Mycoverse: Is a River Alive?

Organized and hosted by Aaron Tupac Sponsored by Arlington Garden

As Exploring the Mycoverse grows, questions about what does a future with fungi look like have been a primary interest amongst the Mycoverse myconauts. To explore this question, we will take a step back and consider larger conservation movements of nature through Robert Macfarlane’s 2025 NYT’s besteller
In our discussion, we will explore how rivers and fungi can inspire us to rethink the conservation and stewardship of nature.

From the publisher:

Named a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, Economist, Guardian, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly • One of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 • One of NPR's "Books We Love" for 2025 • One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2025 • A Chicago Public Library Top 10 Favorite Book of 2025 • A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction for 2025

“Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.

Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places: to the miraculous cloud-forests and mountain streams of Ecuador, to the wounded creeks and lagoons of India, and to the spectacular wild rivers of Canada—imperiled respectively by mining, pollution, and dams. Braiding these journeys is the life story of the fragile chalk stream a mile from Macfarlane’s house, a stream who flows through his own years and days.

Powered by dazzling prose and lit throughout by other minds and voices, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, challenge perspectives, and remind us that our fate flows with that of rivers—and always has.”

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