Nancy Lord

Early Warming

Nancy Lord

In Shishmaref, Alaska, new seawalls are constructed while residents navigate the many practical and bureaucratic obstacles to moving their entire island village to higher ground. Farther south, inland hunters and fishermen set out to grow more of their own food—and to support the reintroduction of wood bison, an ancient species well suited to expected habitat changes. First Nations people in Canada team with conservationists to protect land for both local use and environmental resilience.In Early Warming, Nancy Lord takes a cutting-edge look at how communities in the North—where global warming is amplified and climate-change effects are most immediate—are responding with desperation and creativity. This beautifully written and measured narrative takes us deep into regions where the indigenous people who face life-threatening change also demonstrate impressive conservation ethics and adaptive capacities. Underpinned by a long acquaintance with the North and backed with scientific and political sophistication, Lord’s vivid account brings the challenges ahead for us all into ice-water clarity.

pH: A Novel

Nancy Lord

The manuscript for this book was just one of the top five finalists for the 2015 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature. Although this novel is imaginative and humorous, the science supporting it is authentic. pH is cutting edge Cli-Fi (named hottest reading trend by Sierra Magazine 2014) and will interest anyone who loves the nature. It will also appeal to fans of science art or art based in science and the connections among science, art, and culturally‐defined beliefs are major themes. The book will include an author Q&A and reading group discussion questions. Like JIMMY BLUEFEATHER, this novel is full of quirky characters and their relationships and beautifully crafted, breathtaking descriptions of nature. Nancy is passionate about place, history, and the natural environment. She is actively engaged in conservation and community-building causes across the United States. She recently completed ten years as a trustee of the Alaska Conservation Foundation.