Drinkable Rivers: How the river became my teacher - Couverture souple

Phoa, Li An; Van Der Schaaf, Maarten

 
9789045049311: Drinkable Rivers: How the river became my teacher
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9045049317 ISBN 13 : 9789045049311
Editeur : Atlas Contact, Uitgeverij, 2023

Synopsis

As a young child in a densely populated suburb of Rotterdam, Li An Phoa is amazed by the wilderness around the house - the moss between the pavement tiles and the herons in the ditches. As a twenty-something, she ventures into the real wilderness for the first time. On a canoe trip through the Canadian Subarctic, she discovers that she can drink from the river. But when she returns three years later, she can no longer do so: the river is polluted, the ecosystem disturbed. That experience stays with her. Ever since, Phoa has been drawing attention to drinkable rivers and urging people to take action.


In this book - a rich tapestry of travelogue, memoir, reportage, philosophical musings, and poetry - Li An Phoa takes the reader on her adventures along rivers on four continents. On foot, she covers over 15,000 kilometres and experiences the deep interconnectedness of all living things. She encounters bears, rattlesnakes and dragonflies and speaks with farmers, writers and ecologists. With her original perspective and disarming approach, she continuously asks the question: how can our rivers become drinkable again?

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Éditeur
Atlas Contact, Uitgeverij
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9045049317
ISBN 13 
9789045049311
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
250
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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