Nancy Holmes is an associate professor at UBC Okanagan and has published five poetry collections. She edited Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems, and she has been active for several years in eco-themed, community-based research and art projects with colleagues, students, and other artists. She teaches creative writing and lives in Kelowna, British Columbia. See www.nancyholmes.ca.

See her work in Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities.