Early Spring

With an engaging mix of memoir and science, Amy Seidl brings the reality of global warming to a personal level. As a mother, Seidl demonstrates how climate change has altered her daughters' experiences of their woods and garden, and the seasonal community events of her small New England town. As an ecologist, Seidl explains how natural upheaval occurs in the microcosms of our backyards and parks. 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.

Amy Seidl is an ecologist and environmental scientist who has taught at Middlebury College and the University of Vermont. Currently, Seidl works as an advocate for clean energy and sustainable agriculture. She lives in Huntington, Vermont, with her husband and two daughters.

Foreword by Bill McKibben
Preface
 
Chapter 1: Weather
 
Chapter 2: Gardens
 
Chapter 3: Forests
 
Chapter 4: Water
 
Chapter 5: Birds
 
Chapter 6: Butterflies
 
Chapter 7: Meadows and Fields
 
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography and Notes