Will I love Is a River Alive??

Is a River Alive presents a journey through three extraordinary rivers, located in wilderness Ecuador, wilderness Quebec, and urban India. Macfarlane explores how important these rivers are in the lives of people and ecosystems. He writes stunning portraits of the rivers users and protectors. He magnificently depicts the remarkable ecological "lives" of the rivers; their moods and seasons, their narratives and histories. In so doing, he raises questions about what it means to be sentient and why a redefinition of natural rights is essential for ecological survival, political activism, and environmental learning. MacFarlane is an evocative writer, filled with compassion,… show more.

Poetic, thought-provoking writing about a really important subject.

A title that appears to be such a simple question, most people would have an immediate sense of what their answer would be. But this book teases out so many subtle ideas of what constitute 'aliveness', and why that matters when lives, cultures, and the future of the planet is at stake. Another dive into a river of language, story, experience, and expanding perception.