
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


In his new book, Robert Macfarlane takes the reader on a river journey, through history and geography, to posit the idea that rivers are not merely for human use, but living beings. In Is A River Alive? he argues that human fate is interwoven with the natural world, and that it’s time we treated nature not as a resource, but a fellow being.
But does the natural world have legal rights? In A Barrister for the Earth the lawyer Monica Feria-Tinta explains how she’s sought justice for environmental wrongs. Her case against the destruction of cloud forests was the world’s first Rights of Nature case.
In Britain many environmental campaigners argue for the Right to Roam and greater access to private land. But in Uncommon Ground, Patrick Galbraith presents a counterargument on the benefits of restricting access to the countryside, advocating for wildlife’s right to tranquillity.
Producer: Katy Hickman
By BBC Radio 44.7
154154 ratings
In his new book, Robert Macfarlane takes the reader on a river journey, through history and geography, to posit the idea that rivers are not merely for human use, but living beings. In Is A River Alive? he argues that human fate is interwoven with the natural world, and that it’s time we treated nature not as a resource, but a fellow being.
But does the natural world have legal rights? In A Barrister for the Earth the lawyer Monica Feria-Tinta explains how she’s sought justice for environmental wrongs. Her case against the destruction of cloud forests was the world’s first Rights of Nature case.
In Britain many environmental campaigners argue for the Right to Roam and greater access to private land. But in Uncommon Ground, Patrick Galbraith presents a counterargument on the benefits of restricting access to the countryside, advocating for wildlife’s right to tranquillity.
Producer: Katy Hickman

7,583 Listeners

299 Listeners

378 Listeners

894 Listeners

1,057 Listeners

222 Listeners

5,457 Listeners

1,800 Listeners

304 Listeners

1,749 Listeners

1,041 Listeners

2,087 Listeners

477 Listeners

106 Listeners

45 Listeners

70 Listeners

235 Listeners

128 Listeners

243 Listeners

77 Listeners

3,187 Listeners

716 Listeners

1,032 Listeners

84 Listeners