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The Blue Tarp, by Elea Fleißner

The Blue Tarp, by Elea Fleißner

The lonely house rested on the steep side of the mountain. Surrounded by lavish green for one half of the year, hidden in the depths of snow for the other, it was known as a place of shelter to the people in the nearby villages. The wood the lonely house was made of,...

2022 Winner of Cli-Fi Contest: Elea Fleißner

2022 Winner of Cli-Fi Contest: Elea Fleißner

Elea Fleißner grew up around stories. She loved nothing more than playing make-believe and listening to her grandmother’s captivating childhood tales. When Elea created The Blue Tarp as her submission for The Anthology Project 2022, it was the first time in many years...

Climate Fiction Judge & Changemaker – Dr Antje Bierwisch

Climate Fiction Judge & Changemaker – Dr Antje Bierwisch

Dr Bierwisch is an intentional changemaker. Through her Foresight and Futures Literacy work at MCI, she inspires students to innovate, anticipate and shape the future.
As one of the Judges for the Climate Fiction Contest & Anthology Project, Dr Antje Bierwisch will read, enjoy, and – along with a panel of other Judges – choose winning entries from the Climate Fiction stories submitted.

How do young people imagine their future lives when storytelling?

How do young people imagine their future lives when storytelling?

A team at MCI are planning to find out! The aim of the MCI study is to identify recurring patterns of thought, ideas about the future, clusters of ideas, and contexts of meaning and argumentation structures across all stories submitted through the Climate Fiction Contest & Anthology Project. Read more…

Futures Literacy Lab – September 2022

Futures Literacy Lab – September 2022

In September 2022, Dr Antje Bierwisch (a Judge of our Climate Fiction short-story contest) delivered the first Futures Literacy Laboratory at the 9th Responsible Management Education Research (RMER) Conference at MCI, Innsbruck. The Labs encourage students to co-create the meaning of sustainability, peace and inclusion where people live, work and play. See Dr Bierwisch’s post on LinkedIn.