"You can't solve climate change as an indivual" is true, but that does not mean you can't do anything to help your local ecosystem.
Find out what plants grow native to your area. iNaturalist.org is a great resource for that. Grow native plants, however the heck you can manage it. It doesn't have to be in the ground. If you can get a five gallon bucket and stab or drill some holes in the bottom and can get potting soil, you can grow a plant in that five gallon bucket.
Put some leaves or twigs or grass clippings on the bottom to keep the dirt from fallout out the holes, add the dirt, then your plant or the seed. If you have it, you can add mulch once your seeds germinate, just make sure not to cover them. If it's a bigger plant already, you can mulch whenever you want.
Find out what butterflies are native to your area. Find out what host plants they use, and you can grow one of their host plants and watch the caterpillars grow up. If monarch butterflies visit your area, find out what species of milkweed are native to your area, and grow one of them! If you put a tomato cage around the plant, it will give the caterpillars something to climb on when they're ready to form a chrysalis :)
Even just one native plant can and will make a difference.
When we lived in Pennsylvanina, one common milkweed seed found its way into the yard and started growing. Once I realized what it was, I made sure no one would pull it up, and let it grow.
This single common milkweed plant attracted:
Common eastern bumblebees
Western honey bees (not native, but still counts)
Marginated Leatherwing beetles
Common buckeye butterflies
Too many wasp species to count
Too many fly species to count
And these are just the species that I could get pictures of and identify, and doesn't even mention the numbers of each of them!
You want to help your local ecosystem? You want to save the bees and other native pollinators?
Figure out what plants are native to your area, and grow them.
(Don't just go to the store and grab a packet of "wildflower mix" because nine times out of ten they'll be filled with non native species. Always check for the scientific names before buying something, because stores and nurseries tend to change the name to make something more desirable to sellers)
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