Robert Macfarlane’s New Book Asks, ‘Is a River Alive’

Over the past 20 years, energized by ecological emergency, the young Rights of Nature movement has repeatedly inspired new forms of future dreaming, and unsettled long-held orthodoxies by appealing to imagination as much as to law. By Robert McFarlane. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are put on either by us or by our select partners. Published May 22, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/05/22/Robert-Macfarlane-New-Book/