RICHMOND HILL, Ontario - Nov. 22, 2020 - Anniversary of The Age Of Water Podcast
It's been a year this November since Nina and Claudiu first launched the "Age Of Water Podcast." Since launching www.ageofwater.ca in 2019, we've interviewed scientists, journalists, writers, academia and innovators from around the world who shared their knowledge and opinions about the real state of the environment and what committed individuals and groups are doing to make a difference. We talked about the problems and we talked about the solutions.
The show has aired guests from around the world, from The Water Brothers; Finnish award-winning author Emmi Itäranta; Canadian award-winning author Candas Jane Dorsey; activist/author Kaz LeFave in Toronto; Professor Ian Prattis in Ottawa; UBC forester Ira Sutherland; award-winning metaphysical author Rainey Highley in California; environmental activist Liz Couture in Richmond Hill, Ontario; climate researcher Martin Bush; author and water researcher Carly Nuday; and eco-fiction writer Colleen Winter. And still to come are storm chaser Mark Robinson, climate-fiction children's book author Lucia Gorea, and eco-fiction author Merilyn Ruth Liddel. Come check them all out on www.ageofwater.ca!
The podcast also features readings and discussions of literature and films of interest to our audience. Readings have included Nina Munteanu's Water Is…, (http://ageofwater.ca/reading-jan-2020/) Claudiu Murgan's Water Entanglement (http://ageofwater.ca/reading-of-water-ent-feb-2020/), Richard Power's Overstory (http://ageofwater.ca/reading-of-overstory-march-2020/), Fredric Lerhrman's Sacred Landscape (http://ageofwater.ca/reading-of-sacred-landscape-april-2020/), Annie Proulx's Barkskins (http://ageofwater.ca/reading-of-barkskins-may-2020/), and most recently Craig Russell's Fragment and Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam.
About Nina Munteanu
Nina Munteanu is a Canadian ecologist & limnologist and internationally published author of award-winning speculative novels, short stories and non-fiction. Nina worked for over twenty years as an environmental consultant, analyzing water-related issues and providing solutions. She currently teaches writing at the University of Toronto and George Brown College. Her non-fiction book Water Is (https://www.amazon.ca/Water-Nina-Munteanu/dp/0981101240)…—a scientific study and personal journey as limnologist, mother, teacher and environmentalist—was picked by Margaret Atwood in the NY Times as 2016 'The Year in Reading'. Her latest novel A Diary in the Age of Water (https://www.amazon.ca/Diary-Age-Water-Nina-Munteanu/dp/1771337370) was released by Inanna Publications in June 2020. www.NinaMunteanu.ca; www.NinaMunteanu.me
About Claudiu Murgan
Claudiu Murgan is the author of two novels, The Decadence of Our Souls (2017) and Water Entanglement (2018). 'Water Entanglement' is a Speculative Fiction novel about the real meaning of water in our lives, a manifesto that brings awareness to the water crises impacting us as a species. Claudiu's experience in various industries such as IT, renewable energy, real estate and finance, helped him create complex but real characters that brought forward meaningful messages.
www.ClaudiuMurgan.com
