{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive-by-robert-macfarlane-1","title":"Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs1EF720B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eFrom celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book - which answers a resounding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e to the question of its title.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003e Is a River Alive?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book flows first to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003enorthern Ecuador\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003esouthern India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd finally, to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003enorth-eastern Quebec\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e, where a spectacular wild river - the Mutehekau or Magpie - is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once Macfarlane's most personal and most political book to date, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e will open hearts, spark debates and lead us to the revelation that our fate flows with that of rivers - and always has \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44345373851736,"sku":"9780241998212","price":27.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9780241998212_1.jpg?v=1783489896","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/is-a-river-alive-by-robert-macfarlane-1","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}