The Meaning of Water

Ornithologists have known for some time that songbirds communicate differently depending on their environment.

Boardwalk through beaver pond marsh of cattails, Elgin Park, BC (photo by Nina Munteanu) .

Sustainability means a lot of things to a lot of people.

Our current world—under the final shadow of climate calamity and environmental destruction—is steadily polarizing: politically, socially, and environmentally.

Since returning to British Columbia to live, I’ve been walking the local forests, marshes, and meadows—finding myself serenaded by an ethereal symphony of birdsong.

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“Trees play a vital role in shaping the well-being and sustainability of communities.”

May 2071 I rock on the cedar swing on my veranda and hear the wind rustling through the gaunt forest.

Gaia’s Revolution is Book 1 of The Icaria Trilogy, an environmental thriller released March 10, 2026 by Dragon Moon Press.

Douglas fir trees in a morning mist, Watershed Park, BC (photo by Nina Munteanu) .

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 weapons, causing a shift in the genetics of humanity itself.

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” and found my eco-fiction novel A Diary in the Age of Water mentioned…

Old-growth hemlock forest, Mark S.