Nina Munteanu
@aliennextdoor.bsky.social
I'm an eco-fiction author, limnologist/aquatic ecologist, photographer, instructor at UofT. I explore and celebrate the fractal Natural World from microscopic diatoms and miniature lichens and fungi to the giant cedars and pines of old-growth forests
“This book disturbed me in the best possible way. A powerful masterclass in speculative climate fiction that hits close to home. An intensely relevant political dystopia.”—AMAZON REVIEW #ecofiction #climatefiction #AgeofWater themeaningofwater.com/age-of-water/
Women heroes in film and literature... #women #heroes #fiction #literature #movies ninamunteanu.me/2014/11/02/w...
Women Heroes in Literature, Movies and Pop Culture
Some time ago on my birthday, I watched the popular — and somewhat controversial — Hunger Games. Well, controversial among some critics and followers of critics, anyway. I came across a particularl…
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How neurodivergence can guide us to a sustainable future #neurodivergence #sustainability #thefuture www.realityskimming.com/post/finding...
The green new wave of science fiction ... #green #sciencefiction #ecofiction #ecoscifi ninamunteanu.me/2026/07/05/t...
The Green New Wave of Science Fiction
There’s a New Wave out there in science fiction. It’s growing. It’s green. And, yes, I’m on it. In her 2023 PhD thesis out of Liverpool John Moores University, Victoria Crozier explores the metamor…
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Five perspectives on how trees help us... #trees #wellness ninamunteanu.me/2019/09/14/h...
How Trees Can Save Us…Five Perspectives on Humanity’s Relationship with Our Forests
Alick Bartholomew, author of The Spiritual Life of Water, describes four geologic periods when forests thrived on this planet. The first was the Carboniferous, 350 million years ago, when land vert…
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#KirkusReviews #BookReview #ecofiction #climatethriller #GaiasRevolution #specfic #Canada
Nina Munteanu@aliennextdoor.bsky.social · last wk.On Gaia's Revolution: “Frighteningly plausible … Munteanu seamlessly blends real-life history and technology with tantalizing glimpses of the future’s drugs, diseases, and evolving concepts…” Kirkus Reviews #bookreview #ecofiction themeaningofwater.com/gaias-revolu...
How birdwatching helps me stay smart ... #birdwatching #birds #neuroscience #cognition #Nature themeaningofwater.com/2026/08/02/h...
How My Birdwatching Helps Me Stay Smart
Douglas fir trees in a morning mist, Watershed Park, BC (photo by Nina Munteanu) . Since moving back to Vancouver, British Columbia, I’ve been exploring anew old haunts and finding new places to ex…
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The vine maple ... #trees #BritishColumbia #forests #ecology #environment themeaningofwater.com/2026/05/24/t...
The Vine Maple & It’s Companion Moss
Moss-covered vne maples in Watershed Park, BC (photos by Nina Munteanu) . Upon returning to the lower mainland of British Columbia, one of my favourite forests to hike through is Watershed Park, a …
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How my #birdwatching helps me stay smart ... #birds #neuroscience #Nature themeaningofwater.com/2026/08/02/h...
How My Birdwatching Helps Me Stay Smart
Douglas fir trees in a morning mist, Watershed Park, BC (photo by Nina Munteanu) . Since moving back to Vancouver, British Columbia, I’ve been exploring anew old haunts and finding new places to ex…
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The unique community of Finn Slough ... charmed or doomed? themeaningofwater.com/2025/12/28/t...
The Unique Community of Finn Slough: Charmed or Doomed?
Finn Slough village, Steveston, BC (photo by Nina Munteanu) . Not long ago, I went for a drive through the pastoral area of Lulu Island and ended up heading north along No. 4 Road in Steveston. As …
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Slime molds ... cool weirdos of the forest... #slimemolds #fungi #ecology #forest themeaningofwater.com/2026/03/08/s...
Slime Molds, Part 1: Cool Weirdos of the Forest
Various slime molds, from top left to bottom right: blue slime (photo by New Hampshire Garden Solutions); pink Lycogala edidenrum; Ceratiomyxa porioides; orange Lycogala epidendrum; Hemitrichia dec…
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The Brave New Worlds of Green Science Fiction and 'A Diary in the Age of Water' ... #green #sciencefiction #ecofiction #books themeaningofwater.com/2026/07/19/t...
The Brave New Worlds of Green Science Fiction & ‘A Diary in the Age of Water’
I recently encountered Victoria Crozier’s intriguing PhD thesis and ecocritical discourse out of Liverpool John Moores University entitled “The Brave New Worlds of Green Science Fiction…
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Biosemiosis ... Nature's intelligence can be hidden ... Doesn't mean it isn't there... #biosemiosis #intelligence #Nature themeaningofwater.com/2026/07/26/b...
Biosemiosis: Acknowledging Intelligence in Nature
In my latest eco-fiction novel (Re)Genesis (upcoming), four teenagers in ‘small town’ Ontario discover and unravel a conspiracy by a chemical factory that uses shapeshifting substances to create we…
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How neurodivergence can guide us to a sustainable future... #neurodivergent #sustainability www.realityskimming.com/post/finding...
Finding the Thalweg: How Neurodivergence Can Guide Us to a Sustainable Future
How Neurodivergence Can Guide Us to a Sustainable Future by Nina Munteanu.
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Place as character in literature #character #story #OnWriting #fiction #placeinstory ninamunteanu.me/2026/08/02/p...
Place as Character in Literature
Place ultimately portrays what lies at the heart of a story. Place as character provides an archetype that story characters connect with and navigate in ways that depend on the story’s theme, parti…
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When a #prokaryote decides it won't take it any more... #cyanobacteria #ecofiction #scifi #books #biosemiosis #umwelt themeaningofwater.com/2026/07/26/b...
Biosemiosis: Acknowledging Intelligence in Nature
In my latest eco-fiction novel (Re)Genesis (upcoming), four teenagers in ‘small town’ Ontario discover and unravel a conspiracy by a chemical factory that uses shapeshifting substances to create we…
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When a prokaryote takes over the world ... wait! Hasn't it already??? #prokaryotes #cyanobacteria #evolution themeaningofwater.com/2024/06/02/w...
When a Cyanobacteria Takes Over the World…
It started after several days of warm spring rains. It was still very damp out as I took the old rutted gravel road to one of my favourite maple-beech forests located on an old drumlin in Ontario. …
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Just found this cool interview I did a while back about my eco-novel "A Diary in the Age of Water": www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMbA...
Hiking the Mark S. Burnham forest in summer #Ontario #forests #ecology #beauty themeaningofwater.com/2024/07/07/h...
Hiking the Mark S. Burnham Forest in Summer
Sign at park entrance (photo by Nina Munteanu) Despite the risk of a summer thunder storm, I went on my planned hike to the Mark S. Burnham forest. I’d already packed my sushi-lunch, a clementine, …
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A walk in Watershed Park, British Columbia ... #forests #BritishColumbia #beauty #ecology #trees themeaningofwater.com/2025/11/16/a...
A Walk in Watershed Park, British Columbia
Since moving back to the Lower Mainland of British Columbia after living for a while in Ontario, I’ve been reacquainting myself with the local forests. My son reminded me that I used to drive him t…
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India is reading "A Diary in the Age of Water" ... #AgeofWater #India #books #ecofiction #climatefiction
