Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World - Tapa dura

Seidl, Amy

 
9780807085844: Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World
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ISBN 10: 0807085847 ISBN 13: 9780807085844
Editorial: BEACON PR, 2009

Sinopsis

An ecologist and mother brings the overwhelming problem of global warming to a personal level, with a mix of memoir and science
 
As Michael Pollan and Barbara Kingsolver examine food issues through their own families' meals, Amy Seidl looks at climate change through family walks in the woods, work in her garden, and seasonal community events throughout the year. She brings home the reality of global warming by considering how it has altered her life, her daughters' experiences outdoors, and the traditions of her quintessential small New England town-the iconic landscape celebrated by Robert Frost, Norman Rockwell, and many others.
 
While it may be possible for some to ignore drowning polar bears and PowerPoint presentations,Early Spring considers the observations by our neighbors, families, and friends of the changing weather and landscape and puts them into scientific context. As an ecologist, Seidl explains how natural upheaval occurs in the microcosms of our backyards and parks: spring flowers blossom before pollinators arrive, ponds no longer freeze, and animals begin migrating at unexpected times. While the human community, including Seidl's daughters, adapts to a changing climate, plants and animals also adapt, she shows, in ways both obvious and surprising.
 
Through beautiful literary writing grounded in the science of ecology and evolutionary biology, Seidl offers both a personal and a research-based testimonial of global warming.

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Amy Seidl has taught in the environmental studies programs at Middlebury College and the University of Vermont. She is currently a research scholar at Middlebury and associate director of the LivingFuture Foundation. She lives with her family in Huntington, Vermont, in a solar- and wind-powered home.

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Editorial
BEACON PR
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0807085847
ISBN 13 
9780807085844
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
172
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9780807085974: Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World

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ISBN 10:  0807085979 ISBN 13:  9780807085974
Editorial: Beacon Press, 2010
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