This month we will be discussing \;The Lost Trees of Willow Aven ue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street by Mike Tidwel l.
\n"A riveting and elegant story of climate change on one city street\, full of surprises and true stories of human struggle and dyi ng local trees - all against the national backdrop of 2023's record heat d omes and raging wildfires and hurricanes. In 2023\, author and activist Mi ke Tidwell decided to keep a record for a full year of the growing impacts of climate \;change on his one urban block right on the border with W ashington\, DC. A love letter to the magnificent oaks and other trees dyin g from record heat waves and bizarre rain\, Tidwell's story depicts the ne ighborhood's battle to save the trees and combat climate change: The midwi fe who builds a geothermal energy system on the block\, the Congressman wh o battles cancer and climate change at the same time\, and the Chinese-Ame rican climate scientist who wants to bury billions of the world's dying tr ees to store their carbon and help stabilize the atmosphere. The story goe s beyond ailing trees as Tidwell chronicles people on his block sick with Lyme disease\, a church struggling with floods\, and young people anguishi ng over whether to have kids\, all in the same neighborhood and all agains t the global backdrop of 2023's record heat domes and raging wildfires and hurricanes. Then there's Tidwell himself who explores the ethical and sci entific questions surrounding the idea of "geoengineering" as a last-ditch way to save the world's trees - and human communities everywhere - by ref lecting sunlight away from the planet. No book has told the story of clima te change this way: hyper local\, full of surprises\, full of true stories of life and death in one neighborhood. The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue is a harrowing and hopeful proxy for every street in America and every place on Earth."
\nNote that Mike Tidwell will give an author talk at Cleveland Park Library on Tuesday\, June 30 at 6 pm.&n bsp\;Book club participants are encouraged to attend if interested.
\n< p>Email \;rachel.white@dc.gov:\nRegistration is optional but encouraged for new pa rticipants.
\nIf you would like to request an accommodation\, please contact dcplaccess@dc.gov at least one week prior to the program.
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