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Robert Macfarlane

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Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · May 1

Is A River Alive? is published today, 1 May.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 1d

Ha!

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for that, Scott.

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to see this, Lee!

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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 12d

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/...

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

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 1d

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

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 26

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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Mike DiGirolamo @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social · Jun 24

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:

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 ...

news.mongabay.com

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 23

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

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 23

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!

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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · Jun 18

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...

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 17

Such a great album. Milk!

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 15

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

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 15

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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where water comes together with other water

Just a favorite poem of mine by Raymond Carver.

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 15

It was magic! Thank you so much for everything, Kriz.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jun 13

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...

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

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 14

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

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 14

Woooot!

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 13

Yes!

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thanks! Loved doing that interview

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks! Loved that conversation

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 12

Totally

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jun 11

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.

They are in charge.

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 11

Ohhhhh

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 10

Absolute pleasure to meet you, Skylar — and thank you for saying what you did.

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Jun 9

It’s just a wonderful piece/coverage — I’m very grateful for the attention and support the rivers, ideas & people who flow through its pages are getting from the Globe and Mail