Eva Maria Nielsen has long lived mindfully and with respect for our common home. She now wants to express this attitude more strongly in her stories.
Her climate fiction does not focus on dystopian abysses, but on what we can gain together: a world that remains worth living in. Because she believes that stories should not only warn, but above all encourage – and that utopias are the first step towards change.
She wrote the short story “Sedna’s Hands” for the anthology “Saving the World for a Moment”.
I am involved with Climate Fiction Writers Europe because stories have the power to anchor change in our hearts - long before it becomes politically tangible.
The world is on the brink of collapse. According to leading scientists, important resources will be depleted by 2052 and large parts of the world will be uninhabitable due to climate change. Billions of people are threatened with homelessness, hunger and poverty.
24 dramatic, sarcastic, bizarre and profound short stories by top German-language authors are dedicated to the most pressing issues of our time and are thought-provoking. They are an appeal to us all: the fight for tomorrow must begin today!
With stories by Dieter Aurass, Raoul Biltgen, Katja Brandis, Veronika A. Grager, Anne Grießer, Petra K. Gungl, Reinhard Kleindl, Regine Kölpin, Beatrix Klamlovsky, Uwe Laub, Mari März, Günter Neuwirth, Regina Schleheck, Claudia Schmid, Ursula Schmid-Spreer, Ingrid Schmitz, Alex Thomas, Heidi Troi, Eva Maria Nielsen, Fenna Williams, Barbara Wimmer, Janet Zentel and Jennifer B. Wind.
(March 2022, Gmeiner Verlag)