Pulling Together in Rising Waters: Reciprocity as Practice by Edie Dillon

Blending memoir and meditations on our shared socio-environmental moment, sculptor and writer Edie Dillon takes stock of herself and the world. The result is a reward: Dillon reassures us, in her elegant voice, that collaboration is humanity’s greatest asset.

Proceeds from this book support the conservation of threatened Charapa turtles (Podocnemis unifilis and Podocnemis expansa) and the sustainable development of the Mandari Panga community in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin.

List Price $13, or purchase the book for $20 to further support climate justice through the arts.

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Praise for Pulling Together in Rising Waters

“A powerful exploration of resilience and the vital practices that unite us in times of adversity.”
—Davona Blackhorse, MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling; MS, Interdisciplinary Health

“From Ecuador, the first country to grant legal rights to nature, where the challenge remains to move from paper to practice, I reaffirm the urgency to take action.”
—Sandra Morocho, MA, Rural Development; Professional Birding Guide

“An elegant and poignant essay . . . offering handholds on the pathway toward healing.”
—Thomas Lowe Fleischner, PhD., Founding Director, Natural History Institute

December, 2025: 1st printing, 5.5” x 8.5”, 100 hand-bound copies on 30% post-consumer fiber paper. Cover art by the author: “Los Derechos de la Naturaleza / The Rights of Nature.” Photograph of artwork by Christopher Marchetti.

February, 2026: 2nd printing, 5.5” x 8.5”, 200 machine-stapled saddle-bound copies on 30% post-consumer fiber paper. 2nd edition orders to ship in March or April 2026.