Robert Macfarlane

Join us next week as we discuss the fascinating book Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social. How did a river in India get erased? How do cloud forests carry rivers in the earth, land and sky? What does it mean to be enrivered?

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@kwantlenu.bsky.social #wildspaces

A flyer for an environmental book club at Chicago Public library - Humboldt Park Branch called Climate Conversation. This second book club meeting will discuss the book Is A River Alive? and more broadly climate change, Lake Michigan, and the Chicago River.

If you’re searching for an env. book club & reading community, join us this Saturday for part II of our climate conversations series

Bring a friend or share with your network to anyone who may find this of interest 🌎💚

We will be discussing the book Is A River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

Exactly so

Hey — this is glorious to see! Thanks, Jack & Joe!

Ignore the title indeed, which I did not say (nor do I believe). The conversation itself, though, I enjoyed a lot.

Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador say they are facing state intimidation Critics say referendum on rewriting country’s eco-friendly constitution is president’s latest pro-extractivist move

International eyes needed on Ecuador rn, where an organised assault on constitutional integrity, land- & water-defenders, the rights of nature & Indigenous rights is currently in full swing, as directed by the newly elected president Noboa.
Excellent piece here:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Thank you.

Do it!

Do it!

Ha!

Thanks for that, Scott.

Happy to see this, Lee!

England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels Exclusive: Investigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades

River abstraction has soared 76% over two decades, threatening rivers, ecosystems and future supply. Water companies fall back on extracting more from already stressed rivers 4/4
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ah! I’m really touched to hear that, Ayesha.

Hello—I’m hanging up my boots here on BlueSky for the summer.

Come find/follow me on Instagram instead, perhaps, where I’m @robgmacfarlane.

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Some rivers have rights, but author Robert Macfarlane argues they’re also alive This week on Mongabay’s podcast, celebrated author and repeat Nobel Prize in Literature candidate Robert Macfarlane discusses his fascinating new book, Is a River Alive?, which both asks and provides ...

Is a river alive?

Nobel prize contender and celebrated author Robert Macfarlane explores this question with @racheldonald.bsky.social on the latest @mongabay.com podcast here:

Ah, thanks Jeff! And I was truly in the very best of hands with Ross; a brilliant writer, thinker & interlocutor — and all of it with a smile on his face

That interview with David was one of the special ones — as was the Powells conversation with @ferrisjabr.bsky.social.
All in all a fabulous day, followed by a run up (and down) Dog Mountain in the Columbia Gorge the next morning. Thanks for gently setting me right on Tyndall’s nationality!

Written by Saleh, a 17-year-old poet from Gaza, ‘When the Sea became a Wall’ is the first in a series of letterpress prints facilitated by writers Alice Oswald, Zaffar Kunial, Max Porter & @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social‬ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/when...

Such a great album. Milk!

It was an amazing, invigorating day. Thanks for coming and meeting me with such warmth!

where water comes together with other water Just a favorite poem of mine by Raymond Carver.

Amazing to hear about the riverside open mic! Try Raymond Carver’s late poem, “Where water comes together with other water”.
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It was magic! Thank you so much for everything, Kriz.

Attenborough’s Ocean is the film I’ve been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message | George Monbiot The documentary shows the damage that fishing does to our planet. So why does the industry still hold governments to ransom? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It was an amazing night! I couldn’t believe how many people showed up. A “community commons” indeed.

Woooot!

Yes!

Thanks! Loved doing that interview

Thanks! Loved that conversation

Totally