Monique Chénier – Author in Evolution
It's time to step out of the tradition of catastrophe and reimagine the world.
This excerpt comes from a series of chapters I wrote during Labour Day Weekend 2020 as part of The 3-Day Novel Contest. It was inspired by a few friends who proposed I write about a group of women living in a forest and suggested titles like The Hidden Resilience of Women and A Journey Worth … Continue reading The Elora Sky Sanctuary
The first instalment of the Seeding Change Series, this climate fiction piece set 30 years in the future explores what could happen when a heavily mined city blossoms into a model of environmental and social renewal. June 30, 2055 — I feel as though Timmins has gotten bigger in the past few years, although I know … Continue reading Seeding Change – From Mines to Miracles: Timmins’ Golden Transformation
What if, instead of spurring us to save the world, the post-apocalyptic tale has become a self-fulfilling prophecy? Images of the last human lurching across a burning, barren landscape or standing atop a mountain of concrete rubble have become so commonplace they now haunt our collective consciousness. Many of us carry their loneliness in our … Continue reading The Failure of Dystopian Literature
I learned about Rob Hopkins and the Transition Movement in 2018 through a friend who defined herself as a regenerate. I can’t remember which podcast or video she pointed me to that formally introduced me to his work, but I will be forever grateful for the discovery. While reading his book The Transition Companion: Making … Continue reading Hopeful Narratives: Transforming Our Future with Imagination
Monique Chénier - Author in Evolution 