Praise for Early Spring
" This is the voice we need to hear now: a biologist mother, with no time for despair, bearing witness to the unraveling of the ecological world within her children's backyard—which is all of our children’s backyard. With urgency and grace, Amy Seidl delivers the message I've been listening for."Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream & Having Faith
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published in Organic Gardening Magazine
It has never been more important for us to understand natural systems than now, when the choices we make today will have an impact on generations to come. In this debut work...
Orion Magazine Review
Amy Seidl’s Early Spring brings complexity home…[she is] a thoughtful witness to the everyday. She shows us where to look to see local change in circadian rhythms of both nature and culture.
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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 events throughout the year. She brings home the message of global warming by considering how it has altered her life, the natural communities around her, and the traditions of her small New England town — the classic, 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.
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