Rhone
Rivers in the spotlight in 2022
From my source at a 2,300 m altitude, I cross Switzerland and France for 815 km before flowing into the Mediterranean. Human beings have always tried to tame me and to take advantage of my many resources. But my power is starting to wane: it’s high time to start taking care of me.
I, THE RHONE…
I, the Rhone – by Erik Orsenna, writer and member of the Académie Française
“- I’m in a rush and can’t stay.” “-Why are you in such a hurry?” “-I’ve heavy loads to carry but I I feel I’m weakening. I’m alone and I’m afraid but I continue to give my heart, without counting.”
THE ARTIST
“I can draw a parallel: the Rhone, this great injured being, and me, so small next to the water, with the same challenges to take up.”
Jean-Louis Michelot, geographer and naturalist, Atelier des Confins
THE EXPERT
“One speaks of eternal ice, but’s it’s clear to us that it’s not eternal for the Rhone.”
Dr Matthias Huss, glaciologist, ETH Zürich
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