Is a River Alive?

Bestseller

Von:

Robert Macfarlane

Beschreibung

Format auswählen

Fester EinbandCHF 29.45

Fester Einband

CHF29.45

TIEFPREIS

CHF29.45

Auslieferung erfolgt in der Regel innert 5 bis 7 Werktagen.

Kostenlose Lieferung

Beschreibung

From the;celebrated writer, observer and naturalist Robert Macfarlane comes a;brilliant, perspective-shifting new book, which answers a resounding "yes" to the question of its title. At the heart of Around the world, rivers are dying from pollution, drought and damming. But a powerful movement is also underway to recognize the lives and the The book flows like water, from the mountains to the sea, over three major journeys. The first is to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened with destruction by Canadian gold-mining. 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 underway. The third is to northeastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river--the Mutehekau or Magpie--is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign led by an extraordinary Innu poet and leader called Rita Mestokosho. <Is A River Alive?< is at once a literary work of art, a rallying cry and a catalyst for change. It is a book that will open hearts, spark debates and challenge perspectives. A clarion call to re-centre rivers in our stories, law and politics, it invites us to radically re-imagine not only rivers but life itself. At the heart of this vital, beautiful book is the recognition that our fate flows with that of rivers--and always has....