A riveting and elegant story of climate ch ange on one city street\, full of surprises and true stories of human stru ggle and dying local trees &ndash\; all against the national backdrop of 2 023's record heat domes and raging wildfires and\, simultaneously\, rising hopes for clean energy.
\nIn 2023\, author and activist Mike Tidwel l decided to keep a record for a full year of the growing impacts of clima te change on his one urban block right on the border with Washington\, DC. A love letter to the magnificent oaks and other trees dying from record h eat waves and bizarre rain\, Tidwell's story depicts the neighborhood's ba ttle to save the trees and combat climate change: The midwife who builds a geothermal energy system on the block\, the Congressman who battles cance r and climate change at the same time\, and the Chinese-American climate s cientist who wants to bury billions of the world's dying trees to store th eir carbon and help stabilize the atmosphere.
\nNo book has told the story of climate change this hyper local\, full of surprises\, full of tr ue stories of life and death in one neighborhood. \;The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue \;is a harrowing and hopeful proxy for every street in A merica and every place on Earth.
\nMike Tidwell is a \;journalis t\, author\, \;and climate activist living in Takoma Park\, MD. His mo st recent book is \;an exploration of global \;warming&rsquo\;s&nb sp\;impact in his own front yard\, called \;The Lost Trees of Willow A venue: A story of Climate and Hope on One American Street \;(St. Marti n&rsquo\;s \;Press\, March 2025). \;Publisher&rsquo\;s \;Weekl y named the book to its list of \;best 25 \;nonfiction books of 20 25. \;Mike&rsquo\;s \;previous \;six books include \;Bayou Farewell \;(2003) about the disappearing wetlands of south Louisiana and \;The Ponds of \;Kalambayi \;(1990)\, a Peace Corps memoir . As a \;past \;contributing writer for \;The Washington Post\ , he \;won four Lowell Thomas Awards\, the highest prize in American t ravel journalism. \;He is a former National Endowment for the Arts fel low whose work \;has been published \;in \;Audubon\, \;Nat ional Geographic Traveler\, \;Orion\, \;Washingtonian\, and elsewh ere. A passionate conservationist\, \;he founded the Chesapeake Climat e Action Network \;in 2002\, where he has led local and national campa igns for clean energy. He lives on Willow Avenue in Takoma Park\, MD with his wife Beth and their cat Macy Gray. \;
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