Our relationship with water is broken. In today’s modern society, much of our water bodies, rivers and seas have become degraded, polluted and silenced and we have forgotten how to listen to them. The story of power and dominion over water does not serve us or the planet well. In my new book, Ebb and Flow: Connect with the patterns and power of water, I share new ways of relating to water, and new stories of reconnection. These stories reveal the importance of an “ethics of encounter”, a way of being with water that goes beyond a controlling and extractive interaction, instead embracing the value of bringing play, love and intention into that relationship.