eco-fiction
Green-themed storytelling
Eco-fiction is fiction that centers on environmental themes—climate change, ecological collapse, humanity's relationship with nature.
The genre ranges from cautionary dystopias to nature writing with narrative elements.
Her novel was eco-fiction set in a flooded Manhattan.
Related terms include climate fiction (cli-fi) and solarpunk.
Based on conjecture
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- solarpunkEco-optimist speculative genre
- cli-fiGenre exploring environmental futures
- biopunkBiotech-focused speculative fiction
post-apocalyptic · utopia · worldbuilding · narrative · novel · storytelling · anthology · allegory
Range of life forms
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
contamination · degradation · restoration · rewilding · wetlands · rainforest · endangered · toxic
Increasing in temperature
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- carbonSixth element, atomic symbol C
emissions · greenhouse · melting · glacier · permafrost · heatwave · cyclone · wildfire
Mutual joining of parts
- collapseSudden structural failure
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- warningAlert about danger
redemption · hubris · stewardship · coexistence · extinction · rebirth · consequences · responsibility
Capable of restoration
- solarOf the star
- windAir current outdoors
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- regenerativeAble to renew itself
zero-waste · sustainable · organic · composting · off-grid · localism · ecovillage · harmony
Public expression of disapproval
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- ecowarriorMilitant nature defender
sabotage · campaign · greenwashing · whistleblower · reform · solidarity · consciousness-raising
speculative
Based on conjecture
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- solarpunkEco-optimist speculative genre
- cli-fiGenre exploring environmental futures
biopunk · post-apocalyptic · utopia · worldbuilding · narrative · novel · storytelling · anthology · allegory · parable
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
pollution · contamination · degradation · restoration · rewilding · wetlands · rainforest · endangered · toxic · pristine
warming
Increasing in temperature
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
carbon · emissions · greenhouse · melting · glacier · permafrost · heatwave · cyclone · wildfire · displacement
interconnection
Mutual joining of parts
warning · redemption · hubris · stewardship · coexistence · extinction · rebirth · consequences · responsibility · mourning
renewable
Capable of restoration
- solarOf the star
- windAir current outdoors
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
regenerative · zero-waste · sustainable · organic · composting · off-grid · localism · ecovillage · harmony · coexistence
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- advocacyPleading for a cause
ecowarrior · sabotage · campaign · greenwashing · whistleblower · reform · solidarity · consciousness-raising
- sci-fiStar Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens, Star Trek
- Cli-Ficli-fi, climate disaster, ecofiction, eco-thriller, near future
- nature writingnature writing, Walden, nature poems, wilderness, nature journal
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, bedtime stories, Harry Potter
- modern fictionnovels, novel, modern literature, debut novels, novellas
- weather & climateweather, storms, seasons, rain, snow
eco-fictiontechno-thriller
Suspenseful fiction featuring advanced systems
techno-utopia · urban fiction · cyberpunk · military fiction · hard science fiction
economy, fiction, fictional, ecology, fictitious, ecological, ecosystem