ecofiction
Green-themed literary genre
Ecofiction is fiction centered on environmental themes—climate change, ecological collapse, human relationships with the natural world.
The term encompasses novels and stories that foreground environmental concerns, whether as cautionary tales, pastoral celebrations, or explorations of humanity's place in ecosystems: Her latest novel is ecofiction set in a flooded coastal city.
The genre ranges from literary nature writing to dystopian climate fiction.
Modifying worlds for habitability
- biodomeEnclosed artificial ecosystem
- rewildingRestoring natural ecosystems
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- bioengineeringEngineering applied to biology
cloning · symbiosis · mutation · solarpunk · collapse · resilience · adaptation · restoration
Based on conjecture
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- post-apocalypticAfter global catastrophe
- utopiaImagined perfect society
- cli-fiGenre exploring environmental futures
solarpunk · biopunk · fable · allegory · eco-thriller · pastoral · apocalyptic
Range of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
pollution · rewilding · wilderness · habitat · anthropocene · solastalgia
Recounting events aloud
- protagonistStory's central figure
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- worldbuildingConstructing imaginary universes for fiction
setting · foreshadowing · arc · mythos · parable · moral · denouement · narrator
terraforming
Modifying worlds for habitability
- biodomeEnclosed artificial ecosystem
- rewildingRestoring natural ecosystems
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
bioengineering · cloning · symbiosis · mutation · solarpunk · collapse · resilience · adaptation · restoration · post-human
speculative
Based on conjecture
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- post-apocalypticAfter global catastrophe
- utopiaImagined perfect society
cli-fi · solarpunk · biopunk · fable · allegory · eco-thriller · pastoral · apocalyptic
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
deforestation · pollution · rewilding · wilderness · habitat · anthropocene · solastalgia
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
- protagonistStory's central figure
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
worldbuilding · setting · foreshadowing · arc · mythos · parable · moral · denouement · narrator · symbolism
Atwood
Celebrated Canadian literary figure
fiction, ecology, ecological, ecologically, ecocide, eco-fiction