Starting from a common base to have real d iscussions about the environment\, this book discussion club is a great wa y to deepen ideas\, have respectful debates while listening to the points of view of others and broaden our understanding and vision on this importa nt topic. Together\, we may discover new forms of commitment and imagine n ew sustainable and desirable horizons.
\nThis month's selection is < em>The lost trees of Willow Avenue: a story of climate and hope on one Ame rican street\, by Mike Tidwell. A riveting and elegant story of clima te change on one city street\, full of surprises and true stories of human struggle and dying local trees - all against the national backdrop of 202 3's record heat domes and raging wildfires and hurricanes. In 2023\, autho r and activist Mike Tidwell decided to keep a record for a full year of th e growing impacts of climate change on his one urban block right on the bo rder with Washington\, DC. A love letter to the magnificent oaks and other trees dying from record heat waves and bizarre rain\, Tidwell's story dep icts the neighborhood's battle to save the trees and combat climate change : The midwife who builds a geothermal energy system on the block\, the Con gressman who battles cancer and climate change at the same time\, and the Chinese-American climate scientist who wants to bury billions of the world 's dying trees to store their carbon and help stabilize the atmosphere. Th e story goes beyond ailing trees as Tidwell chronicles people on his block sick with Lyme disease\, a church struggling with floods\, and young peop le anguishing over whether to have kids\, all in the same neighborhood and all against the global backdrop of 2023's record heat domes and raging wi ldfires and hurricanes. Then there's Tidwell himself who explores the ethi cal and scientific questions surrounding the idea of "geoengineering" as a last-ditch way to save the world's trees - and human communities everywhe re - by reflecting sunlight away from the planet. No book has told the sto ry of climate change this way: hyper local\, full of surprises\, full of t rue stories of life and death in one neighborhood. \;
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