Concerned about the impact the proposed raising of the Warragamba Dam wall will have on animals and the natural environment, a band of Blue Mountains residents has put pen to paper.
The group of 15 has produced Listening to Land, a compilation of poetry and visual art against the raising of the dam wall.
One of the book's facilitators, Sara Judge, said the campaigns against the dam had been very human-focused, and they wanted the impact on all animals and plants to also be considered.
"We totally support Give a Dam. This is not a counter thing to that, it's an additional thing. We are bringing this to the conversation," the Katoomba resident said.
"It's a collaboration with non-humans ... we're connecting with birds and animals, and some people connected with the river itself, the mountains and stones. It might be hard for some people to get their head around. We're not to be speaking for the non-humans but we're inspired by them."
She said lots of animals' homes would be drowned if the dam wall raising went ahead, and this project was a form of "quiet activism".
"Even if the raising does go ahead, projects like this will stand as a legacy that people were against it," Miss Judge said.
Listening to Land is available from the Little Lost Bookshop in Hapenny Lane, Katoomba.
A percentage of book sales will go towards supporting direct action related to the Warragamba Dam campaign.