Is a River Alive? av Robert Macfarlane

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<p><b>From the celebrated writer and observer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book ¿ which answers a resounding <i>yes</i> to the question of its title</b><br><br>At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings ¿ who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Inspired by the activists, artists and lawmakers of the young ¿Rights of Nature¿ movement, Macfarlane takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.<br><br><i>Is a River Alive? </i>flows like water from the mountains to the sea, over three major journeys:<br>The first is to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened with destruction by gold-mining.<br><br>The second is to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.<br><br>The th