Nick Meynen (1980) grew up in Antwerp, studied in Ghent and lives in Leuven (Belgium). He also feels at home in Nepal, where he spend 2 years in between 2003 and 2009 as a researcher, volunteer, journalist and founder of a non-profit. These experiences made him see the world from a distinctly non-Western perspective. In the decade since, he merged these experiences with his degrees in geography, conflict studies and journalism to become a professional environmentalist trying to address the root causes of our global war on nature. He works, writes, speaks and acts with environmental and social justice in mind. His writing ranges from investigative journalism to poetry, but literary non-fiction books are his speciality. Following on the successes of Nick's books, he started speaking regularly for universities, European institutions and NGOs. Nick is the spokesperson for the EnvJustice network and the Atlas of Environmental Justice, the largest database of environmental conflicts in the world. Nick also organized a mediatized three-day long march for environmental justice and is an active voice in public debates on environmental and economic matters. He's also part of a community farm, he loves hiking in mountains and his favorite day of the year is the first snowball-proof winter day.