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Location: VanDusen Guides Classroom | 5151 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, V6M 4H1

Description:

Is a River Alive? (2025) by Robert McFarlane

Do rivers have consciousness, souls, intelligence and memory? Should rivers be granted the status of “legal personhood”, giving them the rights to flourish, free from pollution, and to flow?

How can we reframe how we look at the natural world? Through his journeys along three rivers, one in Ecuador under threat from mining, another in India, already dying from industrial pollution, and the third in eastern Canada threatened by pressure to build hydroelectric dams, acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane tries to find answers to these questions. A passionate, thought provoking, and, in the end, hopeful book.   

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