though. I especially like the idea of girls playing with bugs – it is natural for children to be covered in bugs most of the time and modern society has gotten away from that.