Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane [Paperback]

Is a River Alive? explores the radical idea that rivers should be understood and legally recognized as living beings, rather than merely resources for human use. Robert Macfarlane travels through Ecuador, southern India and Quebec, documenting threatened rivers and the struggles to protect them from mining, pollution and damming. Combining nature writing, travel, environmental politics and philosophy, the book examines humanity’s deep relationship with rivers and argues that our own future is inseparable from theirs.