Thompson Creek, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu)

“The story of ascent, the story of separation, and all the institutions built upon them are in a state of crisis–of which the economic crisis is an important part. As the crisis intensified, the core of the dominant culture will have an increasing need for new stories. These, we will discover, are not really new at all, but have been waiting for us in the corners of the world that have escaped, to some degree, the colonizing effects of development. Perhaps the most important thing people in those places can do is to preserve and develop their Stories of the World. We will need them for our future ‘development.'”–Charles Eisenstein, Kosmos summer 2014

Nina Munteanu is an ecologist, limnologist and internationally published author of award-nominated speculative novels, short stories and non-fiction. She is co-editor of Europa SF and currently teaches writing courses at George Brown College and the University of Toronto. Visit www.ninamunteanu.ca for the latest on her books.